Aimee Levitt's posts

Coffee, as we all know, is the substance that gives us life. Where would we be without it? Now a company in Colombia…

As I grow older and begin worrying about my mortality, I understand why people have children: who else will bother…

One of the nicest things to drink on a cold winter night is hot buttered rum. In the Beforetimes, on quiet…

Now that indoor dining has resumed in Chicago (at 25% capacity), it’s time for new gimmicky restaurant concepts!…

There are few forces in this world more powerful than a fandom. When its members turn out fully costumed and…

The Jewish holiday of Purim is coming up in a couple of weeks, which means that it’s time for hamantaschen! These tri…

We have reached the end of our inaugural Pizza Week, and I hope by this time, you will have succumbed to temptation…

I don’t know when I’ll feel safe enough to go back to a bar. But this morning I discovered the website I Miss My Bar.…

A few years ago during a polar vortex, I saw steam rolling off the Chicago River and feared we were at the end of…

When I was growing up, my family lived in fear of the demon Cholesterol. That was because my father had an inflated…

Diet Coke addictions are real. Oh, you think, it’s a legal substance, you can buy it at the supermarket, it’s given…

Ever since we caught wind that Matthew McConaughey was going to star in a Doritos Super Bowl commercial as a…

It’s Monday, which means that it’s a good day to eat some red beans and rice. Not just because it’s…

Update, February 7, 2021: It’s been months since McDonald’s put the kibosh on its popular all-day breakfast menu in…

Early yesterday morning, Newsmax host and self-described beauty influencer Greg Kelly (pronouns he/him/The Big Buy)…

In case you’re wondering, Stephen Miller, former senior policy advisor to Donald Trump, is the kind of restaurant…

The James Beard Cookbook is probably the best-known work of the Dean of American Cookery (later Gastronomy), but it…

There is a mystical connection between sporting events and chicken wings. I’m not sure why this is. Maybe it’s…

Connecticut, aka the Constitution State, is represented by many symbols: the sperm whale (state animal), the robin…

Whatchamacallit, like PayDay, has always been a dark horse among candy bars, relegated to the lower shelves of the…