Summer Kamayan
We recently went to a kamayan pop-up dinner, hosted by chef Joelen Kenny of "What's Cookin' Chicago. We ate a delicious Filipino feast with our fingers and me the staff of Filipino Kitchen. If you mis... Read More
Do-Rite Donuts & Coffee
Do-Rite Donuts and Coffee makes doughnuts in The Loop. Their buttermilk old-fashioned is the best in Chicago. (You can also get them at Star Lounge.)... Read More
The 50 Most Delicious Chicago Food Blogs
A most sincere thank-you to Upstairs Downstairs for counting Make It Like a Man among The 50 Most Delicious Chicago Food Blogs!... Read More
Everybody’s Coffee
Do you ever wonder what happened to The Jesus People? They're alive and well, and among other things, they run Everybody's Coffee on Wilson Ave in Uptown Chicago. "Everybody's" is an oasis of interest... Read More
Oatmeal Raisin Sandwich Cookies
My grandma used to make the world's best oatmeal raisin sandwich cookies. They're delicious, unusual, and old-school. I'm talking really, truly old school ... like, to get the recipe, I had to cross t... Read More
Sunday Brunch at Azul 18: Thank You, Jesus
This is where Jesus likes to go after church on Sunday. Jesus Hernandez, I mean ... my downstairs neighbor. Azul 18 is a New American (Mexican) restaurant in Chicago's funkadelic Pilsen neighborhood. ... Read More