This past Saturday, my wife and I were invited to a dinner party at the local fine dining restaurant in downtown Champaign, Bacaro. It’s the only restaurant in town where I’ve seen a tasting menu. The chef there, Thad Morrow, initially opened a wine bar, but it quickly blossomed into a full service restaurant, opening [...]
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Wrap Up – and Wrapped Up
It’s been a while since my last post, and the main reason is that I was invited to contribute to the local online magazine, Smile Politely. I wrote about our family trip to the Mansfield Mushroom Festival. You can find my story there, cleverly titled (by my editor) “Morel mushroom madness close to home.” Here’s [...]
