Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, January 7,2009

Pairing beer with food

It’s one of the oldest beverages in the world — almost certainly the oldest alcoholic beverage. There are references to it in some of the earliest writings discovered in ancient Sumeria a

Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, December 31,2008

A vacation worth repeating

By Julianne Glatz

Are you making plans for your 2009 vacations? Or are you, like many of us, wondering if you’ll be taking a vacation at all? Last summer people stayed home because of high gas prices

Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, December 24,2008

Cleaning up at year’s end

By Julianne Glatz

Thank goodness I have a word limit for my columns. Yes, I’ll admit that it’s sometimes frustrating, especially when it’s something I’m particularly enthused —

Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, December 17,2008

Lighting up Hanukkah delicacies

By Julianne Glatz

Hanukkah. It’s also known as the Festival of Lights. There are more important holidays in Judaism — Passover, for example. But Hanukkah has its own special place in the Jewish

Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, December 10,2008

A tasty visit to Candyland

By Julianne Glatz

If you squint, the barren fields around the little homestead outside of Atlanta, Ill., north of Lincoln on I-55, could look a bit like the North Pole — at least when they’re co

Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, December 3,2008

Cooking over the hearth in Lincoln’s New Salem

By Julianne Glatz

What does it takes to make a good cook? Among things I’d list would be knife skills — the ability to slice, chop and dice with accuracy and speed. Planning and preparation are

Food - Julianne Glatz | Tuesday, November 25,2008

A Moveable Feast, 1963

A memorable Thanksgiving, and the lessons it taught

By Julianne Glatz

Very little about my family’s Thanksgiving celebrations have changed throughout my entire life. In large part, that’s because we’re a relatively small group: my mom and I are both o

Food - Julianne Glatz | Tuesday, November 25,2008

The fireplace is for winter cooking

The hearth of the home feeds body and soul

By Julianne Glatz

For as long as I can remember, I’ve loved fireplaces. Gas-burning fireplaces may be better than nothing — wonderful for people who can’t or don’t want to deal with a

Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, November 12,2008

Jones Boys Market is a time capsule treasure in Ashland

By Julianne Glatz

Untitled Document Want to take a trip back in time? To a place that’s close by? To a place that’s the real deal, that’s utterly unpretentious rather than a kitschy, faux old-t

Food - Julianne Glatz | Wednesday, November 5,2008

Gumbolicious: A loser’s tale from Louisiana

By Julianne Glatz

Untitled Document I was dubious when my husband, Peter, brought it up last spring: "We should enter the Blackpot cook-off!" he said. I'd been lookingforward to Blackpot for a year &md