Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, November 3,2011

Cajun vs. Creole: It’s all good in Louisiana

I’m just back from what has become an annual trip to southwestern Louisiana, a.k.a. Acadiana or Cajun Country. This time, we didn’t stay at Lafayette’s Blue Moon Saloon, a music venu

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, October 27,2011

Nourishing the nation, one tray at a time

The growing farm to school food movement

By Julianne Glatz

It’s in all 50 states. In thousands of school districts. It’s growing by leaps and bounds. And now it’s been endorsed and getting support from the federal government and some state a

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, October 20,2011

Ice cream art and science

By Julianne Glatz

I tasted Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream just minutes after being introduced to my first grandson. Stepping through the doorway, I was totally focused on him. But soon other priorities reared their he

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, October 13,2011

In praise of braise

By Julianne Glatz

The heat is finally retreating. Even when daytime temperatures are warm, the nights are deliciously cool. Best of all, the high humidity has fled. When days and nights turn crisp, my culinary thoughts

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, October 6,2011

It’s alive!

Only when I thought I’d lost it did I realize how much I valued it.

By Julianne Glatz

A couple months ago, I lost something valuable. The value wasn’t monetary; it was precious because I’d created it and kept it alive for 15 years. Truthfully, I’d come to take it for

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, September 29,2011

Brown is beautiful

By Julianne Glatz

One of the main reasons restaurant food tastes so much better in America than home cooking,” renowned chef Mario Batali often said on his Food Network show, “Molto Mario,” “is

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, September 15,2011

Meet this year’s Hope School Celebrity Chef

By Julianne Glatz

When Stephanie Izard, this year’s Hope School Celebrity Chef, became Bravo TV’s 2008 Top Chef – the first and, after nine seasons, still the only woman to do so – Chicago’

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, September 8,2011

Homegrown and Handmade

By Julianne Glatz

“When I was pregnant with my first child, I really thought that a fast food cheeseburger and fries was a complete meal. After all, there was meat, dairy in the form of the cheese, bread in the f

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, September 1,2011

Mad about Illinois River Valley melons

By Julianne Glatz

They’re luscious, ripe, and ready. At their succulent best, their quintessential peak. Melons – specifically watermelons and cantaloupes. Every so often my grandfather used to grow waterme

Food - Julianne Glatz | Thursday, August 25,2011

The trials and tribulations of judging barbeque

By Julianne Glatz

It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it.Not long after I began writing this column in 2006, I realized that the job came with a few perks. There were invitations to food writers&rsqu