Anyone who knows me knows that I love a sampler. Specifically, I love getting to try a lot of different things, especially when it comes to food. If you weren't aware, the classy version of the sampler is a flight. And up until now, I've only had flights of wine and cheese (and actually tacos, if you can believe that). Sono Wood Fired, a pizzeria in Lincoln Park, takes the idea of flights across their menu. Because I'm such a lucky duck, I was invited to dinner where Chef John treated me and a group of other Chicago-area food-focused social media peeps to a generous dinner of all kinds of flights!

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When Husband's parents were in town, we packed our days with lots of stuff, but since we're sort of known as the foodies in the family, there's a lot of pressure to go to cool places to eat. Our best idea was to not just eat but also cook our own food at The Chopping Block.

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Michelin-starred Onyx Restaurant in Budapest was a wonderful treat on our first night in the city (and on our vacation).

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On our recent European vacation, we hit some great restaurants, notably in Vienna. One place was Restaurant Martin Stein (or just Stein), which was the only time we ventured outside the main city center (Ringstrasse).

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Husband and I were very fortunate to get tickets to Next during their first menu rotation, Paris 1906, Escoffier at the Ritz. In case you haven't heard of it, it's Chef Grant Achatz's new, heavily praised restaurant on Fulton Market. You buy tickets in advance for a specific date and time, everyone gets the same multi-course menu, and you can add wine pairings (regular, special, or non-alcoholic beverage pairings) to your meal (all paid in advance). The menu changes every three months, and they are already on their second menu, Tour of Thailand. I really just wanted to sit back and enjoy my dinner, so I made a point of not taking photos (and I know Chef Grant is not fond of the photo-taking either). After the fourth (or so) course, and many reserve wine pairings later, I got a little less shy.

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As I mentioned in a previous post, we recently returned from a vacation, and like any good food blogger, I took lots of photos to share with my readers. We were in Romania (and took the trip) because our dear Romanian friends got married. Adrian, the groom of the couple, was Husband's roommate in grad school, and Husband likes to tell the story of the day he asked Adrian about the food in Romania.

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