International Migratory Bird Day

Before I moved to Chicago last year, I said goodbye to the birds on the shores of Seattle’s Union Bay. Chicago is so large that I figured I’d be fortunate to see more than pigeons in-between skyscrapers. Sometimes it’s good to be wrong.

Fish of the Month - Lake whitefish

Recently some friends and I gathered together to enjoy a dinner prepared potluck style. The theme of the evening was local cuisine: everyone brought their own dish prepared with the most locally sourced ingredients they could find. Spring vegetables like scallions, Asian greens, and radish were present, as were pasture-raised proteins like eggs and beef. As delicious as the spread looked on the table, I couldn’t help but notice – there was no local seafood!