Eli's Opens My Eyes

Last weekend Chicago Green Families met up at the Green City Market where Eli's was doing the chef demonstration. Of course I envisioned flavors of cheesecake and other dessert treats; however, I was pleasantly surprised to learn so much more about creme fraiche, goat cheese, savory pairings and cheesecake-like-I-never-knew!

I walked away with recipes for sweet tomato chutney, creme fraiche, brown butter honey sauce and goat's milk cheesecake. Amazing! This was not the chocolate chip cheesecake experience I had in mind. This demo actually blew my mind!

Afterward, I got an email from owner, Marc Schulman, himself offering to provide a tour of their northwest location where the magic happens. Eli's is more involved in their community and way more diversified than I knew. They assist in educating members of the local high school, host a local farmers market, make significant charitable contributions to our community... all on the down low it seems.

Stay tuned for more as I tour the kitchen of a Chicago icon & meet with Marc!