Restaurant Food in Hotels...Surprises!

The most delicious shaved chicken sandwich, with marinated cherries, brie cheese, horseradish sauce, and that amazing pickle - let's not forget the house made BBQ potato chips at the Hilton Rosemont O'Hare Hotel

Another really wonderful toasted bread sandwich with turkey, egg, tomato, lettuce and a cucumber salad at the Hyatt in Rosemont, IL

Eating out when traveling

This is a half burger, seasoned fries and the most delicious spicy pickles. 

On the Road Again....in Chicago

in the Hilton Rosemont O'Hare Hotel, we opened a meal with roasted almonds and bacon, which was really, really good.  Then toast with a spreadable cheese.

We learned that Wow Bao restaurants are popping up all over Chicago, and we were lucky enough to be shopping at Lush in Macy's in the downtown area, and dined at this little take out place for lunch.

This Bao was larger than what I've had before, so I ordered 2 of each kind thinking that they would be small, but they were HUGE.  BBQ Pork, spicy beef and chicken. 

Music to cook by

My friend, Billie, is an amazing playlist-maker.  She can come up with a playlist for any special event or theme.  She has graciously submitted a playlist to itunes for "Artists Cooking With Gas".
Let us hear from you:  what do you like to listen to when you cook?

Here is Billie's list, including the link.  Thanks, Billie!

Music to cook by ... a billiehalladay mix Playlist Notes: Here are the ingredients - mix your own tunes and enjoy! http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewIMix?id=387597454

My Sweet Potato		Booker T. & The MG's
Freeport Boulevard		Jackie Greene
Green Onions		Booker T. & The MG's
Summertime		Sam Cooke
Yo Canto		Los Lobos
Stir It Up (Single)		Patti LaBelle
Turandot: Act III, "Nessun Dorma"		Academy Of Choir Art Of Russia, Andrea Bocelli, Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Victor Popov & Vladimir Fedoseyev
Soulful Garage		Southern Culture On the Skids
Saja / Right On		Santana
Piano Man		Billy Joel
Melting Pot		Booker T. & The MG's
Hot N Cold		Katy Perry
Lady Marmelade		New York Group
Sweet Nothin's (Single Version)		Brenda Lee
Sweet Thing		Freddie King
Somos novios (It's Impossible)		Andrea Bocelli & Christina Aquilera
O Mio Babbino Caro		Sissel
Feeling Good		Michael Bublé
That's Life		Frank Sinatra
Days of Wine and Roses		Frank Sinatra
Summertime		Booker T. & The MG's
Because We Believe		Andrea Bocelli
Mambo Italiano		Dean Martin
Medley: Volare / On an Evening In Roma (Live At the Villa Venice Night Club, Chicago, 1962)		Dean Martin
Is This Love		Bob Marley
Cigarettes and Chocolate Milk		Rufus Wainwright
Quando, Quando, Quando (with Nelly Furtado)		Michael Bublé
Sinnerman (Felix Da Housecat's Heavenly House Mix)		Felix da Housecat & Nina Simone
Thunder On the Mountain		Bob Dylan
Wild Mountain Thyme		Lucy Wainwright Roche
Crown of Jewels		Bruce Hornsby & Ricky Skaggs
Three Little Birds		Bob Marley
Red Wine Bottle		7 Worlds Collide
Dinner at Eight		Rufus Wainwright
Margaritaville		Pickin' On Series
Diablo Rojo		Rodrigo y Gabriela
Bayou Tango		Bill Wharton & The Ingredients
Los Hermanos		Marta Topferova
Mo' Onions		Booker T. & The MG's
I Won't Back Down		Tom Petty
Comin' Home Baby		Mel Tormé
Taste of Chocolate		Rachel Portman
Viva la Vida		Coldplay
The Last Place That Love Lives		The Black Crowes
Crazy Mama		J.J. Cale
Spirit On the Water		Bob Dylan
Are You Here		Corinne Bailey Rae
At Last		Etta James
The Parting Glass		The Wailin' Jennys