
Name: Maya McDonald
Blog: Charmingly Style
Location: Chicago, IL
In a few sentences, tell us a little bit about your blog: Charmingly Styled is a Chicago based life and style blog focused on the little charms that make life so good.
Now, tell us about your...
1. Favorite meal, food, or cuisine: I am a sucker for restaurants with locally sourced ingredients! I love Range in Lincoln Park and The Little Goat Diner in the west loop. When I'm not feasting, I can usually be found double fisting a latte (I love Floriole in my neighborhood!) and a margarita!
2. Least favorite meal, food, or cuisine: Aye! This is a hard question because I like so many things. I was just talking to someone today about how much I loathe most dried fruit. Dried blueberries and raisins are not my faves.
3. Favorite restaurant in your city: Do I have to narrow it down? That's so hard! I love Xoco for a lunch date, or Little Goat Diner for dinner. Any place that serves Tiramisu milkshakes and pork belly pancakes is good in my book :)
4. Favorite restaurant outside of your city: I'm from Madison Wisconsin originally, so I have a huge affinity for the amazing food back home. I love Osteria Papavero downtown (amazing Italian food - try the Budino pudding!) and Salvatore's Tomato Pies in nearby Sun Prairie.
5. Favorite food memory: I love visiting the Green City Farmer's Market in Lincoln Park. I remember moving to Chicago last year right as the Farmer's Market started for the summer. I was a little hesitant about the move, but as I sat in the park eating an amazing crepe with friends, I thought to myself, "This is home. I can totally do this!", which was reassuring to say the least!
6. Favorite guilty pleasure food: Hook me up to a latte IV with dark chocolate and I'm one happy camper! But really, I couldn't survive without them.
7. Favorite ingredient (something you love to cook with, or something you see on a menu and know you have to order): I hate to admit this on a food blog, but I am a terrible cook! Working in advertising and having a blog doesn't leave me with very much free time during the week. Honestly, most nights I come home and cook eggs, so I suppose I couldn't live without them - literally.
8. Favorite kitchen tool, utensil, product, etc.: Does dark chocolate count?! Really though - it's my life force.
9. Favorite recipe: Again, I'm a terrible cook - but I LOVE Gweneth Paltrow's recipe for Salmon Siracha and lime (yeah, I liked her cookbook - sue me!) Find it here.
10. Favorite thing about blogging: Meeting so many fantastic people! I've had a blast collaborating, meeting and becoming legit friends with so many amazing bloggers.
- Alyssa of The Glossy Life (amazing food recipes!)
- Alison of Heart Of Gold and Luxury (my go to source for gorgeous food photography and amazing recipes!)
- Alissa of The Adored Life (she's basically my spirit animal, and her blog posts actually make my laugh out loud!)
- Elizabeth of Beauty Bets (I write a weekly feature and I love Elizabeth's beauty musings)
- Lauren of La Petite Fashionista (you'll never meet a sweeter girl, and I love her colorful blog!)
Thanks so much for your thoughts, Maya!
Do you have a blogger that you'd recommend to be featured on the Tastemaker Top 10? Or are you a blogger that would like to participate? Email me at aasquaredblog@gmail.com and let me know!
ohhh i miss little goat diner! xo jillian - cornflake dreams
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