Frozen in time Phil Luciano October 28, 2023 Ihave a weird guilty pleasure: Reading old newspapers. I bet not too many of you do likewise. After all, it’s...
Paying tribute to a star Katie Faley October 27, 2023 All you need is love and dinner theater. That’s what sums up The Barn III Dinner Theater and Event Center...
Mary Beth Nebel: One for the Books Steve Tarter September 28, 2023 When Mary Beth Nebel died in July at the age of 67, the owner/operator of the “I Know You Like...
A Musical Wunderkind Lands in Peoria Phil Luciano September 27, 2023 A chance encounter makes me wonder:At any given time, how many folks like Aaron Zigman might be unassumingly roaming around...
Apple Cider Chicken with Apples and Butternut Squash Mary DiSomma September 27, 2023 I love a good, cast-iron skillet dinner, everything cooking in one pan with all those flavors intermingling. My apple...
Welcome to Amen Corner Mike Bailey September 27, 2023 So another October rolls around along with another tossup edition, which I don’t mean in a negative or flip-a-coin sense....
Piling Up the Pennies … and Admirers Phil Luciano August 28, 2023 Step after step, day after day, Shirley Meagher walked. She walked for exercise. And she walked for St. Jude. During...
Bigger, Better? Baloney Mike Bailey August 27, 2023 Welcome back to Peoria Magazine’s Small Business edition, 2023, in which we pose the nagging question: Is bigger better? Not...
Maple Butternut Squash and Apple Soup Mary DiSomma August 25, 2023 Although I love all the seasons, when autumn rolls around, I really get excited. In addition to the brightly colored...
Farmstand Peach Ice Cream Mary DiSomma August 1, 2023 There’s nothing better on a hot August day than a scoop (or two!) of homemade ice cream. For me, you can’t...
Living and Learning (Let’s Hope) Mike Bailey August 1, 2023 Welcome back to Peoria Magazine’s Education edition. It’s a provocative, don’t-you-dare-miss-it read, I must say. It arrives at a challenging...
Lovers for Life Phil Luciano August 1, 2023 In a year, I might lose two friends.Then again, maybe they’ll stick around.It’s hard to tell. They’re flighty. And distant.Also,...
Taking inventory of a life Phil Luciano June 28, 2023 How do you sort through a person’s life?After a loved one dies, can you pore over decades and decades of...
Salute! Mike Bailey June 24, 2023 Welcome to another Peoria Magazine Legends issue, where we pay tribute to those locals who make this little corner of...
Rise and Shine (It’s Farm & Garden time!) Mike Bailey May 24, 2023 Welcome back to Peoria Magazine’s Farm & Garden edition. This is one of my favorite issues, as I’m something of...
Dust off that old turntable Phil Luciano May 24, 2023 For the first time in 35 years, vinyl records outsell CDs, and Craig Moore is over the moon about itI’m...
Cast-Iron Roasted Caprese Sandwich Mary DiSomma May 21, 2023 The French call them pomme d’amour, or “love apples.” In Italy, you’ll enjoy pomi d’oro. or “apples of gold.”...
Beer-Marinated Steak with Chimichurri Sauce Mary DiSomma April 27, 2023 Chimichurri is my favorite condiment when I am serving steak. I first experienced chimichurri when I spent a year abroad...
Fifty years ago in Peoria, the unthinkable Phil Luciano April 27, 2023 On May 1, 1973, 10-year-old John Ardis raised his hand at St. Cecilia’s Catholic Grade School.He wasn’t trying to ask...
Extol the Explorers Mike Bailey March 31, 2023 Welcome to Peoria Magazine’s annual Innovation issue, in which we again doff our caps to the explorers who approach the...
Carrot Feta Tart Mary DiSomma March 31, 2023 Just like Peter Rabbit, I haven’t met a carrot I didn’t love! Carrots are one of the first...
True to the end Phil Luciano March 31, 2023 In Peoria, a quiet hero died a quiet death.Carl H. Porter Jr. — the oldest veteran of the Army’s 508th...
Peoria Loses a Pizza Titan Phil Luciano February 27, 2023 Jim Agatucci looked at me as if I were nuts. This was a few years back, when he was in...
Rosemary and Garlic Hasselback Potatoes Mary DiSomma February 22, 2023 The Hasselback is one of the most impressive recipes you can make with a simple potato. It’s also one...
Mission Possible: Downtown, from empty to awesome Mike Bailey February 21, 2023 Welcome to Peoria Magazine’s March edition, dedicated to the subject of reviving Peoria’s Downtown. I come at this issue from...
