Behind the Line
Topic: Off the Clock
Holidays: How Food Figures in For You
Trick or treat! But mostly "treat," right? As a youngster, what were your Halloween traditions? What were your favorite candies?
- Charlie Berg
- Sommelier
- Michael Mina Bourbon Steak DC
- Washington, DC
As kids we loved going to the local grocery store with my dad, and picking out a beautiful pumpkin. There was something fascinating about scooping out the gloopy insides, then trying to cut out the...
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- Stephanie Samuels
- Pastry Chef/Owner
- Angel Food Bakery
- Chicago, IL
My Mother always made our costumes, and my favorite was a giant
pumpkin made of staples together dixie cups covered in orange crepe
paper ( I don't know how she figured that out) with a green pain...
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- Joncarl Lachman
- Executive Chef/Owner
- HB Home Bistro
- Chicago, IL
i LOVE dots
- Carrie Nahabedian
- Executive Chef/Owner
- NAHA and Brindille
- Chicago, IL
I had a big plastic pumpkin that I used to hold my treats...same one every
year from a small child to about 10. My favorite Halloween memory is Taffy
Apple Day at school. You would bring home the o...
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- Jill Barron
- Executive Chef/Owner
- MANA food bar
- Chicago, IL
Costumes and candy! Still a favorite at the Barron household. I become
obsessed around this time of year with kit kats, you can find bags of them
that are orange, white and brown.
- Paul Fehribach
- Executive Chef/Owner
- Big Jones
- Chicago, IL
We always trick or treated around the neighborhood after our parents took us around to relatives and family friends. My favorites are still thus to this day - bite-size Snickers, regular-size Reese...
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- Sandra Holl
- Pastry Chef/Owner
- Floriole Cafe & Bakery
- Chicago, IL
Like any kid, I looked forward to Halloween and all the candy that came with it. My all time favorite was the 100 Grand Bar.
- Craig Harzewski
- Pastry Chef
- NAHA and Brindille
- Chicago, IL
My mother always made our costumes as kids so we had some really creative outfits to go door to door in. I loved m&ms, skittles, nerds and nearly any highly refined sugar candy.
- Toni Roberts
- Pastry Chef
- State and Lake Chicago Tavern
- Chicago, IL
Costumes!!! I once won a costume contest dressed as a giant bag of jelly beans. My mom was a genious. It was just a clear garbage bag stuffed with balloons and a big ribbon tied around my neck.
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- Patrick Fahy
- Pastry Chef
- Sixteen
- Chicago
I liked the orange snowballs. I liked getting cookies with orange frosting on them. The candies were great, but nothing in particular jumps out. It was just a lot of junk candy.