Starting the New Year With Traditional Black-eyed Peas/Bean

How do you start your New Year? My mom always made Black-eyed Peas/Beans on New Year's Day. She said it would bring us luck in the New Year! Keeping traditions alive are necessary! Love this simple, healthy meal to start the year. Can only hope the luck comes with it! Mom's Black-eyed Pea Soup 3 Smoked Hammocks 1 med Onion - chopped 3 carrots - chopped 3 stalks celery - diced 6 cloves Garlic - diced 24 oz dried Black-eyed Peas/Beans Rosemary...

Choppers Bar and Grill – Antioch

Looking for a place to watch a Black Hawks, Bears, Bulls, Cubs, or White Sox game?  Look no further, Choppers Bar and Grill in Antioch is the place you want to be.  We have driven past this little gem many times in our journeys to The Chain of Lakes. On Sunday we were on our way home from the Fox Lake area and we were looking for a place to stop to get a quick breakfast and Bloody Mary.  We thought of a few places we often frequent, but when...