Tastemaker Rachael Lowe
Q: Where is your hometown?
A: Just south of Ann Arbor, MI just outside a town called Milan.
Q: What neighborhood do you live in/which Mariano’s do you frequent?
A: I live in Humboldt Park. The Mariano’s on West Chicago Avenue is always easy to stop by on the way home from work, but I also often find myself around Halsted which makes 1500 N. Clybourn location a fun and easy place to shop for me as well.
Q: What food is your guilty pleasure?
A: A really good burger or pizza.
Q: What is the last meal you ate?
A: Hummus, pita, roasted carrots and beets, ground beef with parsley and pine nuts.
Q: What is your favorite ingredient to use in cooking?
A: Onions! I think they add flavor to so many dishes!
Q: Whose cooking are you most inspired by?
A: My mother’s.
Q: What would your last meal on earth be?
A: Most likely an incredible burger with dry-aged ground beef, pickles.
Q: What’s your go to condiment?
A: Mustard. So many different types, it is delicious and healthy.
Q: What’s your favorite beverage (non-alcoholic or alcoholic)?
A: WINE! Of all colors and styles, as long as it’s good.
Q: What is the one thing you can’t leave a Mariano’s without buying?
A: A bottle of wine.
Q: What’s your favorite dessert?
A: A really good vanilla cupcake.
Q: What’s your favorite fresh ingredient?
A: Lemons and parsley. I think they brighten so many dishes so easily!
Q: What product are you obsessed with?
A: If I can’t make fresh pasta, I love buying the imported fresh pastas that is carried by Mariano’s!