The Tipsy Housewife AKA April Lee Wiencek is a chef, recipe blogger, newspaper columnist, and social media influencer in Chicago. She has a passion for creating the kinds of recipes that bring people together and especially loves putting new twists on retro classics.
Her recipes are meant to be enjoyed, and prepared, with a cocktail or glass of wine in hand as her name would suggest. She has made regular appearances on WGN Chicago, writes a regular Border Bulletin column for an audience of 20,000, and has been a community cook for Taste of Home Magazine for over nine years.
Here are some of April’s appearances on local Chicago news preparing recipes as a Taste of Home community cook and showing how traditional Czech dumplings can be used:
https://wgntv.com/video/holiday-appetizers-from-taste-of-home/8239707
https://wgntv.com/midday-news/lunchbreak-lasagna-spinach-roll-ups
https://wgntv.com/morning-news/around-town/around-town-checks-out-chateau-foods
Here is April’s appearance on the Sister Project Podcast:
https://thesisterprojectblog.com/2021/11/11/chateau-dumplings-the-tipsy-housewife
And here is Dia and Co’s feature on April:
Finally you can check out this article about the 13th Annual Phelps Maple Syrup Fest, one of the many regular events April hosts or appears at:
https://www.ironcountyreporter.com/outdoors/13th-annual-phelps-maple-syrup-fest
