The Chicago Botanic Garden is one of several local organizations that encourages horticultural therapy.
Author Archives: Julia Thiel
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The new doc F*** Your Hair tells the story of 5 Rabbit Cervecería’s inadvertent Trump protest
When you’re stuck with 50 kegs of ale slated for Trump Tower and then Donald insults Mexican immigrants, what do you do?
Posted inFood & Drink
Metropolitan Brewing’s ten-year anniversary party is a true celebration of Chicago’s beer scene
From a toolbox to a 30,000-square-foot brewery.
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Craft beer, corporate beer, and Master Cicerones: drink it all in with Brewmaster
A new documentary explores the world of beer-lovers and it doesn’t matter at all that it was funded by Pilsner-Urquell.
Posted inFood & Drink
The Cocktail Challenge hall of fame
Not even pig’s blood or stinkbugs daunted our intrepid mixologists.
Posted inFood & Drink
A fond farewell to geoducks and other memorable Key Ingredients
Goodbye natto, and balut, and durian.
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Momotaro chef Mark Hellyar deconstructs the tuna hoagie
Challenged to create a dish with canned tuna, Hellyar includes both the high-end fresh fish he’s accustomed to working with and—well, canned tuna.
Posted inFood & Drink
Take a chill ride to northwest Indiana—and its two dozen breweries
A 20-mile ride takes you to plenty of refreshment—and you can take the train back.
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How a mead that hasn’t yet hit the market exploded in popularity
Northwest Indiana’s Boneflower Mead hasn’t yet sold a single bottle of mead—but the company already has a dedicated following.
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Gas station pork rinds and scotch? Watch this week’s Cocktail Challenge
Bartender Carley Gaskin uses the snack to make an almost-classic old-fashioned.
Posted inArts & Culture
The City Museum in Saint Louis will do anything—even risk eternal damnation—to build its Louis Sullivan collection
The Chicago School is alive and well—300 miles south of the city.
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When craft beer went corporate: Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out tells how Goose Island’s sale transformed an industry
The first craft brewery to sell out to Anheuser-Busch triggered a landslide of similar sales across the country.
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In Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out, the Trib’s Josh Noel outlines how Goose Island’s sale led to battle lines being drawn in the brewing industry
“There wasn’t a single moment when the chummy, jovial craft beer industry became a battlefield of ‘us versus them,’” Josh Noel writes in Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch, and How Craft Beer Became Big Business (Chicago Review Press, June 1). “It happened slowly. And then, seemingly, all at once.” The line isn’t an […]
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Jimmy Papadopoulos of Bellemore poaches fish in the world’s most expensive edible oil
Challenged to create a dish with argan oil—better known as a hair and skin care product than a cooking ingredient—chef Jimmy Papadopoulos tries to subdue the pungent oil.
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Chicago Craft Beer Week is no more; all hail Illinois Craft Beer Week
Illinois Craft Beer Week features a new festival, plus it’s short and sweet this year at only one week long.