Monday Night Foodball
The Reader’s weekly chef pop-up series
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Be our guest with Bad Johnny’s Wood-Fired Pizza at the next Monday Night Foodball
Join Belle and the Beast, and their Lumiere, chef John Pragalz, for the Reader‘s weekly chef pop-up at Ludlow Liquors.
On the day they met in Denver, Belle and the Beast got hitched and took off across the country. It was a wild ride, but they settled down quick—right here in Chicago—and began making beautiful pizzas together. Belle, as a…
The spice must flow with Tasting India and Friends at the next Monday Night Foodball
Check out Jasmine Sheth’s all-star lineup of masala-slinging chefs at the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Ludlow Liquors.
On Memorial Day I rubbed some fat, Red Wattle pork chops with Vadouvan Masala, and the golden turmeric crust they developed on the grill lit…
Crust Fund Pizza presents School Pizza Night at the next Monday Night Foodball
John Carruthers and Dennis Lee have discovered the secret to your fondest lunchroom memories for the Reader’s weekly chef pop-up at Ludlow Liquors.
There’s been a startling discovery in the field of pizza research: lunch ladies invented the prototype for the Detroit-style pizza. Most people give credit for…
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