The Ogden chef learned “what it takes to be successful in this business, how much work you need to do.”
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A former Schwa chef delivers audacious fine dining at Entente
Brian Fisher upends expectations in an unlikely spot: Lakeview.
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The cocktails flow at GreenRiver
New York City restaurateur Danny Meyer and the duo behind NYC cocktail joint Dead Rabbit make their booze-forward Chicago debut inside a Northwestern Medicine building.
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Eat like the Obamas this Thursday, and other summer events
Events including an AIDS benefit, a benefit BBQ for recently flooded Acadia, a Fourth of July picnic inside Intro, a chance to eat food by Sam Kass, and more.
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James Beard Foundation Awards events will be everywhere this weekend
The James Beard Foundation Awards are this weekend, and things are happening all over town.
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The fire’s back at Bascule Wine Bar
Two sommeliers bring the old Urban Union space back to life.
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Get to know your Jean Banchet Award winners
How this year’s crop of top chefs have performed in Reader features.
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The Reader’s Guide to New Year’s Eve 2013
Our guide to the best places to be when 2014 starts
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Blackbird almost wasn’t Blackbird, Tasting Table’s Open Market, and more
Blackbird’s history, chefs doing street food in a building, and more
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Key Ingredient: Dana Cree of Blackbird sweetens up pine sap
Blackbird pastry chef Dana Cree makes ice cream with an ingredient that “looks like a tree took a poop.”
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Key Ingredient: Thomas Raquel deslimes a “weird martian fruit”
Acadia pastry chef Thomas Raquel deslimes horned melon.
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Bobby Schaffer of Grace brings out the best in a fruit that’s “not the nicest thing”
Pastry chef Bobby Schaffer of Grace makes a modernist semifreddo with the tropical fruit cupuacu.
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Key Ingredient: Acadia chef-owner Ryan McCaskey doubles down on pandan
Ryan McCaskey of Acadia uses pandan leaf to add lingering “toasty rice” flavor to a southeast Asian plate.
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Ryan McCaskey isn’t just a Michelin-starred burger guy, damn it
How the Acadia chef-owner is aiming for acclaim with his high-end tasting menu.