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Home » Alan Lake

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Paintings by friends from Japan
Posted inCity Life

Alan Lake’s casa de soul in Ukrainian Village

by Andrea Bauer April 27, 2014August 18, 2021

Alan Lake’s apartment is bursting at the seams with art, cookbooks, and percussion instruments from around the world.

Posted inBlogs

Twitter app can detect campylobacter, and other food news bites

by Mike Sula August 16, 2013August 19, 2021

A garlic manifesto, South African barbecue, shrinking food deserts, and more

Posted inBlogs

A garlicky pesto even a vampire could love

by Mike Sula August 5, 2013August 19, 2021

The great scape pesto

Posted inBlogs

124 tasty things from 2012

by Mike Sula December 26, 2012August 19, 2021

I ate it all

Posted inBlogs

Secret Ingredient: shio koji

by Mike Sula September 13, 2012August 19, 2021

The national fungus of Japan is the new MSG

Posted inBlogs

One Bite: Hagen’s smoked shrimp

by Mike Sula March 27, 2012August 19, 2021

The Portage Park fish market smokes a sweet, snappy decapod

Posted inBlogs

One Bite: Alan Lake’s Donegal peat-smoked shrimp

by Mike Sula March 5, 2012August 19, 2021

Eat some peat-smoked shrimp Thursday, when Chief O’Neill’s hosts a benefit for the immigrant relief organization Asian Youth Service

Posted inBlogs

This Week in Food & Drink

by Mike Sula August 26, 2010August 19, 2021

New reviews of Girl & the Goat, Chikurin, and the revamped Pensiero Ristorante, plus a roundup of 15 restaurants on Randolph Row and Fulton Market and an inquiry into restaurant tabs, post Cook County tax decrease.

Posted inBlogs

Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die

by Mike Sula February 10, 2009August 19, 2021

A lunch for the end days: Alan Lake’s black truffle sandwich

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