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Posted inBlogs

This Monday discover the weird, wonderful world of experimental animator Suzan Pitt

by Ben Sachs September 4, 2014August 18, 2021

Previewing a 90-minute program, which spans Pitt’s career from the early 1970s to the mid-2000s

A square of flanlike spreadable blood, almost chocolatey in flavor and strewn with crunchy endive spears, is a mind-blowing dish.
Posted inFood & Drink

Former Top Cheftestant brings soulful, creative Korean to Avondale

by Mike Sula July 11, 2014August 18, 2021

Former Top Cheftestant brings soulful, creative Korean to Avondale.

Flaky cups of pastry cradling warm sweet custard, capped with liquefied foie gras
Posted inFood & Drink

Trendy and traditional don’t mix at downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha

by Mike Sula May 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha is a house divided.

The charcuterie board proves a better value than a la carte options, the only hitch being that the selection itself is at the whim of the kitchen.
Posted inFood & Drink

Take your meatings at Tête Charcuterie . . . but save room for salad

by Mike Sula May 9, 2014August 18, 2021

Tête Charcuterie is a lot more than just a temple to our culture’s insatiable flesh lust.

"Smoked sashimi" is a bit of Moto-esque drama.
Posted inFood & Drink

Juno dreams of sushi

by Mike Sula July 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Juno, the post-Arami comeback from B.K. Park, is a work in progress.

Alaskan halibut with sun-dried tomatoes, four ways
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: Chef Peter Coenen of the Gage holds his nose and faces sun-dried tomatoes

by Julia Thiel June 29, 2013August 19, 2021

Gage chef de cuisine Peter Coenen holds his nose to work with sun-dried tomatoes.

Local Foods Grocer cofounders Andrew Lutsey and Dave Rand, in the warehouse they hope to open to the public, are working to clear the hurdles that keep locally grown produce from being more widely available.
Posted inFood & Drink

Locavorism Inc.

by Mike Sula May 23, 2013August 19, 2021

Can a new business increase the amount of local food we eat?

Posted inBlogs

The Asparamancer

by Mike Sula February 8, 2012August 19, 2021

A British augur reads the future with asparagus stalks, possibly Chilean

Posted inBlogs

Cooking Demo: Cassie Green of Green Grocer Chicago

by Vera Videnovich May 18, 2011August 19, 2021

Green Grocer Chicago’s Cassie Green offers a free cooking demo at the Kenmore Live Studio tomorrow at 7 PM.

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