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Home » avocado

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A green papaya salad with midwestern shrimp is delicately sweet, sour, and spicy.
Posted inFood & Drink

MFK offers an underground refuge

by Mike Sula August 16, 2014August 18, 2021

The Spanish-focused seafood spot is a testament to virtuous simplicity.

A salad of roasted beets, spiced pistachio, and grapefruit is set atop a cool avocado puree.
Posted inFood & Drink

Evanston’s Boltwood is unpredictable—and that’s not a complaint

by Mike Sula August 1, 2014August 18, 2021

Evanston’s Boltwood is unpredictable—and that’s not a complaint

Soupy risotto, the grains perfectly distinct, sweetened with sun-dried tomatoes and crowned by fat grilled shrimp
Posted inFood & Drink

Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants’ new seafood house, is for ballers

by Mike Sula May 23, 2014August 18, 2021

Joe Fish, Rosebud Restaurants’ new seafood house, is for ballers.

Posted inFood & Drink

What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?

by Mike Sula March 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Culinary icons from Paul Kahan to Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz to Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney to Homaro Cantu have forged unlikely relationships with brands such as Nestlé, Kraft, and Lean Cuisine. The results might surprise you.

Juicy and succulent, Tanta's pollo a la brasa is one of the best versions in town.
Posted inFood & Drink

Tanta: Peruvian time is nigh

by Mike Sula October 4, 2013August 19, 2021

Tanta: Peruvian time is nigh.

If your neighborhood bagel-and-lox place happened to be lit by a massive chandelier
Posted inFood & Drink

Dillman’s is Brendan Sodikoff’s blintz-krieg

by Sam Worley September 20, 2013August 19, 2021

With Dillman’s, Brendan Sodikoff brings a haute (and fabulous) “deli-style American brasserie” to River North.

"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.

Cactus paillard with grilled nopales
Posted inFood & Drink

Tony Diaz of Maude’s Liquor Bar works with cactus, the Slimer of succulents

by Julia Thiel May 23, 2013August 19, 2021

Challenged with cactus, Tony Diaz of Maude’s Liquor Bar develops a taste for the succulent, slime and all.

Posted inBlogs

One Bite: The cemita Milanesa at Cemitas Puebla

by Gwynedd Stuart April 17, 2013August 19, 2021

A feat in pork between two sesame seed buns in Humboldt Park.

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