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Chicago Restaurant Week (or two) is here!
We share Reader-recommended spots to narrow down the long list of meal deals.
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Paul Fehribach shares a recipe from The Big Jones Cookbook: gumbo z’herbes
Go green with this veggie-centric stew from the Chicago chef’s collection of southern specialties.
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Serving on the supreme court of pork at Baconfest
What I saw at Baconfest as a judge this year.
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The Big Jones Cookbook finally has a release date, and more food news
Big Jones Cookbook has a release party, the Reader sponsors a Lake FX panel on local food, and other events happening soon.
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Next’s Paris Bistro teaser is ever so twee
Plus an introduction to Intro, Big Jones goes soul, and more food goings on
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Black Earth Meats couldn’t Kickstart its reopening (and other year-end updates)
Black Earth Meats is still raising money, Bolzano is teaching charcuterie, and other follow-ups to stories from the past year.
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Four of our favorite spots for house-made pickles and jams
Read about Café des Architectes chef Greg Biggers’s in-house charcuterie and cheese-making programs. Perennial Virant 1840 N. Lincoln perennialchicago.com Paul Virant popularized preservation among Chicago chefs (and wrote the cookbook on it, 2012’s Preservation Kitchen). The basement kitchen at his Lincoln Park restaurant is lined with shelves of jams and pickled vegetables. Big Jones 5347 […]
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How ham fat satisfies: More from Paul Fehribach on southern cooking
The chef of Big Jones on his upcoming cookbook, and how he started serving brunch because he hated brunch
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‘Even pimento cheese has a story’: Paul Fehribach on his upcoming cookbooks
The chef of Big Jones on two cookbook projects about southern and midwestern cuisine
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From burgundy at L2O to deviants at Punch House
Things that are happening, including a dance night for deviants and an $80 steak special.
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Meet the Chicago chefs who just got short-listed for the Beard Awards
This year’s James Beard Awards short list gets Chicago pretty well.
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Things to do on Valentine’s Day that aren’t awful
Valentine’s Day dining and events
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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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Cicchetti opens, Parson’s for brunch, creole Christmas Eve, and more
Events in the coming week