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Home » cooking

Tag: cooking

Bambi Banks-Couleé
Posted inFood & Drink

Get baked with Bambi Banks-Couleé

by Salem Collo-Julin June 9, 2021August 18, 2021

The drag superstar is decolonizing weed “from the kitchen to the couch” with her new cooking webseries.

Posted inCity Life

The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 50 and 51

by Reader staff May 9, 2020August 18, 2021

What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.

Posted inBlogs

Emanuel urges Trump to increase federal gas tax, stop slamming Chicago, and other Chicago news

by Kate Shepherd July 4, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, Standard & Poor’s calls the Illinois house’s actions a “crucial step” to end budget stalemate.

Jar of ika no shiokara
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: John Hogan creates foam with fermented squid guts

by Julia Thiel August 22, 2014August 18, 2021

Challenged to create a dish with shiokara, River Roast chef John Hogan makes a foam with the fermented squid guts.

Goat testicles
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: Lee Kuebler has balls—goat testicles, that is

by Julia Thiel June 5, 2014August 18, 2021

Challenged to create a dish with goat testicles, Milwalky Trace chef Lee Kuebler deep-fries them.

Kelis
Posted inMusic

Kelis keeps stirring the pot 15 years on

by Miles Raymer June 2, 2014August 18, 2021

Kelis didn’t become the star she should have 15 years ago, but she’s still one of modern R&B’s most consistently inventive artists.

Necco Wafer coconut pudding with Necco cotton candy, assorted garnishes, and Necco paint
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: Mike Bagale of Alinea candies Necco Wafers

by Julia Thiel March 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Challenged to make a dish with Necco Wafers, Mike Bagale of Alinea candies the candy.

Poached kabocha squash with caramelized-honey ice cream and lemon-mastic granita
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: Jeremy Brutzkus of Longman & Eagle updates a favorite of the sultan’s harem

by Julia Thiel February 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Pastry chef Jeremy Brutzkus of Longman & Eagle updates a favorite of the Sultan’s harem.

Claire and Rufus Barner at the Rocking Horse
Posted inArts & Culture

V-Day Issue: Finding love in poli-sci and sci-fi

by Gwynedd Stuart February 12, 2014August 18, 2021

V-Day Issue: Claire and Rufus Barner intend to leave Chicago a better place than they found it.

Katy Bird (left) and Lynn Rondeau at their home
Posted inArts & Culture

V-Day Issue: A power couple like Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, but better

by Kevin Warwick February 12, 2014August 18, 2021

V-Day Issue: Lynn Rondeau and Katy Bird are the type of people who’ll parallel park your car for you.

Aay Preston-Myint (left) and Colin Dickson at the Charleston
Posted inArts & Culture

V-Day Issue: A duo that met on the dance floor

by Kevin Warwick February 12, 2014August 18, 2021

V-Day Issue: Aay Preston-Myint and Colin Dickson’s first date “didn’t just have a third wheel, it had 20.”

Chicory ice cream with coffee-chicory granita and fried tofu skins
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: Anna Shovers of the Publican turns chicory root Vietnamese

by Julia Thiel December 12, 2013August 19, 2021

The Publican’s pastry chef makes a coffee substitute into ice cream inspired by iced coffee.

Aged Vermont goat cheese with black cumin-spiced pumpkin and pain d'epices
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: Black cumin

by Julia Thiel October 3, 2013August 19, 2021

Homestead’s Chris Teixeira survives a “death challenge” to arrive at a cheese course featuring black cumin.

Beef marinated with maguey leaf, garlic, shallots, and chiles, served with tempura-fried maitake mushrooms
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: Thai Dang of Embeya puts an Asian spin on maguey leaves

by Julia Thiel August 8, 2013August 19, 2021

Thai Dang of Embeya puts an Asian spin on maguey leaves, aka agave leaves.

Posted inBlogs

In search of the best spaghetti and meatballs ever

by Aimee Levitt July 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Does this elusive honor belong to the version of the dish served up at Centro Ristorante?

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