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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.

Ramen-San's tonkotsu ramen with slabs of roasted pork belly
Posted inFood & Drink

Right and wrong: Sodikoff’s High Five Ramen and the Melmans’ Ramen-San

by Mike Sula June 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Brendan Sodikoff’s High Five Ramen and the Melmans’ Ramen-San face off over noodle soup.

Nahant Marsh, Davenport's urban wetland
Posted inArts & Culture

There’s nothing glamorous about the Quad Cities, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing good to do there

by Kate Schmidt May 14, 2014August 18, 2021

There’s nothing glamorous about the Quad Cities, but that doesn’t mean there’s nothing good to do there.

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.

Posted inNews & Politics

This week’s Chicagoan: Rosita Arvigo, master herbalist

by Anne Ford May 30, 2013August 19, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan is Rosita Arvigo, a master herbalist.

Tomalley foam with polenta, lobster claw, and popcorn
Posted inFood & Drink

Jake Bickelhaupt of Sous Rising aerates lobster guts

by Julia Thiel March 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Jake Bickelhaupt of the underground restaurant Sous Rising aerates green lobster guts.

Posted inBlogs

What to cook from the American Woman’s Cookbook

by Mike Sula September 11, 2008August 19, 2021

A recipe for corn oysters from the 1939 “American Woman’s Cook Book.”

Posted inBlogs

Bread and circuses

by Whet Moser February 22, 2008August 19, 2021

What Chicago has to do with the price of wheat, and China.

Posted inBlogs

Moonshine

by Harold Henderson April 2, 2007August 19, 2021

Growing Illinois corn for ethanol is wacko; clearing land in Brazil to do so is insane.

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