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Dave Michalowski, bartender . . . and licensed therapist

by Kate Schmidt August 9, 2013August 19, 2021

The GEB barkeep featured in this week’s Cocktail Challenge is a man of many trades.

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Whale watch: Ambergris surfaces at Billy Sunday

by Julia Thiel April 10, 2013August 19, 2021

An ambergris-laced cocktail at Billy Sunday, plus an excellent old-fashioned.

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Drink barbecued haggis and roly-poly pudding at Drumbar

by Mike Sula March 1, 2013August 19, 2021

The elegant rooftop bar at the Raffaelo Hotel is one of only three places in the U.S. where you can sample bottlings from the Scotch Malt Whisky Society.

Charles Joly's Manatee Musk Punsch is redolent of "marine animal excrement."
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: ambergris

by Julia Thiel March 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Charles Joly of the Drawing concocts a cocktail with ambergis (whale vomit)

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This week’s Food & Drink: Bread & Wine, bamboo fungus

by Kate Schmidt March 8, 2012August 19, 2021

In this week’s Food & Drink: Bread & Wine, Key Ingredient bamboo fungus

Bamboo fungus cocktail
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Key Ingredient: bamboo fungus

by Julia Thiel March 7, 2012August 19, 2021

After 30 experiments, the Aviary chef and his team craft a cocktail with bamboo fungus

Posted inBlogs

In this week’s Food & Drink

by Kate Schmidt February 23, 2012August 19, 2021

In this week’s Food & Drink: the Yemeni restaurant Sheeba, Key Ingredient dried limes, more Middle Eastern

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This Week in Food & Drink: The Aviary, Key Ingredient pork cheeks, neighborhood food councils, and more

by Kate Schmidt May 27, 2011August 19, 2021

This week in Food & Drink: Achatz and Kokonas’s the Aviary, Key Ingredient pork cheeks, neighborhood food councils, more Fulton Market restaurants

Blueberry, Dark and Stormy, and Ginger
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The Aviary: a defining Chicago experience

by Mike Sula May 26, 2011August 19, 2021

At the Aviary, Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas take cocktails to the next level and then some.

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