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A green papaya salad with midwestern shrimp is delicately sweet, sour, and spicy.

Food & 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.

Food & 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

A square of flanlike spreadable blood, almost chocolatey in flavor and strewn with crunchy endive spears, is a mind-blowing dish.

Food & Drink

Former Top Cheftestant brings soulful, creative Korean to Avondale

by Mike Sula July 11, 2014August 18, 2021

Former Top Cheftestant brings soulful, creative Korean to Avondale.

Food & Drink

Eating like a cab driver

by Gwynedd Stuart April 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Food Issue: Eating like a cab driver

Blogs

Something something weather something

by Sam Worley June 28, 2012August 19, 2021

It’s hot out. Make some granita.

Blogs

How to … refresh yourself

by Sam Worley June 3, 2011August 19, 2021

(With apologies to Madonna.) Granita, an exquisitely refreshing frozen treat, requires neither an ice cream machine nor, frankly, very much work—put it in the freezer and, when you feel like it, stir. The booze in this cucumber variation is optional but advisable: it prevents the granita from freezing too firmly, and it lends the mixture […]