Grace’s food weakens the knees, but Curtis Duffy’s long-awaited restaurant isn’t all the way there yet.
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Call of the wild
An underground chef is going legit with her ambitious new restaurantâ€â€the first of its kind in Chicago.
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Key Ingredient turns 50 (episodes)
Thoughts on the first 50 episodes of Key Ingredient
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NoMI goes casual
Michelin-starred NoMi gets a more casual redo that plays it safe but executes expertly.
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Key Ingredient Grabs a Beard Nom
Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, and a host of Chicago chefs, restaurateurs, and restaurants picked up nominations today for the annual James Beard awards, aka the “Oscars of the food world.”
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This Week in Food & Drink: Craft Distillers, Key Ingredient Beef Tendon, Wasabi, a Shake-Up at Green City Market, and More
Last week Mike Sula wrote about underground distillers. In this week’s Omnivorous he looks at several regional craft distillers who are going the legit route, among them Paul Hletko, whose Few Spirits will be the first distillery in the history of Evanston. Other locals looking to set up shop are Miriam Matasar and Brenton Engel, […]
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This Week in Food & Drink: Best New Restaurants, Key Ingredient: Geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more
Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef’s challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more
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Key Ingredient: Chinese black beans
Avenues’ Curtis Duffy comes up with a sweet solution for their “haunting” funk.
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This Week’s Food and Drink Events
Farm tours, cooking competitions, garden parties, and more.
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2010 Beard Semifinalists Announced
Semifinalists for the James Beard Awards have been announced, and just like in spring, some perennials pop up.
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Holiday Restaurant Specials
Restaurants offering holiday specials, from a Swedish Julbord to a New Orleans-style reveillon dinner