Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)
Tag: Dana Cree
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Hump! Film Festival, “Exhibitionism–The Rolling Stones,” and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Anarchist Print Fair, Easter Brunch Buffet, and more happenings from April 14-16.
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Make Dana Cree’s donut ice cream
The Publican pastry chef’s Hello, My Name Is Ice Cream is an alluring volume on the frozen dairy arts.
Posted inFood & Drink, Food & Drink Feature
1871 Dairy brings Chicago milk back from the dead
Illinois’s dairy heritage has been resurrected by a former pencil pusher who just wanted healthy milk for his family.
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Hamburger Hop tickets are on sale, your chance to eat like a Google employee, and more
It may be the dog days of August, but events are still happening.
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Chicago’s food media fared better in the Beard Award noms this year
And the restaurants did as well as they always do.
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Long-form food writing isn’t dead meat
There’s still good, meaty writing about food happening—you just have to look for it a little.
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Reader’s Agenda Fri 5/9: Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Let’s Get Working, and Young Fathers
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, May 9
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Nineteen of Chicago’s best chefs will be at our Key Ingredient Cook-Off on May 9. Will you?
The lineup features several winners from last year’s KICO: Barry Sorkin (Smoque) and Paula Haney (Hoosier Mama Pie Shop), who won their categories, and Abraham Conlon (Fat Rice), who won overall.
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Restaurants in running for Beards, media not so much
The James Beard Foundation Awards announcements yesterday showed a scene that’s strong on one side, not very strong on the other.
Posted inFood & Drink, Key Ingredient
2013: The year of our 100th Key Ingredient
The past year of our chef-to-chef challenge has included lobster guts, durian, and pig uterus (some of it a little burned).
Posted inFood & Drink, Key Ingredient
Key Ingredient: Anna Shovers of the Publican turns chicory root Vietnamese
The Publican’s pastry chef makes a coffee substitute into ice cream inspired by iced coffee.
Posted inBleader, Blogs
Untold secrets of the first 100 Key Ingredients
Some of the behind-the-scenes antics from Key Ingredient
Posted inFood & Drink, Key Ingredient
Key Ingredient: Dana Cree of Blackbird sweetens up pine sap
Blackbird pastry chef Dana Cree makes ice cream with an ingredient that “looks like a tree took a poop.”