I can’t name two more worldly bon vivants than Eric May and Titus Ruscitti. May, caterer, executive director of Roots & Culture Contemporary Art Center, and former head chef at Ox-bow School of Art; and Ruscitti, food writer and taco scholar, have eaten prodigiously all over the world—and in every corner and crevice of the […]
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Here’s season two of Monday Night Foodball
Monday Night Foodball has been on a holiday hiatus for more than a month, and I’m soooooo bored. I can’t spend another Monday night pacing the empty, echoing void of the Kedzie Inn, balancing imaginary plates of curried lamb ddukboki, Cambodian fried chicken sandwiches, and pimento cheese hash brown jalapeno poppers, plaintively calling out your […]
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Catch the new issue of the Chicago Foodcultura Clarion
There’s a tasty surprise in 3,000 copies of the Reader this week. It’s the fourth and final issue of the Chicago Foodcultura Clarion, the zine by Spanish food artist Antoni Miralda, University of Chicago anthropologist Stephan Palmié, and their marauding horde of ravenous, sugar-crazed foodlums. This issue features Palmie’s fascinating history on Reese Finer Foods, the erstwhile […]
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Major food scoop in this week’s Reader
Find it in the third edition of the Chicago FoodCultura Clarion.
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Extra! Extra! Chicago Food Writing Inside!
Read all about it in the Chicago FoodCultura Clarion.
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Our favorite books of 2014
A look back at the year in lit, from the best reads by Chicago authors to new bookstores and live-lit events.
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Trunk Show plasters artist-created bumper stickers to a gallery on wheels
With Trunk Show, a Ford Taurus serves as a vehicle for a curator couple’s art shows.
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Red-flannel hash redux, from Leo’s Lunchroom
A recipe resurrected from the late, great Wicker Park diner
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This week’s food and drink events, from Bulls schmoozing to truffle making
Austria Uncorked, Hoops for Hunger, a truffle-making party, and more.
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Eat it, then wear it
A new artist-run supper club makes the bones from your dinner into jewelry
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The E-Dogz Food Trailer Is Up and Running—and Free
Eric May’s E-Dogz free food trailer is up and running outside the Block Museum of Art.
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This Week in Food & Drink: Of love and crepes, Key Ingredient lamb fat, two new pubs, and more
In this week’s food and drink: Prince Creperie Cafe, Key Ingredient lamb fat, Gyu-Kaku, the latest food truck, the aphrodisiac sannakji, and more.
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Beer Money
A new brewery gets a boost from Kickstarter, a proposed “mobile culinary center,” bento boxes in Bucktown, and more
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A bit of the Velvet Tango Room in Bar DeVille
Bartenders from Cleveland’s wondrous Velvet Tango Room make a two-night stand at Bar DeVille