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Tag: Italian food

Posted inBlogs

Three ndujas: Salami just got more spreadable

by Mike Sula December 20, 2013August 19, 2021

Your guide to locally produced red Nutella

Posted inBlogs

Mario Batali wants you to have your “holy jeez!” moment

by Michael Gebert December 4, 2013August 19, 2021

A Q&A with the vested one

Posted inBlogs

Lidia Bastianich: “Fifty percent of the chef’s job is done if you have the right products”

by Michael Gebert December 3, 2013August 19, 2021

The Eataly partner on the simplicity of real Italian food

Posted inBlogs

Talking with the principals behind Eataly: Joe Bastianich

by Michael Gebert December 2, 2013August 19, 2021

What Eataly is bringing to Chicago, according to partner Joe Bastianich.

Posted inBlogs

In Print: The Sardinian Cookbook

by Mike Sula October 7, 2013August 19, 2021

Lakeview cooking instructor Viktorija Todorovska follows up her Puglia cookbook with one on the food of Italy’s second largest island.

Posted inBlogs

Sofi spreads northern Italian to the near south

by Mike Sula September 26, 2013August 19, 2021

North meets south in this Printers Row trattoria.

Posted inBlogs

A garlicky pesto even a vampire could love

by Mike Sula August 5, 2013August 19, 2021

The great scape pesto

Posted inBlogs

In search of the best spaghetti and meatballs ever

by Aimee Levitt July 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Does this elusive honor belong to the version of the dish served up at Centro Ristorante?

Posted inBlogs

You say tomato, J.P. Graziano says gelato

by Mike Sula June 27, 2013August 19, 2021

A collaboration between Jim Graziano and Baume & Brix’s Ben Roche is producing some outstanding gelato.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Italian

by Chicago Reader June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

La Scarola

Posted inBlogs

Cooking with pasta from Rockford: Valentino’s fusilli gigante

by Mike Sula November 12, 2012August 19, 2021

This small batch pasta is too good to die

Posted inBlogs

Nepali and (not) Italian at Himshikar

by Mike Sula August 2, 2012August 19, 2021

This Sauganash restaurant scuttled its Italian menu, but the handful of Nepali dishes are what you want anyway.

Tagliolini nero with crab, sea urchin, and chiles
Posted inFood & Drink

The peasant’s party at Balena

by Mike Sula May 16, 2012August 19, 2021

With Balena, the Boka Group comes late to pan-Italia, but it’s worth the wait

Italian cooking instructor Laura Andreatta: lay off the garlic, already.
Posted inNews & Politics

This week’s Chicagoan: Laura Andreatta, Italian cooking instructor

by Anne Ford April 10, 2012August 19, 2021

This week’s Chicagoan: Laura Andreatta, Italian cooking instructor

The small plates portion of RPM's menu—which includes the lobster caprese—is not unlike that of fellow Italian spot Bar Ombra. But the vibe at the two restaurants couldn't be more different.
Posted inFood & Drink

A tale of two Italians: Bar Ombra and RPM

by Mike Sula April 3, 2012August 19, 2021

Two Italians at odds: Bar Ombra and Melman siblings’ RPM

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