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Home » Michael Carlson

Tag: Michael Carlson

Posted inFood & Drink

Schwa, now with fewer drugs and more adult responsibility

by Michael Gebert August 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Once infamous for its excesses, the influential restaurant from mercurial chef Michael Carlson has transformed itself into a fertile proving ground for Chicago’s next generation of young culinary talent. Now that it’s all grown up, has Schwa lost its edge?

Posted inBlogs

Grant Achatz has a Trio class reunion at Next

by Michael Gebert September 3, 2014August 18, 2021

Next and the Aviary hold a reunion for graduates of Grant Achatz’s first restaurant, Trio.

Posted inBlogs

Untold secrets of the first 100 Key Ingredients

by Michael Gebert December 9, 2013August 19, 2021

Some of the behind-the-scenes antics from Key Ingredient

Brandon Baltzley is a chef who's been as consumed with creation as with destruction.
Posted inFood & Drink

Who does Brandon Baltzley think he is?

by Sarah Nardi June 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Who does chef-memoirist-addict Brandon Baltzley think he is?

The time I crashed a private dinner at Schwa honoring the drummer for Anthrax
Posted inFood & Drink

Sneaking into Schwa

by Anjali Pinto April 18, 2013August 19, 2021

Food Issue: Sneaking into Schwa

Posted inBlogs

Where Malort really comes from

by Julia Thiel March 6, 2013August 19, 2021

A short video made for a Second City competition imagines where the wormwood-based spirit might originate.

Posted inBlogs

Michael Carlson blows shit up and more food news bites

by Mike Sula August 17, 2012August 19, 2021

The return of Bizarre Foods, fermented pineapple brew, wood fired bagels, and more

Posted inBlogs

Beard season

by Mike Sula March 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Chicago nominees for the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards were announced yesterday.

Posted inBlogs

This week in Food & Drink

by Kate Schmidt February 2, 2012August 19, 2021

In this week’s Food & Drink: Chris Nugent’s new spot, Goosefoot, and other Lincoln Square restaurants

Posted inBlogs

Key Ingredient turns 50 (episodes)

by Julia Thiel December 16, 2011August 19, 2021

Thoughts on the first 50 episodes of Key Ingredient

Grant Achatz then and now: Pheasant, shallot, cider, burning oak leaves at Alinea; truffled custard and brandade at Next
Posted inFood & Drink

A chefs’ family tree revisited

by Mike Sula and Kate Schmidt October 13, 2011September 10, 2021

Culinary talent that branched out from Alinea, Blackbird, the Violet Hour, Tru, and more

Posted inBlogs

Food Truck Social 2011

by Julia Thiel August 29, 2011August 19, 2021

Food Truck Social 2011 suffers from its own success

Posted inBlogs

Food & Drink in this week’s Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more

by Kate Schmidt July 15, 2011August 19, 2021

Food & Drink in this week’s Reader: an off-the-grid brewery in the making, beer guides, Rustic House, Cocktail Challenge, and more

Posted inBlogs

More Michael Carlson

by Julia Thiel July 14, 2011August 19, 2021

Some outtakes from Michael Carlson’s Key Ingredient shoot at Schwa

Smoked hiramasa with Malort gelee and galangal glass
Posted inFood & Drink

Key Ingredient: Malort

by Julia Thiel June 30, 2011August 19, 2021

Schwa’s Michael Carlson takes on (and partakes of) the bitter booze

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