No longer a boys’ club, the restaurant in the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel is a retreat from Michigan Avenue madness.
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Defending the Cherry Circle Room against the Blackhawk hordes
Getting lofty in the posh yet welcoming environs of the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel.
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Reader’s Agenda Mon 5/12: Columbia Yacht Club, City Winery’s dinner party, and Truckfighters
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Monday, May 12
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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).
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Key Ingredient: Carl Shelton of Boka braises, rolls, and smokes sassafras
Boka chef Carl Shelton serves sassafras with the animal that eats it.
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Key Ingredient: Chef Peter Coenen of the Gage holds his nose and faces sun-dried tomatoes
Gage chef de cuisine Peter Coenen holds his nose to work with sun-dried tomatoes.