For the first time in the midwest, a Wisconsin farmer brings rare (and delicious) heritage hog breeds to market.
Tag: pigs
Posted inCity Life
The Reader’s stay-at-home chronicles: days 43 and 44
What we’re reading, watching, listening to, etc., to pass the time.
Posted inNews & Politics
After his proposal to block Trump Tower with pig balloons, this architect received ‘brutally abusive’ calls
“We were told to shove the pigs any number of ways,” says Jeffrey Roberts of Chicago firm New World Design Ltd.
Posted inArts & Culture
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival 2013
What we learned at the Chicago Humanities Festival: Robots, pigs, Bambi, and more
Posted inFood & Drink
The farmer’s dilemma
The farmer’s dilemma: a quick, clean slaughterhouse kill or a great life that ends with pain?
Posted inFilm
Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival: start peeling
Presented by Chicago Filmmakers, the 23rd Onion City festival runs Thu-Sun 6/23-6/26. Following are selected works from the opening-night program (Thu 6/23, 8 PM) at Gene Siskel Film Center, 164 N. State, and the nine subsequent programs (showtimes below) at Chicago Filmmakers, 5243 N. Clark. For more information call 773-293-1447; a complete schedule is available […]
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One Bite: Pork Collar From the Butcher & Larder
Cooking for a crowd with pork collar from the Butcher & Larder.
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Pat Sheerin on the Mangalitsa slaughter
The Signature Room’s chef reports on his trip to the slaughterhouse
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The Mangalitsas are coming
Upcoming special dinners from local chefs who’ve invested in rare Mangalista pigs being raised on Stan Schutte’s downstate farm.
Posted inNews & Politics
The Food Issue: Meet the Mangalitsas
Local chefs invest in a rare breed of pig said to be the Wagyu of the pork world.
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An Eater’s Reading Roundup
Recent food-related articles of interest, among them a review of Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals, a modest proposal for mega food desert Detroit, and a hydroponic system for urban dwellers’ windows.
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Joe Meno and Mark Caro: 2009 Great Lakes Book Award winners
Mark Caro and Joe Meno have won top honors this year from the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association.
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The Whole Hog Project: Come and get it!
Reserve your spot for the Reader’s six-course snout-to-tail mulefoot pig dinner at Blackbird, October 19.