Challenged to create a dish with fennel pollen, Quartino chef John Coletta shows off the summery spice.
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Key Ingredient: Lee Kuebler has balls—goat testicles, that is
Challenged to create a dish with goat testicles, Milwalky Trace chef Lee Kuebler deep-fries them.
Key Ingredient: Zoe Schor faces “the strangest animal on the planet”
Challenged to make a dish with geoduck, Zoe Schor of Ada St. prepares the enormous clam two ways.
Key Ingredient: Erick Williams attempts to showcase a starch
Challenged to create a dish with kudzu starch, Erick Williams of MK uses it five ways.
Bottlefork: A fine chef meets the Dec
At Rockit Ranch’s Bottlefork, a fine chef meets the Dec
Key Ingredient: Mike Bagale of Alinea candies Necco Wafers
Challenged to make a dish with Necco Wafers, Mike Bagale of Alinea candies the candy.
At Paul Kahan’s Nico Osteria, two worlds collide with a bang
At Paul Kahan’s Nico Osteria, two worlds collide.
Key Ingredient: Smen
Joseph Rose of Lockwood funks up his act with smen, a fermented butter traditional in North Africa and the Middle East.
Key Ingredient: Acadia chef-owner Ryan McCaskey doubles down on pandan
Ryan McCaskey of Acadia uses pandan leaf to add lingering “toasty rice” flavor to a southeast Asian plate.
The radiant sound world of Oren Ambarchi
The latest studio effort from Australian guitarist Oren Ambarchi displays his rich sound world in all its splendor
What Does It Mean if You Get Vulcan’s Fire Salt in Your Stocking?
Gifts for people who genuinely wouldn’t mind finding a jar of cumin under the tree.
This Sidewalk Could Kill Your Dog
New York and Boston have gone to great lengths to eliminate “stray voltage,” a phenomenon responsible for death and injury to both animals and people. Though Chicago’s seen at least three such incidents, no similar effort is under way.