“I’m really trying to think of ways for us to take the trauma that’s linked to our food and uplift it in ways that makes us feel good and connected to who we are and our cultural identity,” says Jordan Wimby, aka the Melanin Martha, the subject of my column this week. You can see […]
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The Melanin Martha wants Black food to triumph over its trauma
Jordan Wimby was the only Black kid on her Beverly block, and she ate like everyone else: Lunchables, Tyson chicken nuggets, TV dinners, and frozen potpies. “Growing up I was surrounded by this conversation of racism, oppression, colonialism,” says Wimby, whose mother and grandparents were teachers (most of them CPS) who specialized in American and […]
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Mrs. Green has the cannabis collard green recipe that will melt your troubles away
A former paramedic captures that—and more—in his weed-infused soul food cookbook.
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Christmas around the world
Spend the holiday on a culinary trip around the globe without leaving Chicago.
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After church, come experience the gospel of fried chicken
Darnell Reed shares his family recipes in his two Luella’s restaurants.
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Lamar Moore takes the kitchen at the Currency Exchange Café
Theaster Gates’s Washington Park restaurant may be setting the stage for a soul-food comeback.
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Historic film and video studio IPA gets its own app
The Polaroid Wall provides a library of pictures taken at the famous production facility.
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Dirty Dancing, Edward Scissorhands, and more outdoor film screenings in Chicago this week
Outdoor screenings are in full swing.
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The Chicago Palestine Film Festival and CIMMFest highlight this week’s new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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Theaster Gates brings the coffee shop to Washington Park
The Currency Exchange Café is part of the artist’s ongoing project to bring art to Washington Park.
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Seeing the soul food in American cuisine’s mirror with author Adrian Miller
Thomas Jefferson’s mac and cheese jones, and other highlights from the history of soul food
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Bean pie, my brother?
The Nation of Islam’s iconic dessert is still around, if you know where to look.
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Some food porn from My Mother’s Kitchen
Some snaps from a newish Galewood soul food restaurant
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Theaster Gates and the art of soul
Theaster Gates’s ritual soul food dinner at his south-side arts initiative, Dorchester Projects
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This Week in Food & Drink: A Soul-Food Legend Revived, Two North-Side “Urban” Taquerias, Key Ingredient Fish Eyeballs, and More
This week in Food & Drink: Ruby’s Restaurant and other soul food spots, two new “urban” taquerias, Key Ingredient fish eyeballs, underground dining society Tuesday Night Dinner, Fireston Walker Double Jack Double IPA, and more.