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Posted inFood & Drink

A brief history of ramen

by Mike Sula May 30, 2019August 18, 2021

An excerpt from Hugh Amano and Sarah Becan’s forthcoming comic cookbook Let’s Make Ramen!

Posted inMusic

Drummer Matt Wilson weds light-footed jazz to Carl Sandburg’s humane and homely poetry

by Peter Margasak August 29, 2017August 18, 2021

Matt Wilson has been reading Carl Sandburg for four decades, and his new album gives that love a playful and sophisticated form.

Posted inBlogs

Kizuki Ramen & Izakaya is the dependably good bowl Wicker Park doesn’t need

by Mike Sula February 16, 2017August 18, 2021

Another Japanese chain shows how it’s done.

Posted inBlogs

One Bite: The meaty carne en su jugo at Taqueria Los Gallos #2

by Mike Sula September 19, 2014August 18, 2021

A meat-lovers soup with not a carb to be found

Posted inBlogs

One Bite: The ungrilled grilled cheese at Blue Door Farm Stand

by Gwynedd Stuart August 6, 2014August 18, 2021

You can blame a midwestern winter for lots of things . . .

Flaky cups of pastry cradling warm sweet custard, capped with liquefied foie gras
Posted inFood & Drink

Trendy and traditional don’t mix at downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha

by Mike Sula May 16, 2014August 18, 2021

Downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha is a house divided.

Posted inBlogs

Pho now, L.D. Pho has Lincoln Square’s only proper pho

by Mike Sula March 31, 2014August 18, 2021

Lincoln Square’s new pho shop fills an oceanic void for Vietnamese soup.

Some of the finest, freshest sashimi in the city
Posted inFood & Drink

Japonais by Morimoto: At the top of the sushi food chain

by Mike Sula March 21, 2014August 18, 2021

Japonais by Morimoto: At the top of the sushi food chain

Clockwise from top left: beef pad taming, kow tome (breakfast soup), som tam (papaya salad), pad cha (squid), and the powerfully funky and spicy jackfruit salad.
Posted inFood & Drink

Make the drive to Chicagoland’s only Lao restaurant

by Mike Sula February 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Spicy Thai Lao is in a blink-and-you-miss-it south-suburban strip mall. But you don’t want to miss it.

The house-cured sardines are accompanied by crunchy shreds of pumpernickel bread and garnished with horseradish cream, dill, and celery leaf.
Posted inFood & Drink

The audacity of Michael Sheerin’s Cicchetti

by Mike Sula February 7, 2014August 18, 2021

Former Blackbird chef Michael Sheerin is taking Venetian food somewhere new.

Posted inBlogs

Save a life with five-headed chicken soup

by Mike Sula January 27, 2014August 18, 2021

This labor-intensive soup brought me back from the edge of respiratory failure.

Posted inBlogs

Noodle threads with oyster or vegetable at Vora

by Aimee Levitt November 8, 2013August 19, 2021

A Taiwanese soup brings the funk.

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Soup

by Chicago Reader June 19, 2013August 19, 2021

Soupbox

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Lentil Soup

by Sam Worley June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Taste of Lebanon

Posted inBest of Chicago

Best Deli With Soup That Changes Daily

by Tal Rosenberg June 20, 2012August 19, 2021

Al’s Deli

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