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Home » Southern food

Tag: Southern food

Posted inFood & Drink

Wicker Park’s Ina Mae Tavern is New Orleans in a bottle

by Mike Sula August 9, 2018August 18, 2021

NOLA native Brian Jupiter (Frontier) gives authenticity to this Cajun-creole spot in the former Beechwood Inn.

Posted inFood & Drink

The Delta’s red hot tamales spotlight Chicago’s links to Mississippi

by Mike Sula November 9, 2017August 18, 2021

At the Wicker Park barstaurant, Adam Wendt chefs up the iconic original snack—and offers constructions southern-food aficionados might find controversial.

Posted inBlogs

Paul Fehribach shares a recipe from The Big Jones Cookbook: gumbo z’herbes

by Mike Sula May 26, 2015August 18, 2021

Go green with this veggie-centric stew from the Chicago chef’s collection of southern specialties.

Posted inFood & Drink

The south is rising at Luella’s Southern Kitchen

by Mike Sula March 20, 2015August 18, 2021

This Lincoln Square spot spans the region’s cuisine—from the Carolinas to the Mississippi Delta—with mixed results.

Posted inBlogs

Moxee Restaurant on Maxwell Street has moxie—and house-brewed beer

by Julia Thiel March 4, 2015August 18, 2021

The brewing portion of Moxee Restaurant and Mad Mouse Brewing is newly operational, but the food is already spot-on.

Panfried ham hock terrine set in a succotash of field peas and corn with a mustard vinaigrette and a soft-boiled egg
Posted inFood & Drink

The new ‘old south’ at Carriage House

by Mike Sula November 7, 2012August 19, 2021

Mark Steuer plays with low-country food at Carriage House

Posted inFood & Drink

Chicken of the trees

by Mike Sula August 16, 2012September 22, 2021

The rural eastern gray squirrel has long been a valued food source, but what about its urban cousin?

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