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Home » squirrels

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Posted inCity Life

Get your nuts together

by Salem Collo-Julin December 11, 2020August 18, 2021

Upcoming events and distractions from our listings coordinator

Posted inBlogs

Long reads from the Reader archive for your long Thanksgiving weekend

by Ryan Smith November 27, 2015August 18, 2021

Sink your teeth into these favorite Reader features.

Posted inBlogs

Chicago trash man fears ‘monsters of the garbage’

by Anne Ford January 25, 2015August 18, 2021

Squirrels have replaced rats as the most troublesome pest for trash haulers, says commercial garbage man Jaime Queroz.

Posted inBlogs

The nation’s largest vertical farm is in Bedford Park, and other food news bites

by Mike Sula March 22, 2013August 19, 2021

Stolen tip, squirrel ragu, and more.

Posted inBlogs

Nature Museum wants you to start thinking about what you stick in your mouth

by Aimee Levitt March 22, 2013August 19, 2021

A new exhibit, “Food: The Nature of Eating,” will make you think about your own eating habits.

Posted inBlogs

Where have all the squirrels gone?

by Mike Sula August 24, 2012August 19, 2021

There’s more than one edible rodent in town

Posted inBlogs

Interview with Carol Sciurus, eastern gray squirrel

by Tal Rosenberg August 22, 2012August 19, 2021

Asking a squirrel what she thinks about Mike Sula’s “Chicken of the trees”

Posted inBlogs

Letter to the editor: Carnivorous Anthropocentrism!

by Jerome Ludwig August 21, 2012August 19, 2021

When we write about carnivorousness, Brien Comerford can be counted on to take the bait

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?

Posted inBlogs

A burgoo of adorable woodland creatures

by Mike Sula April 13, 2012August 19, 2021

How to make a classic wild game stew.

Posted inBlogs

You And What Army?

by Cliff Doerksen November 1, 2010August 19, 2021

It’s always somethin’.

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