While my comprehensive four-volume opus on freeganism was derailed by the pandemic, it seems like it was a particularly productive period for a whole bunch of local food writers who have books coming out this fall. I’m excited about all of them. Instantly Mediterranean: Vibrant, Satisfying Recipes for Your Instant Pot, Electric Pressure Cooker, and […]
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Pizza for Everyone!
Charity pop-up Crust Fund Pizza drops its retro-style community cookbook that embraces the egalitarian pliability of pizza.
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Absolutely the ten best south-side tacos (or confessions of a food-list maker)
When a best tacos list came under fire, it got our writer thinking about why we love best-of lists—and tacos.
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A new pho and banh mi spot on Lawrence shows the simple virtues of Vietnamese food
Join Team CoCo at CoCo Vietnamese Sandwiches & Pho.
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James Beard Foundation Awards events will be everywhere this weekend
The James Beard Foundation Awards are this weekend, and things are happening all over town.
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Chicago’s food media fared better in the Beard Award noms this year
And the restaurants did as well as they always do.
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Xi’an Cuisine is Chinatown’s idea of a sandwich shop
Northwestern China specialties are on the short menu at Chinatown’s Xi’an Cuisine.
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Black Earth Meats couldn’t Kickstart its reopening (and other year-end updates)
Black Earth Meats is still raising money, Bolzano is teaching charcuterie, and other follow-ups to stories from the past year.
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Happy tenth to Boka Group, Alinea back in top ten, and other food news
Boka’s ten, Alinea’s number nine, and Action Bronson is back and hungry.
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Next nicked, Alinea punked, and other things coming up
An Achatz restaurant, a social media uproar, what’s new?
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Graham Elliot’s Grahamwich closes, unmourned by all
What went wrong with the MasterChef’s River North sandwich shop
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One Bite: Montreal-style smoked meat at Fumaré Meats & Deli
An Easter conversion to smoked meat, aka viande fumée, aka pastrami
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A cinderella story at Baconfest
A porky Indian sweet won this year’s Golden Rasher for Most Creative Use of Bacon