The city’s SummerDance series is well under way, and today’s fusion of live music, dance instruction, and outdoor activities takes place in Englewood’s Ogden Park (6500 S. Racine). The fun starts at 4:30 PM with a free poster and printmaking station run by the Hyde Park Art Center’s Youth Board 0f Artists (a group of […]
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In praise of sweat and preservation
It’s time to let our hands remember what our ancestors knew.
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Key Ingredient: John Hogan creates foam with fermented squid guts
Challenged to create a dish with shiokara, River Roast chef John Hogan makes a foam with the fermented squid guts.
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Evanston’s Boltwood is unpredictable—and that’s not a complaint
Evanston’s Boltwood is unpredictable—and that’s not a complaint
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Key Ingredient: John Coletta isn’t allergic to fennel pollen
Challenged to create a dish with fennel pollen, Quartino chef John Coletta shows off the summery spice.
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Trendy and traditional don’t mix at downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha
Downtown dim sum parlor Yum Cha is a house divided.
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Take your meatings at Tête Charcuterie . . . but save room for salad
Tête Charcuterie is a lot more than just a temple to our culture’s insatiable flesh lust.
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The audacity of Michael Sheerin’s Cicchetti
Former Blackbird chef Michael Sheerin is taking Venetian food somewhere new.
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Eataly: The restaurant review
An assessment of the restaurants, bars, and food stalls in Eataly, the River North Italian mega-emporium
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Summer House Santa Monica masters California artifice
Summer House Santa Monica masters California artifice.
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Azzurra EnoTavola is the season’s Italian sleeper
Azzura EnoTavola offers simple, soulful Italian food from the folks behind Anteprima and Bar Ombra.
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Bohemian rhapsody at Dusek’s
Dusek’s borrows a few tricks from Longman & Eagle—but it’s its own thing, too.
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The Next level of vegan
Next’s Vegan menu is predictably ambitious and fantastical, but can a vegetarian fine dining rookie hang with it?
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This week’s Chicagoan: Rosita Arvigo, master herbalist
This week’s Chicagoan is Rosita Arvigo, a master herbalist.