The Won Fun Chinese chef recalls how he learned to “not bullshit and actually do real cooking.”
Tag: Vol. 46 No. 33
Issue of May. 25 – 31, 2017
Posted inFood & Drink
Chef Won Kim pays tribute to his culinary mentor (and mother), Sun Hee Kang
The Kimski chef’s mom taught him to cook by feel, touch, and taste.
Posted inFood & Drink
Chef Dino Tsaknis pays tribute to his culinary mentor, Michael Lachowicz
The Primehouse chef thinks back on how making a classic French meat pie at Le Francais instilled in him the value of training and discipline.
Posted inFood & Drink
Chef Benjamin Lustbader pays tribute to his culinary mentor, Michel Richard
The Giant chef remembers being schooled in the high-intensity kitchen at Citronelle.
Posted inBlogs
Jon Mueller and Mike Weis meditate with drums at the Zen Buddhist Temple-Chicago
In paired solo sets this Saturday, Jon Mueller and Mike Weis will use drums and gongs to draw out the acoustic qualities of a Zen temple.
Posted inFilm
Shorts, sharp and shocking, at the Chicago Underground Film Festival
Five days’ worth of features and short subjects screen in the festival’s 24th edition.
Posted inArts & Culture
Ideation, Token, and nine more stage shows to see now
A dark comedy from Jackalope and a go-for-the-jugular solo performance are among this week’s best bets.
Posted inArts & Culture
Silk Road Rising’s Great Expectations is less a morality tale than a tale of easy moralizing
In an adaptation that puts Pip in India under the Raj, there’s no way for him to succeed without betraying his heritage.
Posted inBlogs
Black Cinema House honors the art of the shoeshine
American Shoeshine and Shinemen screen at the Stony Island Arts Bank this Friday.
Posted inArts & Culture
The message of Court Theatre’s Harvey? Don’t worry—be happy
Mary Chase’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1945 comedy was and remains a sweet break from the general awfulness.
Posted inArts & Culture
At Triumph Gallery, more than 150 artists counteract a GOP watch list
“The Dangerous Professors” marries art and education in response to online attacks on higher-ed teachers.
Posted inBlogs
Charming indie-pop duo Water From Your Eyes help celebrate the first year of Our Music My Body
Water From Your Eyes play a benefit tonight for Our Music My Body, a campaign by Chicago nonprofits Between Friends and Rape Victim Advocates to fight harassment in the music scene.
Posted inBlogs
Jolly carrots dance to the Horse Lords on the gig poster of the week
This week’s featured gig poster was created by local artist Andy Burkholder.
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Aldermen agree to install 30 more surveillance cameras around Wrigley Field after Manchester bombing, and other Chicago news
Also, Toni Preckwinkle will run for reelection as Cook County Board president next year.
Posted inMusic
The poop scoop on festival season
Service Sanitation porta-potties have become a ubiquitous sight at Chicago music festivals. And even if you don’t think you want to, you’re about to learn about the business that put them there.