Stephanie Izard Wins Best Chef: Great Lakes
Steve talked with Stephanie Izard, from Girl & the Goat, winner of the Best Chef: Great Lakes region.
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First Chicago Win at James Beard Awards
Chicago’s first win at The James Beard Awards, going to The Aviary, named Outstanding Bar Program.
2013 James Beard Preview
We’re in New York, covering all of the Chicago winners; here’s a preview of what to look for later tonight
James Beard Awards Tonight; Lots of Chicago Talent Here
There have already been more parties, after-parties and cocktail receptions than I can count. The four day-long slog that has become Beard Weekend began on Friday (where Chicago’s Nina Barrett and Mike Sula picked up medallions for their work at WBEZ and The Reader, respectively) and has wound its way through a series of … Continued
A Conversation with David Chang
TORONTO – David Chang can really rack up the frequent flyer miles. When I caught up with him here during the Terroir Symposium last month, he had just gotten back from visiting his restaurant in Sydney, Australia, and was already planning on flying out to help cook a dinner back in the U.S. later that … Continued
Top N. American winners at World’s 50 Best Restaurants
There’s a new #1 restaurant in the world. After three years at the top of the “World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list, Copenhagen’s Noma moved down a spot, to make way for El Celler de Can Roca, in Girona, Spain. The #3 spot is now held by Italy’s Osteria Francescana. Six of the top 50 were … Continued
World’s 50 Best Restaurants Announced Today
Here comes another year of second-guessing. The annual list of “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants” will be announced in London later today (approx. 3/3:30 p.m. Chicago time) and there are bound to be head-scratches. Full disclosure: I’m one of the 26 Academy Chairs for the List, overseeing a group of 35 voters, covering the … Continued
This Weekend in Chicago: Cheese at Pastoral Festival and Pig at Cochon 555
The mission: prepare a menu from the a 200-pound heritage breed pig, nose-to-tail. If you’re the kind of person who gets excited by pig butchery and cooking, and you’d care to participate in selecting a winner from five local chefs, check out tickets to this year’s Cochon 555 on April 28. Don’t want to buy … Continued
Hungry Hound Recap From Last Week:
Due to the Boston manhunt, two of my stories were held from Friday, but we do have a pair of burgers worth shouting about. One is a Chicago legend – the Big Baby – now being resurrected in a Gold Coast hotel’s brasserie; the other (above) is from Acadia’s fantastic little bar menu, and I … Continued
And The Winners Are…
Congratulations to Mary-Carol Riehs and Matt Dayton, winners of our 24-hour free tickets to Pinot Days tomorrow at Navy Pier. Mary-Carol whipped up this lovely little poem: Once upon a Thursday dreary, as I bailed water, weak and weary, Salvaging books full of forgotten lore, Whilst I mopped, energy sapping, wishing I could … Continued
Win Tickets to Pinot Days this Saturday
While the bacon lovers hit the UIC Forum for BaconFest, pinot fans will be descending upon Navy Pier once again this weekend, for the 6th Annual Pinot Days Chicago. The event – which features more than 100 pinots from 55 producers – runs from 12 – 5 p.m. this Saturday, the 20th. Consumers will be able … Continued