Chicago was the third city Tom Sietsema tackled in his Washington Post series on America’s great food cities this year. Not only did he completely capture the zeitgeist of what’s going on right now, he also had one of the Post’s videographers shoot and edit this great video (of which I’m honored to be a … Continued
There’s nothing quite like enjoying seafood on the coast, plucked straight from the water and eaten with your bare hands. Chicago may be in the middle of the country, but you can now get your hands dirty – deliciously – in a new seafood shack on the Northwest Side of the city.
LONDON – The battle between three of the world’s gastronomic heavyweights continues. Like a three-way race during a TV timeout on a Jumbotron between animatronic sausages/bags of candy, the top restaurants in Copenhagen, Spain and Italy once again jostled for the top spot on The World’s 50 Best Restaurants list. El Celler de Can Roca, … Continued
In a tiny Chinatown storefront, the outside doesn’t look like much, but inside, a family-run restaurant features the nuanced dishes from Xi’an. The two stars: handmade noodles – made in two distinctive ways – plus a homemade bun stuffed with ground lamb and cumin that is completely unique to Chicago.
There are so many cookie cutter beef temples in River North, but Boeufhaus, in Humboldt Park, takes a completely different approach to sourcing, cooking and serving its beef.
I spent the better part of a week driving from New Brunswick, Canada, down to Portland, Maine, going in search of the best lobster rolls. Tough work, I know. My story appeared in The Chicago Tribune’s Sunday Travel section. Click here to read it.
The Fire’s Lovel Palmer happens to miss the food from his native Jamaica so much, he showed me one of his favorite dishes from the island. Here’s a clue: it’s not jerk chicken.
Click on the article below to read my review of the very first Virgin Hotel (in Chicago) for The Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper.
With Chicago Craft Beer Week going on until May 24th, the folks at Lakeshore Beverage decided to crunch some numbers. They analyzed a year’s worth of sales data from thousands of bars, restaurants, liquor stores, grocery stores, and anywhere else that sells beer. First, they determined the averages for consumption of each style of beer throughout … Continued
“Cookie Love” was a labor of love for the owner of Mindy’s Hot Chocolate in Chicago; she showed me how one of her “mistakes” turned out to be a fantastic discovery.
The theme of this trip was “farm to table,” and though we tried to make it in one day, even with a private jet, the three hour, 45 minute flight each way required an overnight stay in Napa. We began the day at the Oxbow Market in Napa, for the best English muffins in the … Continued