Bacolod Focuses on Famous Filipino Chicken Dish
The food of the Philippines isn’t that widely available in Chicago, but there’s a family-run restaurant in Pulaski Park where everything revolves around a famous chicken dish.
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Seven Chefs and A Bartender Pop-up Inside Fat Rice
Cochon 555 stops in Chicago next week for a punch competition at Chicago Gourmet on Saturday the 26th and a porky fête on Sunday the 27th. To kick off the weekend, Chef Abraham Conlon welcomes six chefs from Chicago and beyond to his home at Fat Rice in Avondale for an after-hours Asian Speakeasy on Friday night. The $125 … Continued
Tomatoes the Stars at Annual Osteria Dinner
Now revered as one of summer’s most versatile fruits, the tomato was once the hapless scapegoat of lead poisoning and aphrodisiac affections. To commemorate the now-celebrated tomato season (June to October), Osteria via Stato in downtown Chicago hosts their fourth annual multi-course dinner featuring the heirloom fruit. Join third-generation owner Nick Nichols of Nichols Farm & Orchard on Wednesday, September 23 … Continued
Dive into Oktoberfest at The Dawson
Unlike the name suggests, Oktoberfest traditionally begins mid-September in Germany, ending 16 to 18 days later – the first week of October. Chicagoans can jump right into the festivities this Saturday, September 19 at The Dawson with a selection of namesake brews and a $25 all-inclusive spread of German delights. Chef Shaun King lays out his rendition … Continued
Moules Fest Coming to Chez Moi
Chef Dominique Tougne preaches the simplicity of traditional French cooking through the crust of his bacon & onion tart and the confit of his cassoulet, but starting September 15, he turns to mollusks. Though Moules de Marinière is always on menu at Chez Moi, Moules Fest offers guests an all-you-can-eat mussels and frites feast for just $25. … Continued
Local Foods Store Keeps Everything Midwestern
A lot of stores and restaurants in Chicago promote the fact that many of their ingredients are local. But a new grocery store goes quite a bit further and requires that everything under the roof – including the butcher shop and cafe – be rooted in the Midwest.
You Got To Cuba, Now Where To Eat? (PRI’s The World)
There are many delicious culinary options available on the menus in Havana. Black beans, rice, plantains, picadillo (a dish made of ground beef, olives and raisins) — you can have them all in Cuba. But I made some of my more surprising food discoveries in paladares — restaurants in people’s homes. They started in the 1990s, when the … Continued
Come Join Me (and Max) at a Family Cooking Class
I’m so excited our friend Elena Marre, Founder of The Kid’s Table, has asked me to participate in an upcoming Cooking Class series at her new store in Lakeview. On September 3, from 6 – 7:30 p.m., my son Max and I will be leading a casual cooking class, making three courses that we think … Continued
A World-Class Sense of Place (Chicago Tribune – Travel)
I traveled to Santiago, Chile in the Spring, to meet Rodolfo Guzman, the chef/owner of BORAGó, now one of the restaurants listed on The World’s 50 Best list. To read the story that ran in the Chicago Tribune’s Sunday Travel section, click here.
Oyster Fest Still Shucking Along
Has it been 27 years already? It seems like every fall this event sneaks up on me, jolting me into the reality that summer is officially over. The 27th Annual Oyster Fest, presented by Shaw’s Crab House will take place on Friday, September 11th. Located at 435 N. Wabash at Hubbard and Rush, the Festival runs … Continued
Diner en Blanc Coming Back to Chicago
(photo: Ronald Leon Hale) Look out for those red wine glasses! For the fourth year in a row, Le Dîner en Blanc, is planning a secret event in Chicago on Friday, August 21. The event takes over a public space – the location of which is revealed just moments before the whole thing starts – with … Continued