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
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
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
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
It’s hard to believe it’s been a quarter century since John Hall and his son, Greg, began brewing beer along Clybourn in Lincoln Park. 25 years later, the company is in someone else’s hands, but there’s no denying the impact and influence Goose Island has had on the Chicago beer scene. For this special anniversary … Continued
This week discover 5 Rabbit Brewery where the focus is on Latin-influenced, food-friendly beer; then it’s over to the Aviary for cocktails crafted from purely local spirits. We also checked out Edgewater’s Sauce & Bread from the same people behind Co-Op hot sauce and Crumb Bakery, then finish things off with a look at skagen … Continued
TORONTO – It hasn’t exactly risen to the level of a “Real Housewives” cat fight, but it’s not often when one food critic goes to the trouble of seriously questioning another critic’s judgement. Case in point: at the end of November, The Globe & Mail’s Chris Nuttall-Smith wrote a glowing review of Momofuku Shōtō, David Chang’s high-end, … Continued
Nothing says springtime (in the beer world) like a little bock. This seasonal brew from Anchor Brewing, one of the country’s best-known brewers out of San Francisco, is ready to drink this week, but it won’t be on store shelves forever. Sure, The Hopleaf carries it, but so do a lot of other fine purveyors … Continued
We caught up with Rene Redzepi, chef and owner of Copenhagen’s Noma, in the Green Room at the Terroir Symposium in Toronto. He discusses his Keynote speech, getting his dishwasher to The World’s 50 Best Restaurants Awards later this month and his favorite eats in Toronto. Incidentally, the restaurant he’s struggling to remember from Toronto, … Continued
An alleyway bakery in Lincoln Park makes breakfast and lunch from scratch while an inconspicuous restaurant by the Irving Park Brown Line whips up Turkish delights. See these videos as well as why lamb features prominently on one springtime menu and the anatomy of a sandwich, specifically, a brisket on brioche.
If you’ve always wanted your food to taste as good as it looks or vice versa, an extraordinary line up of events which began last night and goes through the weekend will satisfy your aesthetic cravings. Fete Chicago is a pop-up night market hosting some of the city’s best and most beautiful food and conversations with chefs, … Continued