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Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2017
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Mike Quigley: Russians hacked the Illinois State Board of Elections’ voter database, and other Chicago news

Also, 30 percent of local Michelin-starred restaurants have closed.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Mike Quigley, Russia, hacking, Illinois State Board of Elections, Sun-Times, Reader, Tronc, Edwin Eisendrath, Neil Bluhm, Chicago Federation of Labor, O'Hare International Airport, scorpions, Mexico City, Aeromexico, Michelin, Michelin Guide, 42 Grams, Graham Elliot, Moto, Charlie Trotter's, Avenues, restaurant closings, AFL-CIO, J.B. Pritzker, Election 2018, Michael T. Carrigan, Bottled Blonde, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 28, 2016
Dixie’s peculiar fantasy of ‘evolutionary’ southern cuisine

Lillie’s Q boss Charlie McKenna envisions the food of the antebellum south through the lens of fine dining.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Dixie, Charlie McKenna, Lillie's Q, Takashi Yagihashi, Tru, Avenues, slaves, antebellum, southern, south, Bucktown, Tony Quartaro, Formento's

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jan 15, 2013
Waiting for culinary nirvana at Grace

Curtis Duffy's food weakens the knees, but his long-awaited restaurant isn't all the way there yet.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Curtis Duffy, prix fixe menus, Grace, ingredients, chefs, egos, fine dining, Vanity Fair, Corby Kummer, Avenues, Alinea, Elizabeth, expensive restaurants, Grant Achatz, Trio, autographed menus, open kitchens, presentation, flora menu, fauna menu, Michael Muser, French wines, Loire Valley wines

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 25, 2012
Chef worship at Graham Elliot Bistro

The rock-and-roll church at the celebrichef's Randolph Row restaurant doesn't diminish the solid, straightforward food
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Graham Elliot, Jacob Saben, cooking craft, cooking technique, Andrew Brochu, Avenues, modernist food, minimalist food, Ghostface Killa

Blogs, Bleader Dec 16, 2011
Key Ingredient turns 50 (episodes)

Thoughts on the first 50 episodes of Key Ingredient
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Jason Hammel, Lula Cafe, gjetost, Michael Gebert, James Beard award, Grant Achatz, Alinea, John des Rosiers, Inovasi, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Grace, geraniums, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Mark Steuer, the Bedford, bananas, Michael Carlson, Schwa, Shawn McClain, Green Zebra, blood, Malort, Greg Biggers, Cafe des Architectes, azuki bean paste, Jared van Camp, Old Town Social, Nellcote, Stephanie Izard, Girl and the Goat, confectioner's sugar, Erling Wu Bower, the Publican, Asian carp, Bryce Caron, Blackbird, Cary Taylor, the Southern, fish eyeballs, Doug Sohn, Hot Doug's, chicken feet, fresh blood, Shawn McClain, Green Zebra, rabbit lungs, Jeffrey Hedin, Leopold, duck Tongues, Jason Vincent, Nightwood, bamboo woms, Luke Creagan, Pops for Champagne, cod milt, Duncan Biddulph, Rootstock, bull's testicles, David Posey, Blackbird, natto, Brian Enyart, Topolobampo, balut, Kristine Subido, Wave, John Anderes, Telegraph, ash, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, lamb fat

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 28, 2011
NoMI goes casual

The Michelin-starred restaurant gets a redo that plays it safe but expertly executes
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, NoMI Kitchen, NoMI, Christophe David, Ryan LaRouche, fine dining, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Park Hyatt, Pritzkers, Chihulys, Meg Galus, Benton's ham

Blogs, Bleader Mar 21, 2011
Key Ingredient Grabs a Beard Nom

Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, and a host of Chicago chefs, restaurateurs, and restaurants picked up nominations today for the annual James Beard awards, aka the "Oscars of the food world."
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, Sky Full of Bacon, Grant Achatz, Alinea, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, John des Rosiers, Inovasi, Paul Kahan, Blackbird, Patrick Fahy, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Monica Eng, Girl & the Goat, Rich Melman, Topolobampo, The Publican, Michael Carlson, Bruce Sherman, Paul Virant, James Beard Foundation Awards

Blogs, Bleader Dec 17, 2010
This Week in Food & Drink: Best New Restaurants, Key Ingredient: Geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef's challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, best new restaurants, food trucks, Phillip Foss, Meatyballs Mobile, Matt Maroni, Gaztr-Wagon, Arami, Balsan, Big Star, Paul Kahan, Branch 27, John Manion, Girl & the Goat, Stephanie Izard, Henri, Kith & Kin, the Purple Pig, Ria, Sprout, Ceres' Table, Chilapan, Franks 'N' Dawgs, Gilt Bar, Ruxbin, the Southern, Vincent, Saigon Sisters, Key Ingredient, chef's challenge, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, John des Rosiers, Inovasi, geranium, Pollock's Cod, Acre, Pasticceria Natalina, Natalie Zarzour, Pipeworks Brewing Company

Blogs, Bleader Dec 9, 2010
This Week in Food & Drink

What's in this week's expanded Food & Drink section
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Punch: The Delights (and Dangers) of the Flowing Bowl, Culinary Ephemera: An Illustrated History, recommended restaurants in the Loop, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Chinese black beans, Acre, Longman & Eagle inn, free bread delivery

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Dec 9, 2010
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Key Ingredient: Chinese black beans

Avenues' Curtis Duffy comes up with a sweet solution for their "haunting" funk.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, chinese black beans, Grant Achatz, kluwak kupas, John Des Rosiers, Inovasi, geranium recipe, key ingredient, Alinea, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 18, 2010
Turkey Service

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Aja, Ann Sather, Bin 36, Bistro 110, C-House, Chicago Cut Steakhouse, Chicago Diner, The Chicago Firehouse, Chicago Firehouse, Chicago Q, Coco Pazzo, Custom House, David Burke's Primehouse, Deleece Grill Pub, Elate, Eve, The Fireside, Fireside, Francesca's on Chestnut, Francesca's, Jacky's on Prairie, Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club, Lawry's the Prime Rib, Markethouse, Mercat a la Planxa, NoMi, Palette Bistro, Park Grill, Peninsula Hotel, Pensiero Ristorante, Prairie Fire, Prairie Grass Cafe, Restaurant Michael, Reza's, Sixteen, Spirit of Chicago, Tavern on Rush, 33 Club, Vermilion, Wave, W Chicago, Wave at W Chicago, Weber Grill, Zed 451, Fox & Obel, Lillie's Q, Smoke Daddy, Thanksgiving, Chicago thanksgiving specials, Chicago thanksgiving restaurants, Ann Sather Café, Coco Pazzo Cafe, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, Peninsula Hotel, lobby, Avenues, Wave at W Chicago Lakeshore, NoMi Kitchen, The Smoke Daddy

Blogs, Bleader Nov 15, 2010
The Michelin Betting Pool

Mike Sula's in on the Michelin Guide bet organized by Chicago mag dining critic Jeff Ruby.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jeff Ruby, Michelin Guide, Chicago Magazine, Alinea, Avenues, Les Nomades, Blackbird, Charlie Trotter's, Everest, L2O, Moto, NoMI, Ria, Sixteen, Spiaggia, Vie, Yelp

Blogs, Bleader Aug 12, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Farm dinners, fish dinner, wine dinners, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Taste of the Nation, Share Our Strength, childhood hunger, fundraiser, Mindy Segal, Rick Bayless, street food, Stella Artois, Goose Island, Aragon Ballroom, Sunday Dinner, Josh Kulp, Christine Cikowski, farm dinner, Angelic Organics, Green Grocer, Death's Door Spirits, The Real Jane Martin, Spiaggia, Nichols Farm and Orchard, bocce, bus ride, croquet, wine dinner, Maverick Wine Company, Ras Dashen, Quickfire Challenge, Top Chef Masters, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Boot Camp, Spertus Institute, Spertus Kosher Catering, Laura Frankel, Jewish Cooking for All Seasons, Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes, Carnivale, caipirinhas, Caipirinhas 101, Carnivale University, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Philip Foss, Lockwood, Todd Stein, Cibo Matto, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, Brian Enyart, Topolobampo, wild arctic char, Cherry Creek Winery, North Shore Distillery

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Farm tours, cooking competitions, garden parties, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Country Chef Challenge, Daley Plaza Farmers Market, Piccolo Sogno, Tony Priolo, Blackbird, Avec, Patrick Fahy, Shanghai Terrace, Ivan Yuen, Chicago French Market, Frietkoten, beer, frites, Prohibition, Speakeasy Throwback, fundraiser, Shawn Koch, Death's Door Spirits, Koval Distillery, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Empire Room, Palmer House Hilton, Peterson Garden Project, victory gardens, WW II, Vinejoy, urban gardening, community gardens, Kathy Skutecki, Chris Stoye, Celeste Dolan, Alison O'Konis, One SixtyBlue, farm tour, farm dinner, Dietzler Farms, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, Veggie Fest, Gluten-free Vegetarian, Indian Delights, Vegetarian Power Burgers, Sant Rajinder Singh, Spiritual Well Being and the Vegetarian Diet, Science of Spirituality, Naperville, Introduction to Permaculture, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Midwest Permaculture, Bill Wilson, Transitioning Into a More Permanent-Culture, Hum Botanical Spirit, Spirited Dinner, Mercat a la Planxa, Michael Fiorello, Adam Seger, The New Urban Farmer, Downtown Farmstand, Mark Schneider, Dave Snyder, culinary conversations, organic farming

Blogs, Bleader Feb 18, 2010
2010 Beard Semifinalists Announced

Semifinalists for the James Beard Awards have been announced, and just like in spring, some perennials pop up.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, James Beard Awards, semifinalists, Chicago chefs, Donnie Madia, Rich Melman, Josh Adams, June restaurant, Paul Kahan, Jean Joho, Lettuce Entertain You, Peoria Heights, Blackbird, Avec, the Publican, Big Star, blogsherpa, Everest, Les Nomades, Cibo Matto, Pelago, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Alinea, NoMi, Brian Duncan, Bin 36, Alpana Singh, Spiaggia, Michael Carson, Schwa, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Koren Grieveson, Avec, Bill Kim, Urban Belly, Chris Nugent, Arun Sampanthavivat, Arun's, Bruce Sherman, North Pond, Giuseppe Tentori, Boka, Paul Virant, Vie

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Dec 10, 2009
Holiday Restaurant Specials

From a Swedish Julbord to a New Orleans-style reveillon dinner
- By Mike Sula, Laura Levy Shatkin, Martha Bayne, David Hammond, and Heather Kenny
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, A Mano, Feast of the Seven Fishes, Atwood Cafe, Heather Terhune, Avenues, Curtis Duffy, Graham Elliot Bowles, Big Jones, Reveillon dinners, New Orleans, Cafe des Architectes, Martial Noguier, Cyrano's Bistrot & Wine Bar, Didier Durand, Tre Kronor, Venus Greek-Cypriot Cuisine, Zocalo, Los Posadas

Blogs, Bleader Jun 11, 2008
First look: Avenues

First look: Avenues, under new chef Curtis Duffy.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Graham Elliot Bowles, Avenues, Trio, Curtis Duffy, Trotter's

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2008
Eighteen new reviews

Eighteen new restaurant reviews
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Avenues, Park 52, Mado, Veerasway, Mixteco Grill, Chicago's Home of Chicken and Waffles, Big Jones, Purgatory Pizza, Great Lake, Shochu, Habibi, Chocolate Grape, Couture Crepe Cafe, Shinobu, Skewerz, Trattoria Isabella, Trattoria Pizzeria I Monelli, Curtis Duffy, Zed 451, Jack Rabbit, Paddy O'Splaine's

Blogs, Bleader Mar 18, 2008
Define "best"

A new restaurant guide mostly ignores Chicago.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Alinea, Avenues, The 100 Best Restaurants of North America and Europe, Steve Plotnicki, Opinionated About Dining, dining guides

Blogs, Bleader Jun 21, 2007
This weekend and beyond

This weekend's talks and tastings
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Le Lan, Blackbird, NoMI, May St. CafÃ©, Avenues, Long Grove Strawberry Festival, Pops For Champagne,, Erwin, David Joachim, Andy Schloss, mk, Taste of the Nation

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Also, 30 percent of local Michelin-starred restaurants have closed.

Lillie’s Q boss Charlie McKenna envisions the food of the antebellum south through the lens of fine dining.

Curtis Duffy's food weakens the knees, but his long-awaited restaurant isn't all the way there yet.

The rock-and-roll church at the celebrichef's Randolph Row restaurant doesn't diminish the solid, straightforward food

Thoughts on the first 50 episodes of Key Ingredient

The Michelin-starred restaurant gets a redo that plays it safe but expertly executes

Julia Thiel, Mike Gebert, and a host of Chicago chefs, restaurateurs, and restaurants picked up nominations today for the annual James Beard awards, aka the "Oscars of the food world."

Best new restaurants of 2010, Key Ingredient chef's challenge: geraniums, Saigon Sisters, and more

What's in this week's expanded Food & Drink section

Avenues' Curtis Duffy comes up with a sweet solution for their "haunting" funk.

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go

Mike Sula's in on the Michelin Guide bet organized by Chicago mag dining critic Jeff Ruby.

Farm dinners, fish dinner, wine dinners, and more.

Farm tours, cooking competitions, garden parties, and more.

Semifinalists for the James Beard Awards have been announced, and just like in spring, some perennials pop up.

From a Swedish Julbord to a New Orleans-style reveillon dinner

First look: Avenues, under new chef Curtis Duffy.

Eighteen new restaurant reviews

A new restaurant guide mostly ignores Chicago.

This weekend's talks and tastings

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