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Arts & Culture
,
Lit Feature
Jun 6, 2017
What to check out at Printers Row 2017
Everything that’s free at the annual fest (except Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Al Franken)
By Aimee Levitt
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Lit Feature
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Printers Row Lit Fest
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Printers Row 2017
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Chicago Tribune
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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Senator Al Franken
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Jason Diamond
,
Ben Tanzer
,
Rita Dove
,
Mary Schmich
,
Samantha Irby
,
Scaachi Koul
,
Jenny Allen
,
Emil Ferris
,
Christopher Borrelli
,
Ibram X. Kendi
,
Scott Turow
,
Our Miss Brooks 100
,
Quraysh Ali Lansana
,
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
,
Patricia Smith
,
Anupy Singla
,
Rick Bayless
,
Megan Abbott
,
Jennifer Finney Boylan
,
Amy Dickinson
,
E. Jason Wambsgans
,
Anne Elizabeth Moore
,
Daniel Kraus
,
Luvvie Ajayi
,
Lolly Bowean
,
826CHI
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Osama Alomar
,
Christine Sneed
,
Janet Mock
,
Mayte Garcia
,
The First Time
,
Joe Meno
,
Freda Love Smith
,
Britt Julious
,
Scott Smith
,
Irvine Welsh
,
Heather Ann Smith
,
Dana Cree
,
Allegra Goodman
,
Jane Hamilton
,
Ann Leary
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 14, 2017
Hump! Film Festival, "Exhibitionism–The Rolling Stones," and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
The Anarchist Print Fair, Easter Brunch Buffet, and more happenings from April 14-16.
By Brianna Wellen
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Arts
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Do This
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Claudia Pop-Up
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Loose Chicks
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Uncharted Books
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Hump! Film Festival
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Music Box
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Anarchist Print Fair
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Dfbrl8r Gallery
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Dana Cree
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Kendall College
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Unbroken Glass
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Chicago Cultural Center
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Star Creature Universal Vibrations
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Hideout
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Donnell Pitman
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Exhibitionism–The Rolling Stones
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Navy Pier
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Easter Brunch Buffet
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Frontier
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iO Podcast Comedy Hour
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iO Theater
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 13, 2017
Make Dana Cree's donut ice cream
The Publican pastry chef's
Hello, My Name Is Ice Cream
is an alluring volume on the frozen dairy arts.
By Mike Sula
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Food Chain
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Dana Cree
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ice cream
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donut ice cream
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the Publican
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Culinary Historians of Chicago
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Foodease
Food & Drink
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Food & Drink Feature
Oct 15, 2015
1871 Dairy brings Chicago milk back from the dead
Illinois's dairy heritage has been resurrected by a former pencil pusher who just wanted healthy milk for his family.
By Mike Sula
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Food & Drink Feature
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1871 Dairy
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Travis Pyykkonen
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Castle Rock Organic Farms
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Green City Market
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Joseph Zaiger
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Cafe des Architectes
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Alinea
,
the Aviary
,
Next
,
Dave Beran
,
Floriole
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Sandra Holl
,
Dana Cree
,
Blackbird
,
John Asbaty
Blogs
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Bleader
Aug 7, 2015
Hamburger Hop tickets are on sale, your chance to eat like a Google employee, and more
It may be the dog days of August, but events are still happening.
By Michael Gebert
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Food Chain
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Hamburger Hop
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Chicago Gourmet
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Lin Brehmer
,
Spike Mendelsohn
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Cleetus Friedman
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Fountainhead Market
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Sprig
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Dana Cree
,
West Town Bakery
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Tom Van Lente
,
Publican Quality Meats
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Cosmo Goss
,
Erling Wu-Bower
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Local Foods
,
Rob Levitt
,
Abra Berens
,
Colin Coyle
Blogs
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Bleader
Mar 24, 2015
Chicago's food media fared better in the Beard Award noms this year
And the restaurants did as well as they always do.
By Michael Gebert
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Media
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Food & Drink
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James Beard Foundation awards
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Mike Sula
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Steve Dolinsky
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The Feed
,
Rick Bayless
,
Kevin Pang
,
Julia Kramer
,
Donnie Madia
,
Erling Wu-Bower
,
Dana Cree
,
Tanya Baker
,
Beverly Kim
,
Johnny Clark
,
Parachute
,
The Boarding House
,
Brindille
Blogs
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Bleader
Jan 27, 2015
Long-form food writing isn't dead meat
There's still good, meaty writing about food happening—you just have to look for it a little.
By Michael Gebert
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Food Chain
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Food & Drink
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Marc Vetri
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Lagunitas
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Good Beer Hunting
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Tony Magee
,
Michael Kiser
,
Dennis Lee
,
Medieval Times
,
Tom Chiarello
,
Billy Goat Tavern
,
Erika Kubick
,
Dana Cree
,
Blackbird
,
Zagat
,
Sarah Freeman
Blogs
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Bleader
May 9, 2014
Reader
's Agenda Fri 5/9: Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Let's Get Working, and Young Fathers
What's on the
Reader
's Agenda for Friday, May 9
By Osita Nwanevu
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Arts
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Blackbird
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Dana Cree
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Fat Rice
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Abraham Conlon
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Takashi
,
Courtney Joseph
,
Key Ingredient Cook-Off
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Studs Terkel
,
Let's Get Working
,
Logan Center for the Arts
,
Chicago Tribune
,
Rick Kogan
,
Old Town School of Folk Music
,
Mark Dvorak
,
Young Fathers
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Dead
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Leor Galil
,
Baths
Blogs
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Bleader
Apr 10, 2014
Video
Nineteen of Chicago's best chefs will be at our Key Ingredient Cook-Off on May 9. Will you?
The lineup features several winners from last year's KICO: Barry Sorkin (Smoque) and Paula Haney (Hoosier Mama Pie Shop), who won their categories, and Abraham Conlon (Fat Rice), who won overall.
By Julia Thiel
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Food & Drink
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Key Ingredient
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Key Ingredient Cook-Off
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cod milt
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bamboo worms
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ghost peppers
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rabbit lungs
,
fish eyeballs
,
Barry Sorkin
,
Paula Haney
,
Abraham Conlon
,
Jason Hammel
,
Chris Pandel
,
Dana Cree
,
Meg Galus
,
Video
Blogs
,
Bleader
Mar 19, 2014
Restaurants in running for Beards, media not so much
The James Beard Foundation Awards announcements yesterday showed a scene that's strong on one side, not very strong on the other.
By Michael Gebert
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
James Beard Foundation Awards
,
Blackbird
,
The Publican
,
Paul Kahan
,
David Posey
,
Dana Cree
,
One Off Hospitality
,
Donnie Madia
,
Jimmy Bannos Jr.
,
The Purple Pig
,
Curtis Duffy
,
Grace
,
Spiaggia
,
Topolobampo
,
Jacquy Pfeiffer
,
Paul Virant
,
Vie
,
Next
,
Dave Beran
,
Andrew Zimmerman
,
Sepia
Food & Drink
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Key Ingredient
Dec 24, 2013
2013: The year of our 100th Key Ingredient
The past year of our chef-to-chef challenge has included lobster guts, durian, sun-dried tomatoes, and pig uterus (some of it a little burned).
By Julia Thiel
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Key Ingredient
,
Julia Thiel
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Chicago Reader
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2013
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writing
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Key Ingredient
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Phillip Foss
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David Posey
,
Thomas Raquel
,
Dana Cree
,
chefs
,
pastry chefs
,
Matthew Kirkley
,
Dave Beran
,
Ryan LaRoche
,
Lee Wolen
,
Aaron Arnett
,
Peter Coenen
,
Andres Padilla
,
John Asbaty
,
Abraham Conlon
Food & Drink
,
Key Ingredient
Dec 12, 2013
Video
Key Ingredient: Anna Shovers of the Publican turns chicory root Vietnamese
The pastry chef makes a coffee substitute into ice cream inspired by iced coffee.
By Julia Thiel
Tags:
Key Ingredient
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The Publican
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ingredients
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cooking
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recipes
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chicory root
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Horace
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radicchio
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sugarloaf
,
Belgian endive
,
coffee substitutes
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Anna Shovers
,
pastry chefs
,
Dana Cree
,
Brian Huston
,
Vietnamese iced coffee
,
condensed milk
,
yuba
,
soy milk
,
tofu skin
,
rice
,
feuilletine
,
white chocolate
,
cinnamon
,
black rice
,
ice cream
,
granita
,
coffee
,
Video
Blogs
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Bleader
Dec 9, 2013
Video
Untold secrets of the first 100 Key Ingredients
Some of the behind-the-scenes antics from Key Ingredient
By Michael Gebert
Tags:
Food Chain
,
Food & Drink
,
Key Ingredient
,
Phillip Foss
,
Grant Achatz
,
Michael Carlson
,
Iliana Regan
,
Luke Creagan
,
Andrew Zimmerman
,
Kristine Subido
,
Duncan Biddulph
,
David Posey
,
Mindy Segal
,
Michael Gebert
,
Julia Thiel
,
Dana Cree
,
Hot Doug
,
cod milt
,
kluwak kupas
,
bull's balls
,
lamb fat
,
Stephanie Izard
,
Paula Haney
,
Malort
,
Video
Food & Drink
,
Key Ingredient
Nov 29, 2013
Video
Key Ingredient: Dana Cree of Blackbird sweetens up pine sap
The pastry chef makes ice cream with an ingredient that "looks like a tree took a poop."
By Julia Thiel
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Key Ingredient
,
Key Ingredient
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pine sap
,
ice cream
,
Blackbird
,
Dana Cree
,
pine trees
,
Rodrick Markus
,
Rare Tea Cellar
,
Thomas Raquel
,
Acadia
,
Turkish delight
,
celery-root cake
,
goat cheese mousse
,
Anna Shovers
,
Publican
,
chicory root
,
Video
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