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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Sep 25, 2020
Jennifer Kim's pojangmacha and more food and drink to look forward to in the fall

Everything is terrible, but we're not starving. Yet.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food & Drink, Rob Menor, John Manion, Maggie Hennessey, Meat Project: A Backyard Fire Cooking Zine, El Che, Evette’s, Rafael Esparza, Finom Coffee, Dorian’s, Mitchell AbouJamra, tacos arabes, Low & Slow, Wildwood Tavern, Gary Wiviott, Erick Williams, Virtue Restaurant, Al's Beef, Jonathan Zaragoza, the Promontory, El Oso, Birrieria Zaragoza, Alteconomy, Jennifer Kim, Paserotto, Outer Limits Pojangmacha, Fall Arts Preview

Arts & Culture, Lit Feature Dec 10, 2018
Lit (and food) recs for the politically minded Chicagoan

The current book obsessions of Reader deputy editor Kate Schmidt and OneIllinois editor Ted Cox
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Lit Feature, book swap, Kate Schmidt, Ted Cox, OneIllinois, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration n the Age of Color Blindness, Michelle Alexander, Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion, Katie Watson, The Hoosier Mama Book of Pie, Paula Haney, The Custom of the Country, Edith Wharton, Peace, Love, and Barbecue, Mike Mills, 17th Street Barbecue, Low & Slow, Gary Wiviott, The Tunnel, William H. Gass, The William H. Gass Reader

Blogs, Bleader Dec 23, 2015
The 181 best things I ate and drank in 2015

A year of dining out and cooking yielded something uniquely delicious nearly every other day.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Fahlstrom’s Fish Market, Baker Miller Bakery & Millhouse, The Duck Inn, Franklin Inn, Pita Alsharq, White Oak Tavern & Inn, Izakaya Mita, Hong Huah, Taste of Trinidad, La Lupita Salsa Diabla, Bascule Wine Bar, Qing Xiang Yuan Dumpling, Kokopelli, Roxie’s, Intro, Luella’s Southern Kitchen, Taus Authentic, The Angry Crab, Seven Lions, Furious Spoon, Rural Society, Little Lamb Hot Pot, Community Tavern, Presidio, Mindy Segal, Cookie Love, Ramen Takeya, Machetes Big Quesadillas, Boeufhaus, Paul Fehribach, The Big Jones Cookbook, C Chicago, Gary Wiviott, Colleen Rush, Low & Slow 2, Dinosaur Bar-B-Que, De Quay, Taco in a Bag, JustIce, ‘Nduja Artisans, Pub Royale, Bom Bolla, Luke’s Lobster, Nando’s, Fat Rice, Cherry Circle Room, Via Lima, Sunset Pho Caffe, Taste of Thai Town, Jerk Modern Jamaican Grill, Mithai Restora, Son of a Butcher, The Great American Cheese Collection, Johnny’s Grill, Jinya Ramen Bar, Bernie’s Lunch & Supper, 1871 Dairy, Dunajec Bakery & Deli, Dancen, Yeowoosai, Agit, BDG Sports Gastropub, Ju Rang Fusion Grill, Lure Izakaya, The Long Room, Cantina 1910, GreenRiver, Laura Frankel, Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes, The Cotton Duck, Sociale, Swift & Sons, JeanMarie Brownson, Dinner at Home, Graham Elliot, Cooking Like a Master Chef, Bar Marta, Wyler Road, Appellation Wine Bar, Pata Negra, Saladeo Grill, Latinicity

Blogs, Bleader Jun 4, 2015
At last, here's hunter beef pastrami, the Low and Slow way

It's Pakistani pastrami.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Cooking, One Bite, Food Chain, Food & Drink, hunter beef, corned beef, brisket, Pakistani food, barbecue, Gary Wiviott, Colleen Rush, Low & Slow 2: The Art of Barbecue, Smoke-roasting, and Basic Curing, Low and Slow: Master the Art of Barbecue in 5 Easy Lessons, Barn & Company

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2015
Locally made she-devil salsa will androgynize your huevos

Local La Lupita-brand Salsa Diabla is smoky, toasty, chili de arbol goodness.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: One Bite, Food Chain, Food & Drink, La Lupita Salsa Diabla, salsa macha, La Guadalupana, Mexican food, Veracruz, Cermak Produce, Cremeria la Ordeña, Gary Wiviott, Peter Engler

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2012
Do it: Windy City Rib Classic

A real barbecue—meat Jell-O will be disqualified
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Do This, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Windy City Rib Classic, Gary Wiviott, barbecue, Low & Slow, Barn & Company, Chicago Q, Weber Grill, Rub BBQ Company, Theatre on the Lake

Blogs, Bleader Mar 30, 2012
Army & Lou's mounts a comeback, and other food news bites

The Michigan DNR hates Mangalitsas, Philip Foss makes a snack, Ellen Malloy eats pancakes with the enemy, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Army & Lou's, Izola's, Edna's, Ellen Malloy, Phillip Foss, Dale Levitski, Frog & Snail, J.P. Graziano, Gary Wiviott

Blogs, Bleader Feb 22, 2012
Recommended today: Pitmaster dinner at Barn & Company

Tonight at Barn & Company: a pitmaster's prix fixe
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Gary Wiviott, Barn & Company, barbecue, Pitmaster Series

Blogs, Bleader Sep 30, 2011
This week in Food & Drink: Key Ingredient sugarcane, Barn & Company, ten new restaurants

In this week's Food & Drink: Key Ingredient sugarcane, Barn & Company, ten new restaurants
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, sugarcane, Dirk Flanigan, Henri, the Gage, Malort, cachaca, Barn & Company, Bob Zrenner, Gary Wiviott, barbecue, Bombay Spice, Quay Chicago, Brunch restaurant, Native Foods Cafe, Urban Vegan, Thai food, vegetarian restaurants

Blogs, Bleader Feb 14, 2011
Bizarre Foods in Chicago

Andrew Zimmern comes to town Tuesday night on the Travel Channel.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Andrew Zimmern, Bizarre Foods, Travel Channel, Albany Park, Ruby's Fast Food, Kang Nam, George's Grill Kabab, Taco Chino, Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz, Graham Elliot, Kevin Pang, Gary Wiviott

Blogs, Bleader Jun 24, 2009
This week's food and drink events

A pig roast and cooking class, Hyde Park Art Center's first Fryvalry, a tasting of spirits from Koval Distillery, Taste of Chicago, and more.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Hyde Park Art Center, Gary Wiviott, In Fine Spirits, Taste of Chicago, Koval Distillery, Fryvalry, Pig Roast and Cooking Class, Lisa Williams, Lisa Cooks Allergen Free, Low and Slow BBQ

Blogs, Bleader May 11, 2009
Low & Slow: the tao of Gentle Bear

Reader contributor Gary Wiviott and Colleen Rush's barbecue how-to book is out now.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Gary Wiviott, Colleen Rush, blogsherpa, Low & Slow: Master the Art of Barbecue in 5 Easy Lessons

Blogs, Bleader Apr 24, 2009
Patty's Diner RIP

The Reader's 2009 Best of Chicago pick for Best Diner is closing in May after 20 years.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Gary Wiviott, Lthforum, Best of Chicago, Patty's Diner, Patty Tunk

Blogs, Bleader Jan 19, 2009
Take a sip: Blue Marble Family Farm whole milk

Outstanding whole milk from Wisconsin's Blue Marble Family Farm.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Green City Market, Gary Wiviott, Paul Kahan, Rick Bayless, Sarah Stegner, Milk, Troy Graves, Blue Marble Family Farm

Blogs, Bleader Feb 21, 2008
Nine new reviews

More, more, more: another round of new restaurant reviews in this week's Food & Drink section.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Gary Wiviott, Schwa, Risque Cafe, Kate Schmidt, Lao Shanghai, Lao Beijing, Con Sabor Cubano, Crisp, Takashi, Rustik, Smoke Shack, Omaggio, Sixteen, La Cocina de Frida, The Libertine Gastropub & Lounge, Nxxt Restaurant & Bar,

Blogs, Bleader Nov 6, 2007
Wiviott Watch

Gary Wiviott's custom-made barbecue rub is now on sale at the Spice House.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Gary Wiviott, The Spice House

Blogs, Bleader Oct 17, 2007
The Trib luurrves Wiviott

LTH founder, "barbecue life coach," and man in black Gary Wiviott wins a Good Eating award.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Gary Wiviott, Lthforum, Good Eating

Blogs, Bleader Aug 10, 2007
Giving it to the Trib low and slow

Gary Wiviott gives the Trib a barbecue lesson.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Barbecue, Gary Wiviott, Donna Pierce

Blogs, Bleader Jun 7, 2007
This weekend and beyond

This weekend's talks and tastings.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Gary Wiviott, Steve Dolinsky, Printer's Row Book Fair, Northcenter Ribfest

Blogs, Bleader Dec 7, 2006
Gary Wiviott: "Eat me!"

Today's celebrity sausage at Hot Doug's was named for LTHForum founder and Reader restaurants contributor Gary Wiviott.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Mike Sula, Hot Dougs, Gary Wiviott, Lthforum

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Everything is terrible, but we're not starving. Yet.

The current book obsessions of Reader deputy editor Kate Schmidt and OneIllinois editor Ted Cox

A year of dining out and cooking yielded something uniquely delicious nearly every other day.

It's Pakistani pastrami.

Local La Lupita-brand Salsa Diabla is smoky, toasty, chili de arbol goodness.

A real barbecue—meat Jell-O will be disqualified

The Michigan DNR hates Mangalitsas, Philip Foss makes a snack, Ellen Malloy eats pancakes with the enemy, and more

Tonight at Barn & Company: a pitmaster's prix fixe

In this week's Food & Drink: Key Ingredient sugarcane, Barn & Company, ten new restaurants

Andrew Zimmern comes to town Tuesday night on the Travel Channel.

A pig roast and cooking class, Hyde Park Art Center's first Fryvalry, a tasting of spirits from Koval Distillery, Taste of Chicago, and more.

Reader contributor Gary Wiviott and Colleen Rush's barbecue how-to book is out now.

The Reader's 2009 Best of Chicago pick for Best Diner is closing in May after 20 years.

Outstanding whole milk from Wisconsin's Blue Marble Family Farm.

More, more, more: another round of new restaurant reviews in this week's Food & Drink section.

Gary Wiviott's custom-made barbecue rub is now on sale at the Spice House.

LTH founder, "barbecue life coach," and man in black Gary Wiviott wins a Good Eating award.

Gary Wiviott gives the Trib a barbecue lesson.

This weekend's talks and tastings.

Today's celebrity sausage at Hot Doug's was named for LTHForum founder and Reader restaurants contributor Gary Wiviott.

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