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Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2015
Coming soon: Local Foods, the Eataly of eating local

On Wednesday, Local Foods showed off its multifaceted approach to distributing—and advocating for—locally grown and raised farm products.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food & Drink, Local Foods, Andrew Lutsey, Dave Rand, Rob Levitt, Jared van Camp, the Butcher and Larder, Abra Berens, HandCut Foods, Steven Oberdorf

Blogs, Bleader Nov 28, 2014
Drinking the Kool-Aid at Owen + Alchemy in Logan Square

Logan Square's "modern juice apothecary" is like a set piece from Portlandia.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: One Sip, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Owen + Alchemy, Jared Van Camp, juice, juicing, Anne Owen, Element Collective

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 13, 2014
How can the Millers follow up on Bang Bang Pie? By making their own flour

Baker Miller revives the lost art of milling.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food Issue 2014, Megan Miller, Dave Miller, Bang Bang Pie Shop, flour, Michael Ciapciak, Baker Miller, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, Nellcôte, Baker Miller Bakery & Millhouse

Blogs, Bleader Mar 7, 2014
Video
Chicken sandwiches—not that there's anything wrong with that!

Nonjudgmental chicken plus a new Web series, events, and more.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Leghorn Chicken, Element Collective, Jared Van Camp, Sieger Bayer, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Anthony Buccini, Dennis Lee, Table For One, White Castle, Two, Vera, Chicago Pit Stop Rescue, Video

Blogs, Bleader Apr 11, 2013
This way for durian: Announcing the Key Ingredient Cook-Off

Coming May 3: Twenty-six Chicago chefs, five ingredients, primo booze, and bucks for the Healthy Schools Campaign
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Julia Thiel, Michael Gebert, Mike Sula, Grant Achatz, klupak kluwas, durian, Malort, millet, bananas, flour, rabbit lungs, bamboo worms, duck tongues, sea cucumber, Healthy Schools Campaign, Ryan LaRoche, NoMi Kitchen, Paul Virant, Vie, Perennial Virant, David Posey, Blackbird, Phillip Foss, El Ideas, Chris Pandel, the Bristol, Balena, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, Old Town Social, Paula Haney, Hoosier Mama Pie, Patrick Sheerin, Mike Sheerin, Trenchermen, Brooklyn Brewery, City Winery, Tenzing Wine & Spirits, Scofflaw, Bridgeport Art Center

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Dec 26, 2012
My favorite restaurants of 2012

Philly cheese steaks, foraged fairy tales, former Portuguese colonies, and more from a not-so-calamitous year
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Year in Review 2012, Monti's, Philly cheese steaks, Yusho, Brian Runge, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, Balena, Marty Fosse, Bar Ombra, Pizzeria da Nella Cucina Napoletana, Nella Grassano, Arami, B.K. Park, Scott Malloy, Masaki, Kai Zan, Carlo Vizconde, Melvin Vizconde, Andy Aroonrasameruang, TAC Quick, Andy's Thai Kitchen, The Bedford, Mark Steuer, Carriage House, Brendan Sodikoff, Au Cheval, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf, Mike Sheerin, Pat Sheerin, Trenchermen, Acadia, Ryan McCaskey, Iliana Regan, Elizabeth Restaurant, Bavette's Bar & Boeuf

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 10, 2012
No fire in the belly

Bill Kim's BellyQ offers a semblance of Korean barbecue
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, karaoke, Stephanie Izard, Jared Van Camp, John Manion, Brian Huston, Bill Kim, Korean barbeque, One Sixtyblue, Michael Jordan, Urban Belly, Belly Shack, Chinese water smoker, BellyQ

Blogs, Bleader Aug 31, 2012
Taste of Polonia and other food and drink events

Labor Day Weekend includes food and drink tutorials, a luau, multiple pig roasts, and a new cider release
- By Meg Pier
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Foodease, Naoki Nakashimi, Sushi, Water Tower Place, Windy City Sweets, Alzheimer's Walk, ice cream, IPA, Stone Brewing Co., Armanetti, Smallbar Division, pig roast, picnic, Howl at the Moon, luau, Labor Day, Mai Tai, Element Collective, Vander Mill Brewing Co., Loving Cup, Old Town Social, Jared Van Camp, pork, cider, Morton's Steakhouse, Mortini's, Ladies and Gentlemen, Aveda, Wigs for Kids, Taste of Polonia, Taste of Melrose Park, Taste of Serbia, veggie bingo, Irv & Shelly's Fresh Picks, The Hideout, Hot Doug's, Oak Street Beach

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 20, 2012
Critics' Picks
Best In-House Pasta

Nellcote
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best of Chicago 2012, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, in-house pasta, Nellcôte, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader May 16, 2012
In this week's Food & Drink: Balena plays two

In this week's Food & Drink: Chris Pandel and Boka Restaurant Group's Balena, Key Ingredient pu-erh tea
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Balena, Chris Pandel, Nellcote, Jared Van Camp, Boka Restaurant Group, Boka, Perennial Virant, Girl & the Goat, GT Fish & Oyster, Landmark, Amanda Rockman, pu-erh tea, panna cotta, Toni Roberts, the Wit, State and Lake, Roof

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 16, 2012
Recommended
The peasant's party at Balena

The Boka Group comes late to pan-Italia, but it's worth the wait
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, squid ink, Chris Prandel, Italian food, Kevin Boehm, Rob Katz, Boka Group, the Bristol, Osteria di Tramanto, Jared Van Camp, Mark Mendez, Amanda Rockman, Debbi Peek, tiramisu, Landmark, Balena, Nellcote, Nellcôte, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2012
Luxe meets louche at the Stones homage Nellcote

In this week's Food & Drink: Jared Van Camp's Nellcote, Cocktail Challenge stinging nettles
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Nellcote, Jared Van Camp, the Rolling Stones, Exile on Main Street, Randolph Street, Randolph Row, Old Town Social, Johnny Costello Jr., GT Fish & Oyster, stinging nettles, Erin Hayes, Perennial Virant, Mike Page, Vie, the Preservation Kitchen

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review May 9, 2012
Recommended
Exile on Randolph Street

Jared Van Camp's Nellcote mingles the luxe and the low
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Jared Van Camp, Element Collective, the Rolling Stones, Old Town Social, Villa Nellcote, farm-to-table, pizza, homemade pasta, Jason Wagner, Nellcôte, Nellcote, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2012
Hints of spring in this week's food and drink events

A cocktail class, a Julia Child discussion, a food truck summit, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Femme Du Coupe, Fleur de Lis Flower Shop, Jim Klisch, Lakefront Brewery, Lakefront White, Silver Cloud Bar and Grill, Schnitzel King, Wagyu Wagon, Gigi's Bake Shop, University of Chicago Law School, Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Simca Beck, David Strauss, Kendall College, Bill Kim, Belly Shack, Jared Van Camp, Old Town Social, Carl Shelton, Boka, Stephanie Izard, Scleroderma Foundation, Dose Market, The Peasantry, Antique Taco, Stew Supper Club, River East Arts Center, Amelia Levin, The Chicago Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Windy City, Rick Bayless, Tony Mantuano, Stephanie Izard, Province, Floriole Cafe and Bakery, Soul Cocina, Ziryab, Dodo, Casa Noble Tequila, Jose "Pepe" Hermosillo, Zocalo.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2012
Opening tonight: Nellcôte

Nellcôte, Jared Van Camp's opulent Randolph Street restaurant, opens tonight
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jared Van Camp, Nellcôte, Rolling Stones, Randolph Street, Exile on Main Street

Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2012
This week's food and drink events

Dining in vintage rail cars, a preview of Nellcote, a crawfish-eating contest, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Passion House Coffee Roasters, Rwanda Buf Cafe Red Bourbon, CityGrounds Coffee Bar, Cityscape Bar, Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Italiasia, Pullman Sleeping Car Company, Union Station, Dan Traynor, Prasino, Paddy Long's, Jacquy Pfeiffer, Culinary Historians of Chicago, The French Pastry School, The Red Canary, Mardi Gras, Rock Bottom Chicago, The Gage, The Southern, Hiran Patel-Klay, Klay Oven Kitchen, Chicago French Market, ChicaGourmet, Nellcote, Jared Van Camp, Beauty and Her Feast, Caipirinha, Texas De Brazil

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

Blogs, Bleader Oct 27, 2011
Chefapalooza costume benefit for Green City Market

Coming up Sunday at Carnivale: Masquerade del Mercado, a costume fund-raiser for Green City Market
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Green City Market, Masquerade del Mercado, Carnivale, David Dworshak, Jared Van Camp, Dale Levitski, Mark Steuer, Greg Biggers, Jason Vincent, Jeffrey Hedin, Justin White, Patrick Sheerin, Choo Lipsky, Clint Rogers, Sarah Busen

Blogs, Bleader Oct 25, 2011
This week's food and drink events

A cheffy online auction benefitting Green City Market, a Koval Distillery tasting menu at the Edgewater Uncommon Ground
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Green City Market Junior Board, online auction, Yusho, Matthias Merges, Goose Island Brewing Company, Jared Rouben, Stephanie Izard, Old Town Social, Jared Van Camp, Nellcote, Mike Sheerin, the Trenchermen, Schwa

Blogs, Bleader Mar 3, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Artisan Bread, La Taberna Tapas, Key Ingredient Red Bean Paste, the Opening of Ing, and 14 More New Restaurants

In this weeks Food & Drink, a profile of artisan baker Ehsan Ganji of Edgewater's Flourish Bakery Cafe, a review of University Village's La Taberna Tacos on Halsted, Jared Van Camp takes on red bean paste in the Key Ingredient chef challenge, the opening of Homaro Cantu's new Ing, and 14 more new restaurants.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Artisan bread, no-knead bread, Ehsan Ganji, Flourish Bakery Cafe, Sullivan Street Bakery, Jim Lahey, Mark Bittman, the Minimalist, New York Times, La Taberna Tapas on Halsted, Gustavo Castañeda, Enrique Cortez, tapas, paella, sidras, Spanish hard cider, Jared Van Camp, Old Town Social, red bean paste, Cary Taylor, the Southern, the Southern Mac & Cheese Truck, fish eyeballs, Ing, Homaro Cantu, Moto

Blogs, Bleader Nov 18, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

A bee forum, a pig roast, a Jewish-French luncheon, and more.
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago French Market, Beaujolais nouveau, Everything Comes Into This World Hungry, Nance Klehm, ecology, soil, Joan Nathan, Jewish-French cuisine, Quiches, Kugels, and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France, Everest, Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies, Greenbuild, Taste of Green chicago, Big Jones, the Publican, Poag Mahone's, Marmon Grand, Garfield Park Conservatory, bee forum, Dave Burns, Long Lane Honey Bee Farms, Chicago Botanic Gardens, Northwestern University, Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Pennsylvania, beekeeping, Cary Taylor, the Southern, Jared Van Camp, Old Town Social, Shiner Bock, pig roast, Randy Zweiban, Province, Seedling Orchard, Three Floyds Brewing

Blogs, Bleader Dec 22, 2009
Dinner & A Show: Tuesday, 12/22

Recommended events, paired with nearby restaurants.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Film, Food & Drink, Performing Arts, Arts, Dinner & A Show, Hideout Annual Holiday Sale, Luc Thang Noodle, Icarus, Lookingglass Theatre Company, The Drawing Room, Le Passage, Il Trovatore, Columbia College, Film Row Cinema, Chicago Curry House, Nepalese cuisine, New York I Love You, Pipers Alley, Old Town Social, Jared Van Camp, charcuterie, Twisted Sister Bakery

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 5, 2009
What's New

Reviews of Old Town Social, Gemini Bistro, and Orvieto—a charcuterie destination, a comfort-food bistro, and the new pizzeria/wine bar at Green Dolphin, all marred by flat-screen TVs
- By Mike Sula, Martha Bayne, and Anne Spiselman
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Old Town Social, charcuterie, Jared Van Camp, Gemini Bistro, Jason Paskewitz, Orvieto, Green Dolphin Street, Nino Coronas, Orvieto Pizzeria & Wine Bar, Green Dolphin

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