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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 24, 2019
Dabbing for beginners

High-potency cannabis concentrates needn't be scary once you know your way around them.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Dispensary 33, Richard Park, Mindy Segal, cannabis dispensary, recreational cannabis, medical cannabis, dabbing, cannabis concentrates, vaporizing cannabis concentrates, cannabinoids, terpenes, trichoids, Alien Bubba, Miracle Alien Cookies, diamond, vape cartridges, THCA concentrate, vapor straw

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Aug 20, 2019
Blast off with Dark Matter Coffee's Supernova Bar

A delicious collaboration with downstate cannabis grower Nature's Grace and Wellness could be landing at a recreational dispensary near you.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Weed Week, Dark Matter Coffee, Unicorn Blood, Supernova Bar, chocolate, THC, weed, cannabis, Nature's Grace and Wellness, La Rifa Choclateria, Caravanserai, Mindy Segal, Kuma's Corner

News & Politics, Feature Apr 13, 2016
The growing pains of Illinois's marijuana pilot program

A chronicle of the current state of cannabis, from prescription access and cheffy edibles to homegrown bud and recreational legalization. Plus: pretty pipes!
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Feature, bongs, cannabis, edibles, homegrown, Illinois, Illinois Medical Cannabis Pilot Program, legalization, Marijuana, marijuana card, Mindy Segal, pipes, pot, prescription, recreational, weed

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 5, 2016
The marijuana edibles business in Illinois is no cakewalk—just ask Mindy Segal

Hot Chocolate's famed pastry chef is slated to roll out her first cannabis-infused treats this month. But the career move hasn't been easy, even for a James Beard Award winner.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Mindy Segal, marijuana edibles, cannabis, Greenhouse Medical Cannabis Dispensary, Hot Chocolate, James Beard Award, Cresco Labs, 420, National Weed Day, Mindy's Hot Chocolate

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 Aug 14, 2015
Bourgeois blues for Boka and Brgrbelly, and other things to read and do

Name changes, Harper's hates on fine dining, Eater hates on food writing, Big Gay Ice Cream is coming, and more.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, Boka Group, Swift & Co., Leadbelly, Bang Bang Pie Company, Mindy Segal, Big Gay Ice Cream, RPM Steak, Local Option, Harper's, Eater

Blogs, Bleader May 1, 2015
Fall in Cookie Love with Mindy Segal's Brownie Krinkles

A recipe from the pasty chef's new cookbook Cookie Love.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Cooking, One Bite, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mindy Segal, Cookie Love, Kate Leahy, Hot Chocolate, cookies

Blogs, Bleader Jul 28, 2014
What some recent restaurant closings mean for the scene

Pecking Order, the Savoy, Telegraph, and others say good-bye.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ina Pinkney, Ina's, Baume & Brix, Moto, Kabocha, Oon, Fat Rice, Embeya, Brendan Sodikoff, Dillman's, Sam Goldwyn, The Refinery, Lawrence Letrero, Mike Sula, The Savoy, Brian Greene, Big Star, Storefront Company, Bib Gourmand, The Purple Pig, Cecilio Rodriguez, TMIP, Telegraph, Webster's Wine Bar, Pecking Order, Kristine Subido, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, The Radler, Analogue

Blogs, 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, Restaurant Review May 13, 2013
At Vu Sua, Macku Chan channels the 90s

French-Vietnamese fusion from another time and place
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, French-Vietnamese fusion, Vietnamese food, pho, seafood soup, omelet, seafood, miso, fish cakes, Macku Chan, Asian pear, lychee-yuzu vinaigrette, salmon, lobster, dumplings, foie gras, tofu, tuna ceviche, spring rolls, lobster, fusion cuisines, 1990s, Mirai Sushi, Macku, Heat, Kaze, Paul Kahan, Mindy Segal, banh, Vu Sua, Macku Signature

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 7, 2012
The new 'old south' at Carriage House

Mark Steuer, of the Bedford and formerly of Hot Chocolate, plays with low-country food
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, southern food, Mark Steuer, South Carolina, Paul Fehribach, old south movement, Big Jones, she-crab soup, Sterling Field, Michael Simon, Mindy Segal, the Bedford, The Carriage House, Carriage House

Blogs, Bleader May 10, 2012
James Beard Award winners and other food news bites

Eataly scouts locations, Hot Chocolate, reboots, reporters infiltrate Blommer, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mindy Segal, Bruce Sherman, Charlie Trotter, Next Restaurant, James Beard Awards, Kevin Pang, Chris Borelli, Paula Deen, Rob Levitt, Luke Tobias, Ideas in Food, El Ideas, Hot Chocolate, nduja, From Belly to Bacon, Blommer Chocolate Factory, Eataly, Mario Batali

Blogs, Bleader Mar 20, 2012
Beard season

Chicago nominees for the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards were announced yesterday.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, James Beard Foundation Awards, Next, Dave Beran, The Aviary, The Violet Hour, Paul Kahan, Mindy Segal, Michael Carlson, Schwa, Mike Gebert, Kevin Pang, Steve Dolinksy, Janet Rausa Fuller, BRuce Sherman, Andrew Zimmerman

Blogs, Bleader Dec 30, 2011
Eat ashes at Telegraph Wine Bar

John Anderes of Telegraph puts wood ash on the menu
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, John Anderes, Telegraph wine bar, ash, wood ash, Key Ingredient, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Luke Creagan, Pops for Champagne, bamboo worms

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 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 Mar 18, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Puglian Cookery, Bistronomic and Paris Club, Key Ingredient Sorghum Syrup, and more

This week in Food & Drink: Puglian cookery, new French restaurants Bistronomic and Paris Club, Key Ingredient sorghum with chef Mindy Segal
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Viktorija Todorovska, Puglia, Puglian cuisine, cavatelli, southern Italian cuisine, Italy, Bistronomi, Martial Noguier, Paris Club, Jared and R.J. Melman, Hub 51, Key Ingredient, sorghum syrup, Hot Chocolate, Mindy Segal, Mark Steuer, the Bedford, bananas

Blogs, Bleader Mar 17, 2011
Behind the Scenes of Key Ingredient With Mindy Segal

What Mindy Segal said at her Key Ingredient shoot when we were out of earshot.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Key Ingredient, sorghum syrup, carrot cake, behind the scenes, outtakes

Blogs, Bleader Mar 11, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: A Soul-Food Legend Revived, Two North-Side "Urban" Taquerias, Key Ingredient Fish Eyeballs, and More

This week in Food & Drink: Ruby's Restaurant and other soul food spots, two new "urban" taquerias, Key Ingredient fish eyeballs, underground dining society Tuesday Night Dinner, Fireston Walker Double Jack Double IPA, and more.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Edna's Restaurant, Edna Stewart, soul food, Ruby's Restaurant, Lillie Joiner, Barrio Urban Taqueria, Taco Joint Taqueria and Cantina, Key Ingredient, Cary Taylor, the Southern, the Southern Mac and Cheese Truck, fish eyeballs, Low Country oyster stew, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Tuesday Night Dinner, Earth Dinner, Fireston Walker Double Jack Double IPA, Night of the Living Ales, Chicago Beer Society, the Golden Tut, cask beer, Daley's, Ethel's Soul Food, Miss Lee's Good Food

Food & Drink, Morsels Jan 27, 2011
Turnovers on Wheels

Three Argentines plan to launch an empanada food truck. Plus: the Trencherman, Taco Joint, and more.
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Morsels, The Butcher & Larder, Three Floyds Brewpub, Quartino, D'Vine Affair, Catholic Charities, Patrick W. Fagan, Chicago Wine School, Ambria, Bob Bansberg, wine, Taco Joint, Edgar Castaneda, Zocalo, Rob Levitt, Deborah Krasner, Mike Sheerin, Mindy Segal, The Trencherman, 5411 Empanadas, Hot Chocolate, food trucks, empanadas, book signings, Nicolas Ibarzabal, Kitchen Chicago, Marissa Guggiana, Union League Club

Blogs, Bleader Sep 20, 2010
2010 Chicago Humanities Festival Tix Go on Sale Today
- By Jerome Ludwig
- Tags: Lit & Lectures, Books, Chicago Humanities Festival, Savage Love, Savage Lovecast, Dan Savage, Bill Savage, Sam Shepard, Chicago Tribune Literary Prize, Laura Kipnis, How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior, Alpana Singh, Mindy Segal, Paul Kahan

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 May 4, 2010
The James Beard Chefstaurant Awards

Chicago highlights from last night's Beard awards.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, James Beard Foundation, Beard Awards, Alinea, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, Avec, Koren Grieveson, Mark Kotlick, Calumet Fisheries, Michael Carlson, Schwa, Bruce Sherman, North Pond, Arun Sampanthavivat, Arun's, Mindy Segal, Hot Chocolate, Lincoln Anderson, Three Floyds, Tony Mantuano, Spiaggia, Rick Bayless, Deann Bayless, Joe Catterson, Bradley Smith, Craig Sindlar

Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2010
Mike Sula, Cliff Doerksen: 2010 Beard Award Finalists

The Reader is a finalist for two 2010 Beard Awards, for feature stories by Mike Sula and Cliff Doerksen.
- By Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Media, Food & Drink, Beard Awards, James Beard Awards, Mike Sula, Cliff Doerksen, The Charcuterie Underground, E & P Meats, The Real American Pie, Mince Pie, Kevin Pang, Monica Eng, Steve Dolinsky, Tim Carman, Washington City Paper, Alinea, Spiaggia, Lettuce Entertain You, LYE, Rich Melman, Mindy's Hot Chocolate, Hot Chocolate, Mindy Segal, How Not to Hire a Chef

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

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