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Arts & Culture, Summer Guide May 17, 2017
The summer guide for Chicago dog owners

The top dog-friendly places and activities for your canine
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Summer Guide, summer guide 2017, dogs, dog owners, Montrose Dog Beach, Jackson Bark, Fido to Go, Roots Handmade Pizza, Fifty/50, Nellcote, Rogers Park Social, Ten Cat, Lizard's Liquid Louge, Rainbo, Begyle Brewery, River Shannon, Sofo Tap, Pet Fest, Movies in the Park, Bark in the Park, EdgeFest

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

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 13, 2014
Four of our favorite spots for old-fashioned baking
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food Issue 2014, old-fashioned baking, Beurrage, Hewn, Nellcote, Hoosier Mama Pie Company

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 14, 2014
Rough waters at Kinmont

The Element Collective’s fish house falls short of doing great things with sustainable seafood.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Kinmont, Duncan Biddulph, seafood, Element Collective, sustainable seafood, fish, Old Town Social, Nellcote, fried chicken, food trends, Leghorn Chicken, oyster bars, supper clubs, Field & Stream, Lettuce Entertain You, Rootstock Wine Bar, Lula Cafe, menus, entrees, appetizers, fisherman's stew, shellfish, oysters, mussels, celery, shallots, crab, salmon, salmon tartare, eggs, salmon roe, Au Cheval, smoked fish, dairy, smoked-trout reubens, trout, rye bread, sandwiches, sauerkraut, french fries, squid ink, shrimp, spaghetti, sturgeon, cauliflower, radicchio, cobia, butternut squash, black garlic, sardines, cocktails, beer, wine, desserts, apple pie, chedddar-caramel sauce

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jan 24, 2014
Eataly: The restaurant review

In which the reviewer gives his assessment of 11 of the 15 restaurants, bars, and food stalls in the luxurious River North Italian mega-emporium
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Eataly, Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich, L'Appetito, Italian delis, Bari Foods, J.P. Graziano, Riviera, ESPN Zone, Jorge Luis Borges, pesto, pasta, olive oils, vinegars, wine, salami, La Pasta, Alessi, calamari, Baffo, Joe Bastianich, oysters, La Piazza, prosciutto, Le Verdure, greens, gnocchi, polenta, tomato sauce, vegetables, simplicity, freshness, Birreria, beer, bratwurst, Italian beers, house-brewed beer, Il Pesce, seafood, fish, sea bass, Carne, Neapolitan pizza, pizza, La Pizza & La Pasta, wood-burning ovens, Rosticceria, sandwiches, I Panini, Vino Libero, Nutella Bar, Lait Gelato, Il Gelato, gelato, Italian food, Nella Grassano, Nellcote, Gene & Georgetti, steak, butcher counter, mozzarella, learning, Eataly Chicago, River North

Blogs, Bleader Dec 6, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 12/6: The Nutcracker, Tasting Table Open Market, and Chicago Serbian Film Fest

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, December 6
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Tchaikovsky, Robert Joffrey, The Nutcracker, Auditorium Theatre, America, Tasting Table Open Market, Block 37, Nellcote, Bang Bang! Pie, Chicago Serbian Film Fest, Muvico Theatres, Rosemont

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

Blogs, Bleader Dec 26, 2012
124 tasty things from 2012

I ate it all
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Year in Review, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Slurping Turtle, Bar Toma, Goosefoot, Three Floyd's Brewpub, Katsu, Nha Hang Viet Nam, Nhu Lan Bakery, Munster Donut, Yusho, Acadia, Sheeba (RIP), Alan Lake, Bread & Wine, Sankalp, Publican Quality Meats, Hagen’s, Urban Union, Lake Langano, RPM, Bar Ombra, Au Cheval, Baconfest, Cho Jung, Allium, Letherbee gin, Nellcote, The Nut House, Balena, Al Bawadi Grill, Troquet, Frog N Snail, Monti’s, Premise (R.I.P.), Spinzer Restaurant, ScofflawPhil’s Last Stand, Ma Gong La Po, Pizzeria da Nella Cucina Napoletana, Antique Taco, Cuenca’s Bakery, Kai Zan, Graham Elliot Bistro, Olga’s Deli, Himshikar, Smoking Goose’s Delaware Fireball, Dragon Ranch, Trenchermen, Yvolina’s Tamales, Savoy, Spencer’s Jolly Posh Food, Ghareeb Nawaz, Wood, Bavette’s Bar & Boeuf, Best Naan, P.E. Mullins, Masaki, Journeyman Distillery’s Featherbone Bourbon, Bonsoiree, 28-year-old cheddar, Covo Gyro Market, Bare Knuckle Farm, Butcher & Larder, Andy Thai Kitchen, Julien Fremont Cidre Brut par Nature, Elizabeth, Lao Ma La, Valentino Pasta, Wild Ophelia, The Publican, Homestyle Taste, Northern City, Masa Azul, Badou, La Sirena Clandestina, Fat Rice Avec, Reno, Embeya, Variations on a Theme

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

Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2012
Where fish meets absinthe and more in this week's Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: seafood and absinthe at Wicker Park's the Savoy, Key Ingredient coffee
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Brian Greene, the Savoy, Wicker Park, seafood restaurants, absinthe, Deidre Hays, oysters, Key Ingredient, Ben Sheagren, Hopleaf, Ray Stanis, Nellcote, coffee, beer, Michael Shrader, Urban Union, parsley

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Sep 5, 2012
Video
Key Ingredient: coffee

Ben Sheagren of Hopleaf tames the bitterness of java
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, coffee, Ben Sheagren, Ray Stanis, Nellcote, Two Brothers, Metropolis Coffee, Hopleaf, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2012
Head-scratching, intriguing Trenchermen and more in this week's Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: Mike and Pat Sheerin's Trenchermen, Key Ingredient mochiko
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Trenchermen, Wicker Park restaurants, Mike Sheerin, Pat Sheerin, Blackbird, Signature Room at the 95th, Tona Palomino, Key Ingredient, Ray Stanis, mochiko, Nellcote, Ben Sheagren, Hopleaf

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Aug 21, 2012
Video
Key Ingredient: mochiko

Ray Stanis of Nellcote makes mochi gnocchi
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Mochiko, Ray Stanis, mochi rice, sticky rice, gluten, Nellcote, Nellcôte, Video

Blogs, Bleader Aug 9, 2012
A place to don your tricorn and more in this week's Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: Ye olde South Loop tavern, Key Ingredient huitlacoche
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Kendal Duque, South Loop, City Tavern, Sepia, Chicago Firehouse, Key Ingredient, huitlacoche, Elissa Narow, Perennial Virant, Ray Stanis, Nellcote

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 May 3, 2012
This week's food and drink events

A mystery-meat pinata, a pig roast, a Paul Virant book signing, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Nellcote, The Rolling Stones, Paul Kahan, Jose Garces, Common Threads, Dank Haus, Green Festival, Navy Pier, Smoke Daddy, Cinco de Mayo, Ev Darst, Poor Elvis, The Dirty Generals, You Black Kettle, Powell Brew House, Corazon Brew, Auxiliary Art Center, National Salsa Month, Dance Academy of Salsa, Chicago mambo All Stars, Cantina Laredo, Filini, Radisson Blu, Eric Hay, Perennial Virant, Paul Virant, The Preservation Kitchen, The Book Cellar, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Molly's Cupcakes.

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 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

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