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Blogs, Bleader Feb 17, 2017
Andersonville Restaurant Week, Ballet de Lorraine, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Black Eye No 3, #BringHer, and more happenings from February 17-19.
- By Jack Ladd
- Tags: Arts, Do This, CLUE: A Drag Extravaganza, Gorilla Tango Theatre, Rest in Power, DuSable Museum of African American History, Sycamore, Center on Halsted, Andersonville Restaurant Week, Lovey Town, Mana Contemporary Chicago, #BringHer, Hyde Park Art Center, NoMI Kitchen, Taste of the Midwest, Ballet de Lorraine, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bobby Lee, Improv, Black Eye No 3, Quimby's

Music, Gossip Wolf Sep 17, 2014
Gossip Wolf: Who's in Elia Einhorn's Fashion Brigade?

Plus: New music from Bloodiest spin-off Quarter Mile Thunder and Fake Limbs side project Burn Permits
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, Elia Einhorn, Fashion Brigade, Exene Cervenka, Curbside Splendor, Bloodiest, Ben Clarke, Quarter Mile Thunder, Illinois Arts Council, Pieholden Suite Sound, Matt DeWine, Josh Dumas, Fake Limbs, Burn Permits, Ochs, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Bruce Lamont, Jim Becker, Bryan Gleason, Township, Velocicopter, Like Like the the the Death, Texas Chainstore Manager, Slayer, Riot Fest, NoMi Kitchen, Piece by Piece, Reign in Blood

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Jan 16, 2014
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Key Ingredient: Meg Galus conquers century eggs

The green-and-brown preserved eggs don't look remotely edible—but the NoMi Kitchen pastry chef put them in a cookie.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, NoMi Kitchen, pastry chefs, Meg Galus, century eggs, preserved eggs, eggs, pidan, hundred-year eggs, thousand-year eggs, ammonia, smells, Chinatown, sables, shortbreads, cookies, egg yolks, umami, different flavors, savoriness, pastry stations, snacks, Video

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Jan 3, 2014
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Key Ingredient: Leigh Omilinsky of Cafe des Architectes makes a superfood unhealthy

Challenged with chia seeds, the pastry chef uses them five ways in a dessert.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Key Ingredient, Leigh Omilinsky, chia seeds, Cafe des Architectes, Anna Shovers, the Publican, Aztecs, Patrick Fahy, Meyer lemon panna cotta, blood-orange sorbet, Meg Galus, NoMi Kitchen, century eggs, 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, Key Ingredient Jan 18, 2013
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Key Ingredient: NoMi Kitchen's chef is challenged to work with a "humble vegetable"

Ryan LaRoche, forced to cook with celery by modernist chef Matthew Kirkley of L20, gets back to basics.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Ryan LaRoche, celery, recipes, Lee Wolen, Matthew Kirkley, NoMi Kitchen, Video

Blogs, Bleader Dec 29, 2011
133 tasty things from 2011

I ate it all
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Tamales Garibay, the Florentine, H Mart, Prince Creperie Cafe, the Sodfather, Chez Violette, MingHin Cuisine, Butcher & Larder, Leopold, La Taberna Tapas, Ruby's, Bistronomic, Paris Club, Leader Bar, Frontier, Ing, Lure Izakaya Pub, Birrieria Zaragoza, Cafe des Architectes, GT Fish & Oyster, Next Restaurant, Paris 1906, Tour of Thailand, Childhood, Underground Meats, Nostrano, Aviary, the Molecular Collective, Paul McGee, the Whistler, Goose Island Madame Rose, La Chaparrita, the Bedford, Pleasant House Bakery, Golden Pacific Market, Aroy Thai, Harvesttime Foods, Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Rancho Mateo, Humboldt Park Puerto Rican Fest, Lemonhart 151, Mike Ryan, Sable, Union Sushi & Barbeque Bar, Rustic House, Black Sheep, NoMi Kitchen, Autre Monde, Wisconsin State Fair, Telegraph Wine Bar, Al Dente, Roots Handmade Pizza, Masa Azul, Lao Hunan, Michael Jordan's Steak House, the Pump Room, Tozi Korean BBQ, Cai Fine Dining and Banquet, Maude's Liquor Bar, Phoenix tofu, Three Aces, Harvard Sportsmen's Club, Wat Dhammaram Songkran, 2007 Black Slate Porrera, Vera, Almawal, El Ideas, Snack Planet, JoongBoo Market, Nha Hang Viet Nam, Nathan Sears, Baconfest, Mick Klug Farm, Ripasso, jicama stick, Victor Mejia, Tortas Frontera, Matty Eggleston, Perennial Virant, Barrelhouse Flat, Ben Schiller, Jason Turley, Bar DeVille

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jul 28, 2011
NoMI goes casual

The Michelin-starred restaurant gets a redo that plays it safe but expertly executes
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, NoMI Kitchen, NoMI, Christophe David, Ryan LaRouche, fine dining, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Park Hyatt, Pritzkers, Chihulys, Meg Galus, Benton's ham

Best of Chicago, Food & Drink Jun 23, 2011
Best restaurant with a view

The Signature Room voted best restaurant with a view
- Tags: Food & Drink, Best restaurant with a view, Readers' poll, The Signature Room, Roof, NoMi Kitchen

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 18, 2010
Turkey Service

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Aja, Ann Sather, Bin 36, Bistro 110, C-House, Chicago Cut Steakhouse, Chicago Diner, The Chicago Firehouse, Chicago Firehouse, Chicago Q, Coco Pazzo, Custom House, David Burke's Primehouse, Deleece Grill Pub, Elate, Eve, The Fireside, Fireside, Francesca's on Chestnut, Francesca's, Jacky's on Prairie, Kit Kat Lounge and Supper Club, Lawry's the Prime Rib, Markethouse, Mercat a la Planxa, NoMi, Palette Bistro, Park Grill, Peninsula Hotel, Pensiero Ristorante, Prairie Fire, Prairie Grass Cafe, Restaurant Michael, Reza's, Sixteen, Spirit of Chicago, Tavern on Rush, 33 Club, Vermilion, Wave, W Chicago, Wave at W Chicago, Weber Grill, Zed 451, Fox & Obel, Lillie's Q, Smoke Daddy, Thanksgiving, Chicago thanksgiving specials, Chicago thanksgiving restaurants, Ann Sather Café, Coco Pazzo Cafe, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, Peninsula Hotel, lobby, Avenues, Wave at W Chicago Lakeshore, NoMi Kitchen, The Smoke Daddy

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jun 3, 2010
Alfresco!

Our annual, invaluable guide to outdoor dining
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Restaurant Review, outdoor dining, alfresco dining, restaurant reviews, Chicago restaurants, A Tavola, Anteprima, Athena, Bad Dog Tavern, Big Star, Birchwood Kitchen, Bistro Campagne, La Bocca Della Verita, Boka, Bonsoiree Cafe & Delicacies, Bourgeois Pig, Cafe Fresco, The Chicago Firehouse, Chief O'Neill's, Cooper's, La Creperie, Crust, Deleece, Dick's Last Resort, Duchamp, Dunlays on the Square, Enoteca Roma, Epic, Feed, The Fireside, Flatwater, Folklore, Fontana Grill & Wine Bar, Fulton's on the River, Got Spaghetti?, Halsted's Bar & Grill, The Handlebar, Heartland Cafe, Jam, Juicy Wine Company, Jury's, LM Le Restaurant, Longman & Eagle, Lutz Continental Cafe & Pastry Shop, M. Henry, Market, May Street Cafe, Moody's Pub, Nightwood, 90 Miles Cuban Cafe, 90 Miles Cuban Cafe, NoMi, Old Oak Tap, The Orbit Room, Las Palmas, Park Grill, Pasta d'Arte, Pegasus, Piccolo Sogno, Prosecco, The Purple Pig, The Red Canary, Resi's Bierstube, Roof, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, Rose Angelis, Sheffield's, The Southern, SushiSamba Rio, Tapas Barcelona, Taxim, Tepatulco, The Terrace at Trump, Terzo Piano, Trattoria Isabella, Tre Kronor, Twisted Spoke, Volo Restaurant Wine Bar, Zed 451, Zella, Bonsoiree, Cucina Madonna, 694 Wine & Spirits, LM Restaurant, NoMi Kitchen, Briciola, Copper House, Grandview Tavern & Beer Garden, Pasta d'Arte Trattoria Italiana

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 11, 2010
Sweet Specials

Chicago restaurants offering Valentine's Day dinner
- By Reader staff
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, NoMi, Valentine's Day, Charlie Trotter's, Athena, Balsan, Big Jones, Bistro 110, Bistro Bordeaux, Blind Faith Cafe, Brasserie Jo, C-House, Carnivale, Ceres' Table, Chen's, Cyrano's Bistrot & Wine Bar, David Burke's Primehouse, Dawali Mediterranean Kitchen, Deleece, Deleece Grill Pub, DMK Burger Bar, Elate, Everest, Fiddlehead Cafe, Hearty, In Fine Spirits, Jacky's on Prairie, Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club, Knew, Koi Sushi & Chinese, Le Colonial, Marigold, The Money Shot, Nacional 27, Naha, N9ne Steak House, O'Donovan's, Osteria Via Stato, Park Grill, People Lounge, Petterino's, Quince, RB Grille, Rhapsody, Ria, Rootstock Wine & Beer Bar, Sabor Saveur, Saluté Wine Bar, Sola, Sushi Taiyo, Tavern on Rush, Taxim, Tocco, Trader Vic's, Uncommon Ground on Devon, Vie, Zealous, Zocalo, Lush, Lush, Saluté Wine Bar, NoMi Kitchen

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Feb 11, 2010
How to Drink With Dessert

We asked local experts to help us appreciate wine's sweet side.
- By Anne Spiselman
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, dessert wines, Howard Silverman, Howard's Wine Cellar, white zinfandel, Fernando Beteta, NoMi, Sauternes Chateau d'Yquem, Beerenauslese, Alois Kracher, Lush, Lush, Charlie Trotter's, NoMi Kitchen

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Andersonville Restaurant Week, Ballet de Lorraine, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

Black Eye No 3, #BringHer, and more happenings from February 17-19.

Gossip Wolf: Who's in Elia Einhorn's Fashion Brigade?

Plus: New music from Bloodiest spin-off Quarter Mile Thunder and Fake Limbs side project Burn Permits

Video
Key Ingredient: Meg Galus conquers century eggs

The green-and-brown preserved eggs don't look remotely edible—but the NoMi Kitchen pastry chef put them in a cookie.

Video
Key Ingredient: Leigh Omilinsky of Cafe des Architectes makes a superfood unhealthy

Challenged with chia seeds, the pastry chef uses them five ways in a dessert.

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

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Key Ingredient: NoMi Kitchen's chef is challenged to work with a "humble vegetable"

Ryan LaRoche, forced to cook with celery by modernist chef Matthew Kirkley of L20, gets back to basics.

133 tasty things from 2011

I ate it all

NoMI goes casual

The Michelin-starred restaurant gets a redo that plays it safe but expertly executes

Best restaurant with a view

The Signature Room voted best restaurant with a view

Turkey Service

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go

Alfresco!

Our annual, invaluable guide to outdoor dining

Sweet Specials

Chicago restaurants offering Valentine's Day dinner

How to Drink With Dessert

We asked local experts to help us appreciate wine's sweet side.

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Black Eye No 3, #BringHer, and more happenings from February 17-19.

Plus: New music from Bloodiest spin-off Quarter Mile Thunder and Fake Limbs side project Burn Permits

The green-and-brown preserved eggs don't look remotely edible—but the NoMi Kitchen pastry chef put them in a cookie.

Challenged with chia seeds, the pastry chef uses them five ways in a dessert.

Coming May 3: Twenty-six Chicago chefs, five ingredients, primo booze, and bucks for the Healthy Schools Campaign

Ryan LaRoche, forced to cook with celery by modernist chef Matthew Kirkley of L20, gets back to basics.

I ate it all

The Michelin-starred restaurant gets a redo that plays it safe but expertly executes

The Signature Room voted best restaurant with a view

Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go

Our annual, invaluable guide to outdoor dining

Chicago restaurants offering Valentine's Day dinner

We asked local experts to help us appreciate wine's sweet side.

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