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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Sep 14, 2017
Recommended
At the Kennison, chef Bill Walker picks up where Perennial Virant left off

Like its predecessor, the new restaurant from the Boka group makes an art of seasonal cooking
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, The Kennison, Hotel Lincoln, Boka Restaurant Group, Perennial Virant, Bill Walker, Green Zebra, Recommended

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 20, 2016
GT Prime, a steak house in name only

Welcome another winning restaurant from Giuseppe Tentori.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, GT Prime, Giuseppe Tentori, Boka Restaurant Group, Bavette's, steak house, Momotaro, Boeufhaus, STK Chicago, Girl & the Goat, Perennial Virant, Boka Group, Andrea Bonitatibus

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Feb 29, 2016
Cold Storage might leave you cold

The new casual seafood spot from the Boka Restaurant Group is fishily inconsistent.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Cold Storage, Swift & Sons, Stephanie Izard, Girl & the Goat, Balena, Momotaro, GT Fish & Oyster, Boka Restaurant Group, Chris Pandel, Meg Galus, Giuseppe Tentori, Perennial Virant, Balena, Momotaro, Boka

Blogs, Bleader Oct 19, 2015
Video
A Perennial Virant chef makes fruit butter with the 'Indiana banana'

Challenged to create a dish with pawpaws, Edward Sura of Perennial Virant turns them into butter and puts it on pork jowl and roasted root vegetables
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, pawpaw, pawpaw butter, Indiana banana, Edward Sura, Perennial Virant, pawpaw cordial, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Oct 15, 2015
Eat these midwestern dishes from Chicago restaurant kitchens

Local chefs are using fresh, seasonal ingredients to class up classic comfort foods, from pasties to a dinner of meat and potatoes.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, midwestern dishes, crispy carnaroli rice cake, Edward Sura, Perennial Virant, flank steak with potatoes and cauliflower, Emily Kraszyk, Farmhouse Tavern, yooper pasty, Carrie Clark, Bridgeport Pasty, brisket, Iliana Regan, Elizabeth Restaurant

Blogs, Bleader Aug 5, 2015
Video
Things the Winchester learned in the fire

Ukrainian Village's the Winchester is trying to come back from a fire by being a better neighborhood restaurant.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food & Drink, Food Chain, The Winchester, Greg Bastien, Ukrainian Village, Sepia, Avec, Koren Grieveson, Ryan Poli, Tavernita, Perennial Virant, Next, La Sirena Clandestina, Lila Cafe, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 13, 2014
Meet Billy Pork, the father of Chicago's charcuterie revolution

A 77-year-old former sausage maker is behind all that salumi you're eating in restaurants.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food Issue 2014, Billy Pork, charcuterie, Health Department, Quartino, John Coletta, Quartino, The Purple Pig, Publican Quality Meats, Perennial Virant, Vie, West Loop Salumi, Tete Charcuterie, Billy Nolen, Moo & Oink, HACCP, Billy G. Nolen Associates, Logan Square Kitchen, Zina Murray, Missy Corey, Thomas Rice, Kurt Guzowski, Lawry's the Prime Rib, Sun Wah BBQ, Kelly Cheng, Local Foods Grocer & Distributor

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 13, 2014
Four of our favorite spots for house-made pickles and jams
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Food Issue 2014, house-made preserves, Perennial Virant, Big Jones, Elizabeth, Southport Grocery and Cafe

Blogs, Bleader Jun 5, 2014
Paula, Lidia, and Ina at Lit Fest, Rick's art meets plate, and more

Things that are happening, from pie talk on stage to art coming down from the walls to be eaten
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Paula Haney, Ina Pinkney, Lidia Bastianich, Printers Row Lit Fest, Topolobampo, Rick Bayless, Sportsmans Club, Cosmo Goss, Growing Home, Kevin Boehm, Paul Virant, Vie, Vistro, Perennial Virant

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature May 23, 2013
Locavorism Inc.

Can a new business increase the amount of local food we eat?
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Dave Rand, chefs, Zeeshan Shah, Andrew Lutsey, Testa Produce, Pilsen, meat, cheese, maple syrup, Butcher & Larder, Indiana farms, Illinois farms, farms, Wisconsin farms, meat, produce, storage crops, potatoes, carrots, beets, rutabagas, beans, sweet potatoes, spring greens, organic produce, Local Foods Grocer, farm-direct meat, farm-direct produce, Sysco, food distribution, food wholesalers, beef, pork, goat, lamb, poultry, ramps, asparagus, Prairie Grass Cafe, Old Town Social, Perennial Virant, Table, Donkey and Stick, Merle Kauffman, Ohio House Motel, regional food hubs, Peapod, Vera, farmers' markets, Mark Mendez, Green City Market, locavorism, restaurants, markets, Bob Borchardt, Harvest Moon Farms, restaurant suppliers, local food, wholesale grocers, retail grocers, Quarter Circle Seven Ranch, Frank Morgan, Gold Bond Ice Cream, Popsicle, business, Irv & Shelley's, Goodness Greenness, Rufus Haucke, Keewaydin Farms, Just Local Foods, Amish farms, CSA, community-supported agriculture, farming, agriculture

Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2013
Reader's Agenda Fri 5/3: Cinco de Mayo Festival, Key Ingredient Cook-Off, and Cremaster Cycle

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Friday, May 3.
- By Hannah Lorenz
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Little Village, Cinco de Mayo Festival, Mexico, France, Battle of Puebla, Key Ingredient Cook-Off, Bridgeport Art Center, Paul Virant, Perennial Virant, Abraham Conlon, Fat Rice, City Winery, River North Beer, Tenzing, Four Roses, Olmeca Altos, Cremaster Cycle, Matthew Barney, Gene Siskel Film Center

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 Oct 11, 2012
Fall farmers' markets and other food and drink events

The last week of farmer's markets and plenty of fall harvest celebrations make up this week's food and drink events
- By Meg Pier
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Ground Up Chicago, Harvest Feast Chicago, Spence Farm Foundation, Frontera Grill, Hot Chocolate, Perennial Virant, 676 Restaurant & Bar, Scrumptious Pantry, herbs, Merz Apothecary, Meals on Wheels, Chef's Table, The Purple Pig, The Aviary, Dominick's Pizza, Foodielicious, Fischman, Kwak, Oktoberfest, Kwaktoberfest, Moonshine Brewing, Brewer's Brunch, bloody Mary, BIN 36, Harvest Festival, Andersonville, farmer's market

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

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Aug 6, 2012
Video
Key Ingredient: huitlacoche

Elissa Narow of Perennial Virant goes for the gray with corn smut
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, huitlacoche, Elissa Narow, Jeffrey Sills, Sprout, corn smut, Mexican food, Mexican truffle, cheesecake, Perennial Virant, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 26, 2012
Graham Elliot Bistro: the brand goes on, and more in this week's Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: Graham Elliot Bowles's latest homage to self, Key Ingredient chicken gizzards
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Graham Elliot Bowles, G.E.B., Graham Elliot Bistro, Graham Elliot, Grahamwich, Jacob Saben, Key Ingredient, Jeffrey Sills, chicken gizzards, Sprout, Elissa Narow, Perennial Virant, Vie, huitlacoche

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Jul 23, 2012
Video
Key Ingredient: chicken gizzards

Sprout's Jeffrey Sills takes a read of the entrails
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, chicken gizzard, Jeffrey Sills, Blair Herridge, Browntrout, innards, sambal, Elissa Narow, Perennial Virant, Vie, Sprout, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 12, 2012
Food Truck Day and other food and drink events

A cooking demonstration, a food and bike tour, restaurant anniversaries, and more
- By Alison Marcotte
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food & Drink, Food Chain, Food Truck Day, Fischman’s Liquor, Jerry's, Green City Market’s BBQ Benefit, Irish Fest, Cooking Channel, Association House of Chicago, Oak Street Beach Food & Drink, El Cid Restaurant, Macy’s Great American Chefs Tour, Chicago Foodways Roundtable, Fork and the Road, Cure-ious Tour, Kitchen Sink Cafe, Perennial Virant, Women on Wine, JW Marriott Chicago, Southport & Irving, Heritage Wine

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

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, Cocktail Challenge May 9, 2012
Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: Stinging nettles

GT Fish & Oyster's Johnny Costello Jr. goes all barista with the foraged perennial
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Johnny Costello Jr., Perennial Virant, Erin Hayes, foraging, Dave Odd, stinging nettles, GT Fish & Oyster, cocktail challenge, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader May 8, 2012
Paul Virant signs the Preservation Kitchen cookbook

Tuesday at the Book Cellar, Vie chef Paul Virant signs and discusses his new cookbook, The Preservation Kitchen
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Books, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Paul Virant, The Preservation Kitchen, Vie, Perennial Virant, preserves, pickles, Book Cellar, The Preservation Kitchen: The Craft of Making and Cooking with Pickles, Preserves, and Aigre-doux

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.

Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge Apr 25, 2012
Slideshow
Cocktail Challenge: fish sauce

Erin Hayes makes a savory cocktail to match the potent Asian condiment
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Erin Hayes, Danny Shapiro, fish sauce, tom yum curry, coconuts, Perennial Virant, cocktail challenge, Slideshow

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

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