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Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Oct 19, 2017
Katana plunges its glittering blade into River North

A massive robatayaki parachutes in from Hollywood.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Katana, Michael Simon, robatayaki, Sumi, Blvd, Innovative Dining Group, Jason Chan, Butter, Urban, Union, Juno, Naoki, River North, Japanese, Jose Melendez

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Nov 2, 2015
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Save Cantina 1910 from ignorant Yelpers

Chef Diana Dávila is making imaginative, original Mexican food in Andersonville, a neighborhood that doesn’t always embrace culinary talent.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Cantina 1910, Diana Dávila, Yelp, Butter, Andersonville, Courtright's, Mexican, Pasticceria Natalina, Great Lake, Hacienda Jalapeños, Boka, Andrew Pingul, Taco Bell, Uncle Julio's, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Feb 6, 2015
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A cocktail made with Logan Theatre popcorn butter courtesy of a Crown Tap Room bartender

Challenged to create a cocktail with movie theater popcorn butter, Ryan Murphy of Crown Tap Room has some disasters before settling on a riff on the Ramos Fizz.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cocktail Challenge, Food & Drink, Ryan Murphy, Crown Tap Room, Ramos Fizz, Logan Theatre, butter, Chicka Pop, Billy Ocean, Anthony Mitchell, California Clipper, Alex Enochs, Charlatan, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Aug 1, 2014
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Evanston's Boltwood is unpredictable—and that's not a complaint

Ex-Publican chef de cuisine Brian Huston goes home.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Boltwood, Brian Huston, Evanston, The Publican, John Kim, Brothers K Coffeehouse, oysters, olives, peppers, nuts, toast, sable, ricotta cheese, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, bar snacks, snacks, wines, cocktails, Few Spirits, squid, menus, vegetables, kohlrabi, fish, seafood, palm sugar, butter, squid, cauliflower, potatoes, pumpkin seeds, steak, chiles, cantaloupe, blue cheese, cheese, anchovies, eggplant, cashews, beets, pistachio, culantro, grapefruit, salads, avocado, pea shoots, garlic, schmaltz, loup de mer, zucchini, meatballs, lamb, shrimp, desserts, pies, sorbet, gelato, Recommended

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Jun 27, 2014
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Key Ingredient: Michael Lachowicz contemplates calves' brains

Challenged to create a dish with a veal brains, Restaurant Michael's chef goes superclassic.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, chefs, Michael Lachowicz, Calves' brains, veal, veal brains, French cuisine, organ meats, foie gras, membranes, milk, blood, sous vide, garlic, olive oil, thyme, flour, sauteing, butter, hazelnuts, capers, microgreens, chive flowers, chives, Restaurant Michael, Video

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient May 22, 2014
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Key Ingredient: Zoe Schor faces "the strangest animal on the planet"

Challenged to make a dish with geoduck, the Ada St. chef prepares the enormous clam two ways.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Ada St., Zoe Schor, geoduck, clams, Argyle Street, texture, ceviche, pasta, lime juice, popcorn, chile powder, salt, summer dishes, peas, butter, emulsification, chives, lemon zest, seafood, brininess, Ada Street, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Mar 28, 2014
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Chef Lee Wolen reboots Boka

The decade-old restaurant and flagship of the Boka group maintains its relevance.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Review, Boka, Lincoln Park, Lee Wolen, loup de mer, capers, artichoke hearts, broth, octopus, tonkotsu, The Lobby, Peninsula Hotel, chicken, Eleven Madison Park, Moto, Butter, Boka Restaurant Group, appetizers, menus, cauliflower soup, curry oil, cream, ham, broccoli, salads, eggs, Parmesan cheese, cheese, ham, almonds, ravioli, onion soup, blood sausage, arctic char, potatoes, pears, Meyer lemon, salt-cod, fish, ricotta gnudi, sturgeon, entrees, lamb, monkfish, beans, scallops, desserts, Genie Kwon, pastry chefs, chefs, sesame cake, custard, yuzu, buckwheat, pineapple, cheesecake, Recommended

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Feb 13, 2014
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Key Ingredient: Jeremy Brutzkus of Longman & Eagle updates a favorite of the sultan's harem

The pastry chef transforms the Mediterranean resin into a honey-themed dessert.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Longman & Eagle, Jeremy Brutzkus, mastic, pastry chefs, Chios, fats, ice cream, custard, honey, kabocha squash, granita, pudding, candy, pine nuts, cooking, recipes, ingredients, syrups, butter, vanilla, lemon juice, lemon zest, texture, baking soda, chicharrons, poached squash, granita disks, maltodextrin, potato starch, resins, Ottoman Empire, Video

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Jan 30, 2014
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Key Ingredient: Courtney Joseph of Takashi grows to like rose water

The pastry chef succeeds with a dessert that doesn't smell like grandma's perfume.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Takashi, pastry chefs, Courtney Joseph, rose water, perfume, rose oil, desserts, sorbets, ginger beer, The Flavor Bible, books, flavor pairings, pistachio, citrus, yuzu, smells, cardamom, panna cotta, yuzu curd, blackberry, financiers, cakes, brown butter, butter, Takashi Yagihashi, subtlety, cream, crunch, recipes, gels, Video

Food & Drink, Restaurant Review Jan 17, 2014
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The Radler offers an upscale twist on German comfort food in Logan Square

Two Vie vets have launched the neighborhood's first Bavarian beer hall.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, The Radler, D.A.S., Nathan Sears, Adam Hebert, Vie, service, pretzels, Logan Square, Galerie F, decor, Bohemian Export Beer, West Side Brewery, butter, barley-malt butter, blackberry jam, Rahmkase, mushrooms, cheese, onions, bread, onion pie, brussels sprouts, pilsner soubise, quiche, schnitzel, veal, gingersnap, rabit, spaetzle, potato salad, potatoes, wursts, house-made sausage, sausages, thuringer wurst, knockwurst, boarwursst, weisswurst, desserts, Black Forest cake, Bee Sting cake, Flesk Brewery, hefeweizen, helles, radler, house beer, Lake Effect Brewing, German beers, Austrian beers, draft beers, beer, dunkel weiss, wines, cocktails, gluhwein, Recommended

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 18, 2013
Bean pie, my brother?

The Nation of Islam's iconic dessert is still around, if you know where to look.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, bean pie, Muhammad University of Islam, Peter Engler, Rob Lopata, Mosque Maryam, Chicago Architecture Foundation, Open House Chicago, south side, Nation of Islam, NOI, Nation of Islam Supreme Bean Pies, navy beans, black Muslims, Islam, Elijah Muhammad, Allah, books, dietary guides, unprocessed foods, legumes, beans, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Lance Shabazz, history, sweet potatoes, sweet potato pie, yams, soul food, Clara Muhammad, Detroit, 1930s, sugar, milk, eggs, cinnamon, spices, baking, butter, bean soup, bean bread, Final Call, bakeries, Lana Shabazz, Muhammad Ali, cookbooks, Shabazz Bakery, Khalilah Camacho Ali, Hyde Park Co-op, Original Bean Pie Bakery, University of Chicago, Imogene Wolcott, Mae Bangs, raw sugar, Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance, Respect for Life Bookstore, Supreme Bean Pies, YouTube, Salaam Restaurant & Bakery, Flippin & Dippin Shawn Michelle's Homemade Ice Cream, Burnside, Imani Muhammad, Imani's Original Bean Pies and Fine Food, Imani's Original Bean Pies, bean salad, Kitchen Chicago, Grand Boulevard, vegan pies, cheese-frosted pies, blueberry bean pies, banana bean pies, natural ingredients, bakers, Thanksgiving

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Sep 19, 2013
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Key Ingredient: Smen

Joseph Rose of Lockwood funks up his act with fermented butter.
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Lockwood, Joseph Rose, smen, butter, fermented butter, sheep's milk, goat's milk, butter, oregano, salt, clarifying butter, smells, flavors, couscous, harissa, yogurt, cucumber, sausage, currants, raisins, cashews, red peppers, tomatoes, olive oil, cumin, cilantro, sumac, lemon, Video

Food & Drink, Key Ingredient Aug 22, 2013
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Key Ingredient: Acadia chef-owner Ryan McCaskey doubles down on pandan

Leaves and extract from the southeast Asian plant combine for a "toasty rice" flavor that lingers "in a pleasant way."
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Acadia, Ryan McCaskey, pandan leaf, extracts, Thai Dang, Asian markets, Viet Hoa, Argyle Street, musty flavors, toasted flavors, genmaicha tea, desserts, savory dishes, southeast Asian cuisine, halibut, fish, butter, olive oil, lemon, salt, broth, coconut mik, lobster stock, curry paste, kaffir, lemongrass, ginger, garlic, shallot, Ultra-Tex, modified food starch, thickeners, gel, potato, curry, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Apr 18, 2013
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I could always sniff out my mother's tea cakes

Until now.
- By Rose Doyle (aka Puddin)
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, tea cakes, Mississippi, Lexington, California, aluminum foil, sugar, butter, flour, lemon, vanilla, orange, aluminum foil

Blogs, Bleader Sep 8, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Sat 9/8

What's on the Agenda for Saturday, September 8, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Stephen Lord, Pritzker Pavilion, Stars of the Lyric Opera, Eyeporium Gallery, Wicker Park, Bernard Colbert, Getting Into Face: 52 Mondays Featuring Jojo Baby and Sal-E, Trubo Fruits, Butter, Jim Eno, hird album, Schubas, The Orwells, Innkeepers

Blogs, Bleader May 14, 2012
The best tomato sauce recipe ever—with canned tomatoes?

A test of the tomato sauce that Francis Lam calls the "most talked-about buttery tomato pasta recipe ever"
- By Julia Thiel
- Tags: Cooking, Food Chain, Food & Drink, tomato sauce, best tomato sauce recipe, canned tomatoes, butter, onion, Francis Lam, Gilt Taste, Ruth Reichl

Blogs, Bleader Sep 19, 2011
"Wisconsin ban on margarine targeted for repeal"
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Paranormal, Food Chain, Food & Drink, butter, margarine, Wisconsin, autocrats

Blogs, Bleader Dec 25, 2009
Evasion of the Bodysnatchers

“We’ve secretly replaced the regular cremains at this upscale funeral home with Seamans’ Crystals™. Can these discriminating mourners tell the difference? Let’s find out.”
- By Cliff Doerksen
- Tags: Bad News From the Past, We're Old, cremation, burial, premature burial, funerals, science, liquid air, inventors, dissection, medical schools, cadavers, rubber bags, heavy rollers, oysters, meat, eggs, butter, fruit, grave robbers, body snatchers, resurrectionists

News & Politics, Feature May 22, 2008
The Dirt Makes It Delicious

Microorganisms from the local soil give Willi Lehner's cave-cured cheese that special something.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Feature, Willi Lehner, Wisconsin, Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, cheese, Bleu Mont Dairy, Valley View Cheese, Billi Lehner, Hans Lehner, South Wayne, Wisconsin, Dane County Farmers' Market, Ridgeway, Wisconsin, Anne Topham, Judy Borree, Fantome Farm, Organic Valley, butter, Quitas McKnight, Zingerman's, Giana Ferguson, Gubbeen Farmhouse, washed-rind cheeses, mold, Driftless Select Earth Schmier, Earth Schmier, Mike Gingrich, Upland Cheese Company, Lil' Will's Big Cheese, microflora

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