Kate Schmidt
Bio:
I'm an associate editor at the Reader, where I've been since 2000. Currently I work on food and drink coverage and edit Deanna Isaacs's culture column. I blog on the restaurant scene, politics, and sundry other subjects.
I'm an associate editor at the Reader, where I've been since 2000. Currently I work on food and drink coverage and edit Deanna Isaacs's culture column. I blog on the restaurant scene, politics, and sundry other subjects.
- Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, May 13, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Tartar sauce
Annemarie Sagoi, a bartender at Big Star and the Charleston, makes some magic out of chaos.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 6, 2013
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Now open: Pilsen's Dia de los Tamales
A new storefront brings Italian beef, buffalo chicken, and apple cobbler tamales to 18th Street.
- Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, May 2, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Kombucha
Uby Khawaja of Scofflaw creates the Tomfoolery, made with home-brewed ginger kombucha and the bar's own Old Tom gin.
- Blogs, Bleader, May 1, 2013
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The "Bad-Ass B.L.T." at Mr. Spanky's tans hide
An epiphany leads to a distinctively named Bridgeport sandwich shop peddling distinctive stuffed buns.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 26, 2013
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Mas alla del Sol stakes a claim on Edgewater's Ethiopian strip
In place of the old Paradise, a Mexican restaurant from the people behind Los Nopales
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 23, 2013
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"Malort Face" and other Key Ingredient Cook-Off bites to come
Chawanmushi with dried-shrimp kettle corn, cocktail-hour Ants on a Log, and Malort Face: a sneak peek at a few of the entries in our upcoming cook-off.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Apr 17, 2013
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The restorative powers of pita
Deta's Pita offered shelter from the cold—and from the dread of war.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 12, 2013
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Now open: Pilsen coffee shop La Catrina Cafe
A new coffee shop with late-night hours and a sense of history comes to the south side.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 11, 2013
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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
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 8, 2013
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Return to the Chicago French Market—and to Fumaré
The Montreal-style smoked meat is alone worth a trip, and coming soon to the market is Stephanie Izard's Little Goat Bread.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 2, 2013
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Hey world, meet the author of Baby Meets World—tonight
Nicholas Day, Slate blogger and author of the brand-new Baby Meets World, appears tonight at 57th Street Books.
- Blogs, Bleader, Apr 1, 2013
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One Bite: Montreal-style smoked meat at Fumaré Meats & Deli
An Easter conversion to smoked meat, aka viande fumée, aka pastrami
- Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Mar 29, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Chalk
Sable bartender Alex Renshaw brings applejack for the teacher.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 25, 2013
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Duran European Sandwiches: Escape from the #8 bus stop
A new addition to River West brightens the scene at the intersection of Grand, Milwaukee, and Halsted.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 18, 2013
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Marigold Indian restaurant, now in Andersonville, still a gem
The upscale Indian restaurant, relocated to Andersonville, provides another option for imbibing.
- Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Mar 15, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Balsamic vinegar
Lisa Selman of Little Market Brasserie crafts a tequila-based eye-opener with unfermented grapes.
- Blogs, Bleader, Mar 8, 2013
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Rogers Park's Redz does Sunday dinner, Belizean style
Redz Belizean Restaurant keeps up a tradition.
- Food & Drink, Cocktail Challenge, Mar 1, 2013
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Cocktail Challenge: Lentils
Natalia Cardenas of Balena makes a deliciously leguminous adult beverage.
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 22, 2013
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Ravenswood's El Maya and the plight of the midscale Mexican restaurant
On Chicago's dog-eat-dog midscale Mexican restaurant scene
- Blogs, Bleader, Feb 15, 2013
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Firecakes versus Dunkin' Donuts: a Reader taste test
Sampling the wares of Chicago's latest artisanal-doughnut purveyor.
