- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Jan 19, 2012
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A wine bar for everyone
In trying to appeal to neighbors and tourists alike, Tony Mantuano's Bar Toma overstretches.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Nov 10, 2011
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Chinatown's subterranean Snack Planet
A new stall in an underground food court offers Sichuanese shashlik and more
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Jul 21, 2011
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The principal of Thai cookery
Celebrity Chef McDang is an enforcer of his country's cuisine
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, May 5, 2011
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The Boka group scores again with GT Fish & Oyster
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Apr 28, 2011
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Garlic mustard threatens habitats across the country. One response? Weed it and eat it.
What to do about the invasive weed garlic mustard--recipes and a cocktail included!
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Apr 21, 2011
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Books for Cooks
Cheffoirs, food trucks, kosher folkways, and more
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Apr 14, 2011
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Omnivorous: Lent, Mexican Style
Spring brings pescatarian and vegetarian especialidades de Cuaresma to town.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Apr 7, 2011
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Review: At Chinatown's new Lure Izakaya Pub, Kee Chan and Eric Aubriot are nailing the drinking food. Now bring on more booze.
Chinatown is undergoing a gastronomic renaissance.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Mar 31, 2011
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Omnivorous: Chef Brian Jupiter's Got His Game On at Frontier
The Noble Square barstaurant is showcasing wild animals, oysters, and more
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Mar 24, 2011
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Dinner on a Dime, From a Vintage Cookbook
Chef Troy Graves tries out a 115-year-old cookbook, but skips the squirrel.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Mar 17, 2011
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Pasta, Pugliese Style
A Chicago cook—by way of Macedonia and Arizona—explores the southern Italian region in a forthcoming cookbook.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Mar 9, 2011
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Edna's Lives On
With Ruby's, a legendary west-side soul-food place is revived.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Mar 3, 2011
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An Artisan Baker Brings Commercial No-knead Bread to Chicago
Ehsan Ganji is the city's only purveyor of the home-baking phenomenon.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Feb 24, 2011
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Omnivorous: Dry No More
Evanston's Few Spirits is just one of several regional craft distilleries setting up shop.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Feb 17, 2011
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Omnivorous: Moonshiners
A new generation of underground distillers skirts Johnny Law.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Feb 10, 2011
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Belle de Jour
From the oysters to the ambience, Maude's Liquor Bar seduces
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Jan 27, 2011
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A Haitian Refuge
Expats jonesing for pâtés know to head to Howard Street, where Violette Adrien has set up shop.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Jan 20, 2011
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Hopleaf Has Company
A new West Town gastropub was built from the beer up.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Jan 6, 2011
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The Sodfather Abides
Chicago cop Frank Balestri keeps the old-world custom of making soppressata—"supersod"—alive.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Dec 30, 2010
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What's New: Coming Up Aces
Ex-Fianco chef Matt Troost scores again with a Taylor Street bar. Plus: Zenlike Italian in Lincoln Square and a downtown steak house that's dinner and a show
