- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Jun 6, 2013
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Who does Brandon Baltzley think he is?
A chef whose mesmerizing creativity is deserving of fame? A drug addict in recovery who rightly eschews sobriety? A twentysomething memoirist whose brief history is worth your time? Or is he none of those things?
- Lit & Lectures, Lit Feature, Jun 6, 2013
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The Reader's guide to the Printers Row Lit Fest
Judy Blume, Art Spiegelman, D.T. Max, Haki Madhubuti, and more: Our critics pick favorites for the annual book blowout.
- 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
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Jan 15, 2013
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Waiting for culinary nirvana at Grace
Curtis Duffy's food weakens the knees, but his long-awaited restaurant isn't all the way there yet.
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Dec 19, 2012
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People Issue 2012:
Martin Kastner, the craftsman"I had no desire to be an artist. I thought art was all ego."
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 7, 2012
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Baconfest VIP tix on sale Monday, and other food news bites
Knafeh style, Pappy poo poo, the Feds' beef with grassfed beef, and more
- Blogs, Bleader, Nov 30, 2012
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Young bacon outlaws and other food news bites
Beard Papa dies, Kevin Boehm digs Wendy's, Next goes vegan, and more
- Performing Arts, Culture Vultures, Oct 10, 2012
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This week's Culture Vultures recommend:
Life, on the Line, Sleepwalk With Me, and Busting Loose From the Money Game
- Blogs, Bleader, Jun 29, 2012
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A new food truck ordinance is introduced and other food news bites
GEB ousts the Hound, chef shuffling, pork skin noodle and more
- Best of Chicago, Food & Drink, Jun 20, 2012
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Best Chef
Grant Achatz (Alinea, Next, the Aviary)
- Blogs, Bleader, May 18, 2012
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The bitter end of Logan Square Kitchen and other food news bites
The ever expanding Empire of Hu, a new cocktail video blog, the Grant "Actatz" scandal and more worthy food links
- Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature, Mar 21, 2012
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Mother's ruin
Chicago has no excuse for lagging in the world of competitive cocktailing. We’re just too nice.
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 16, 2011
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Key Ingredient turns 50 (episodes)
Thoughts on the first 50 episodes of Key Ingredient
- Blogs, Bleader, Dec 1, 2011
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This week in Food & Drink
In this week's Food & Drink: Next Childhood, Key Ingredient calves' liver, kid-friendly restaurants
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Dec 1, 2011
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The wonder years at Next
With their third menu, Grant Achatz and Dave Beran revisit childhood
- Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Aug 17, 2011
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The Next chapter: Tour of Thailand
Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas deliver subtle surprises at their restaurant’s latest incarnation
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 12, 2011
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This week in Food & Drink: Next's Tour of Thailand, Key Ingredient milkweed, recommended new restaurants
This week's Food & Drink: Mike Sula reviews Next, Carnivale chef David Dworshak takes on milkweed in Key Ingredient, plus Bodega N. 5, Marmalade, and five more new restaurants.
- Blogs, Bleader, Aug 11, 2011
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Dave Beran on Next's Tour of Thailand
The executive chef at Grant Achatz's and Nick Kokonas's ever-adaptive restaurant elaborates on his creative process
- Blogs, Bleader, Jul 22, 2011
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This week in Food & Drink: The Black Sheep, celebrity Chef McDang, Key Ingredient whelks, and more
This week in Food & Drink: The Black Sheep, Thai celebrity Chef McDang, Key Ingredient whelks, top spots for Thai
- 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
