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Food & Drink
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Food & Drink Feature
, May 23, 2013
Locavorism Inc.
Can a new business increase the amount of local food we eat?
by Mike Sula
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Food & Drink Feature
, Nov 18, 2010
Turkey Service
Restaurants offering Thanksgiving dinner—to stay or to go
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Bleader
, Sep 15, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events
Picnicking on the North Shore, touring Pilsen restaurants, navigating Indian menus, and more.
by Sam Worley
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Pappadums: A Guide to Indian Restaurant Menus
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Food & Drink Column
, Mar 18, 2010
Logan Square on Tap
The new brewpub and gastropub in Lula-land. Plus: middle-of-the-road green cuisine, carnivore-worthy vegan, and 11 more recent openings.
by Mike Sula and Martha Bayne
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Feb 9, 2010
Dinner & a Show: Tuesday 2/9 (New Restaurants Edition)
New restaurants and nearby shows.
by Whet Moser
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Leo's Coney Island of Chicago
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Bleader
, Jan 15, 2010
Restaurants Unite for Haiti Relief
Chicago restaurants are lining up to raise funds for relief in Haiti from January 18-24.
by Mike Sula
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Bleader
, Mar 19, 2009
Heads Up
WhiskeyFest Chicago, RampFest, a free-trade wine and chocolate tasting, and other food-and-drink-related talks, tastings, and events.
by Julia Thiel
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Bleader
, Feb 28, 2008
Heads Up: This week and beyond
Upcoming talks and tastings.
by Julia Thiel
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Louisa Chu
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Behind the Scenes of Food Television
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Evanston public library
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Blogs
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Bleader
, Oct 3, 2007
Heads Up: This week and beyond
This week's talks and tastings.
by Julia Thiel
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Northwestern University
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Alice Waters
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Slow Food Chicago
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North Pond Restaurant
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France vs. the Rest of the World
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