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Blogs, Bleader, Oct 17, 2012
A butcher meets his meat

Rob Levitt of the Butcher and Larder recounts the killing, cleaning, and breaking down of a pig
- by Rob Levitt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Rob Levitt, Butcher and Larder, Abra Berens, Jess Piskor, Bare Knuckle Farm

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 28, 2012
So long Jimmy John's and other food news bites

Mooncakes, the bacon shortage, food desert extortion, and more
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Jimmy John's, Jimmy Liautaud, Chizakaya, Pete's Fresh Market, Chef Pardus, Rob Levitt, Michael Ruhlman, Louisa Chu, Israel Idonije, Alain's, bacon

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Blogs, Bleader, May 10, 2012
James Beard Award winners and other food news bites

Eataly scouts locations, Hot Chocolate, reboots, reporters infiltrate Blommer, and more
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mindy Segal, Bruce Sherman, Charlie Trotter, Next Restaurant, James Beard Awards, Kevin Pang, Chris Borelli, Paula Deen, Rob Levitt, Luke Tobias, Ideas in Food, El Ideas, Hot Chocolate, nduja, From Belly to Bacon, Blommer Chocolate Factory, Eataly, Mario Batali

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 15, 2012
This week's food and drink events

The Good Food Festival, a curling and lasagna event, Saint Patrick's Day specials, and more.
- by Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Girl and the Goat, Kilgus Farms, Stillwater Artisanal Ales, Virtue Cider, Underground Goat, Cityscape Bar, Graystone Wines, Italiasia, Sheffield's, Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout, Good Food Festival, Localicious, Autre Monde Cafe, Big Bowl, Big Jones, Chicago Diner, City Provisions, Duke's Ale House and Kitchen, Province, Trattoria No. 10, the Bedford, Saigon Sisters, Browntrout, Uncommon Ground, Revolution Brewing Company, Half Acre, Goose Island, Templeton Rye, Sunnyside Up, Real Dirt on Farmer John, Markethouse, Lent, Bell's Ale, Green Line, Good Food Festival, Bruce Sherman, North Pond Restaurant, Mark Mendez, Vera, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Paul Virant, Vie, Culinary Historians of Chicago, Jennifer McLagan, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Chicago Curling Club, Twisted Butter, World Senior Curling Championship, U.S. Curling Team, Ram Brewery, Saint Patrick's Day, 25 Degrees, The Gage, Pizza Persona, The Southern, Jerry's Wicker Park, Renaissance Hotel Chicago, Dinner Tales, Blackbird, Paul Kahan, Mercadito, Patricio Sandoval, Olmeca Tequila, Chichicapa Mezcal, Double A, Firestone Walker XV, DJ Grimsborg, Mas de Gourgonnier, Daniel Hodge, H2Vino, Les Baux de Provence, Bistro Campagne.

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 6, 2012
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Sky Full of Bacon: The Butcher's Karma

Michael Gebert's newest video, "The Butcher's Karma," is now streaming online.
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Film, Food & Drink, Michael Gebert, The Butcher's Karma, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Paul Kahan, Erling Wu-Bower, Publican Quality Meats, Bartlett Durand, Black Earth Meats, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 20, 2012
The elusive green chorizo

The Butcher & Larder chorizo verde isn't green, but it's the best
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, chorizo verde, green chorizo, El Gallo Bravo, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, sausage, Mexican food, Toluca, Rick Bayless

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Blogs, Bleader, Sep 23, 2011
Cook with Michael Ruhlman

Michael Ruhlman comes to the Butcher & Larder for an interactive cooking event.
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Michael Ruhlman, Rob Levitt, Ruhlman's Twenty, Butcher & Larder

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Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Sep 1, 2011
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Key Ingredient: Duck tongues

Jason Vincent of Nightwood makes duck tongues less gross
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Duck Tongues, Nightwood, Jason Vincent, banh mi, Rob Levitt, The Butcher & Larder, less gross, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 26, 2011
This week in Food & Drink: Key Ingredient Abalone, Roka Akor, Tribute, and more

This week in Food & Drink: Key Ingredient abalone, robata restaurant and lounge Roka Akor, Tribute and other South Loop restaurants.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Key Ingredient, Rob Levitt, the Butcher & Larder, abalone, bruschetta, Nightwood, Jason Vincent, duck tongues, Roka Akor, Tribute, Brandon Baltzley, Essex Hotel, Lawrence Letrero, South Loop restaurants, Cafecito, Epic Burger

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Food & Drink, Key Ingredient, Aug 25, 2011
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Key Ingredient: Abalone

The Butcher & Larder's Rob Levitt steams up sea snails
- by Julia Thiel
- Tags: Key Ingredient, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, abalone, Mark Mendez, Uva, The Butcher & Larder, Video

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 19, 2011
This week in Food & Drink: Filipino treats, Telegraph Wine Bar, Key Ingredient tomato leaves, and more

This week in Food & Drink: Rowie's Bakery, Telegraph Wine Bar, Key Ingredient tomato leaves, Cocktail Challenge, Logan Square restaurants
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Rowie's Bakery, Filipino bakeries, Rowie Reyes, Mike Ramos, chiffon cake, Telegraph Wine Bar, Logan Square, Key Ingredient, tomato leaves, Mark Mendez, Uva, Rob Levitt, the Butcher & Larder, abalone, Stephen Cole, the Violet Hour, the Barrelhouse Flat, cream of tartar, La Boulangerie, Longman & Eagle, Bonsoiree

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Best of Chicago, Food & Drink, Jun 23, 2011
Best chef downshift, animal division
- Tags: Food & Drink, The Reader's picks, Rob Levitt, The Butcher & Larder

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Blogs, Bleader, Apr 29, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Garlic Mustard, Cafe des Architectes, Key Ingredient Dried Shrimp, a New Cocktail Challenge, and More

This week in Food & Drink: what to do with the invasive plant garlic mustard, Key Ingredient dried shrimp, Cafe des Architectes under new chef Greg Biggers, a new cocktail challenge, and more.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Environment, Food, Eco, Garlic mustard, invasive plants, Cocktail Challenge, Mike Ryan, Sable, Iliana Regan, foraging, Key Ingredient, dried shrimp, Carlos Gaytan, Mexique, Doug Sohn, Hot Doug's, chicken feet, Cafe des Architectes, Greg Biggers, Martial Noguier, Bistronomic, Defaced Barware, Pete Guigni, the Bedford, Mark Steuer, Gabe Klein, Chicago Department of Transportation, food trucks, Rahm Emanuel, On the Fly, Smartkarts, Smartkafes, licensing, Scott Waguespack, Jim Graziano, J.P. Graziano, Green City Market, Rob Levitt, Butcher & Larder, Share Our Strength, child hunger, bake sale, raffle

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 9, 2011
One Bite: Pork Collar From the Butcher & Larder

Cooking for a crowd with pork collar from the Butcher & Larder.
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, pork collar, Butcher & Larder, Rob Levitt, Chris Turner, coppa, lardo, Slagel Family Farms, pigs, Yorkshire, Duroc, Rick Bayless, Mexican food

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 28, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: Haitian on Howard, Grahamwich, Key Ingredient guaje seeds, an empanada express, and more

This week in Food & Drink: Chez Violette, Grahamwich, Key Ingredient guaje seeds, 5411 Empanadas, ten more recent openings
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Chez Violette, Haitian food, Violette Adrien, Grahamwich, Graham Elliot, Key Ingredient, guaje seeds, Mike Sheerin, Three Floyds Brewpub, Patrick Sheerin, 5411 Empanadas, food trucks, the Trencherman, the Butcher & Larder, Rob Levitt, Marissa Guggiana, Primal Cuts: Cooking With America's Best Butchers, Deborah Krasner, Good Meat: The Complete Guide to Sourcing and Cooking Sustainable Meat, D'Vine Affair, Quartino, Taco Joint Urban Taqueria and Cantina, Zocalo, Edgar Castaneda

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Food & Drink, Morsels, Jan 27, 2011
Turnovers on Wheels

Three Argentines plan to launch an empanada food truck. Plus: the Trencherman, Taco Joint, and more.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Morsels, The Butcher & Larder, Three Floyds Brewpub, Quartino, D'Vine Affair, Catholic Charities, Patrick W. Fagan, Chicago Wine School, Ambria, Bob Bansberg, wine, Taco Joint, Edgar Castaneda, Zocalo, Rob Levitt, Deborah Krasner, Mike Sheerin, Mindy Segal, The Trencherman, 5411 Empanadas, Hot Chocolate, food trucks, empanadas, book signings, Nicolas Ibarzabal, Kitchen Chicago, Marissa Guggiana, Union League Club

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Blogs, Bleader, Jan 21, 2011
This Week in Food & Drink: The Making of a Belgian Gastropub, Key Ingredient Natto, Recent Openings, and More

In this week's Food & Drink: the West Town Belgian restaurant Leopold, Inovasi, Key Ingredient natto, recent openings, West Town restaurants, and chimney cakes.
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Leopold, Jeffrey Hedin, Witts, Inovasi, John des Rosiers, Wisma, Key Ingredient, natto, Brian Enyart, Topolobampo, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Three Floyds Brewpub, guaje seeds, the Butcher & Larder, Rob Levitt, Public House, Bia for Mia, Mel Markon, West Town, Habana Libre, Coalfire, La Farine, Chimney Cake island, chimney cakes

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On smuggling a pig from Michigan

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In this week's Food & Drink: the farmer's dilemma, Key Ingredient dende oil, and more

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Rob Levitt of the Butcher and Larder recounts the killing, cleaning, and breaking down of a pig

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Mooncakes, the bacon shortage, food desert extortion, and more

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Eataly scouts locations, Hot Chocolate, reboots, reporters infiltrate Blommer, and more

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The Good Food Festival, a curling and lasagna event, Saint Patrick's Day specials, and more.

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Michael Gebert's newest video, "The Butcher's Karma," is now streaming online.

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The Butcher & Larder chorizo verde isn't green, but it's the best

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Michael Ruhlman comes to the Butcher & Larder for an interactive cooking event.

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Jason Vincent of Nightwood makes duck tongues less gross

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This week in Food & Drink: Key Ingredient abalone, robata restaurant and lounge Roka Akor, Tribute and other South Loop restaurants.

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The Butcher & Larder's Rob Levitt steams up sea snails

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This week in Food & Drink: Rowie's Bakery, Telegraph Wine Bar, Key Ingredient tomato leaves, Cocktail Challenge, Logan Square restaurants

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This week in Food & Drink: what to do with the invasive plant garlic mustard, Key Ingredient dried shrimp, Cafe des Architectes under new chef Greg Biggers, a new cocktail challenge, and more.

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Cooking for a crowd with pork collar from the Butcher & Larder.

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This week in Food & Drink: Chez Violette, Grahamwich, Key Ingredient guaje seeds, 5411 Empanadas, ten more recent openings

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Three Argentines plan to launch an empanada food truck. Plus: the Trencherman, Taco Joint, and more.

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In this week's Food & Drink: the West Town Belgian restaurant Leopold, Inovasi, Key Ingredient natto, recent openings, West Town restaurants, and chimney cakes.