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Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Mar 18, 2013
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The virtues of Indonesian at Rickshaw Republic

A delectable education in the regional street food of Indonesia
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Indonesian restaurants, Indonesian cuisine, street food, Tommy Setiawan, noodles, batagor, Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Elice Setiawan, pempek telor, perkedel, martabak, Oscar Setiawan, Tizi Melloul, Del Toro, DeLaCosta, Emil Setiawan, rendang, curry, eggs, rice, nasi lemak, coconut milk, gado gado, soto ayam, mie goreng, jackfruit, Angin Mamiri, Rice Table, Rickshaw Republic, Recommended

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Blogs, Bleader, Feb 1, 2013
A first look at North Center's Pide ve Lahmacun

Pide ve Lahmacun: coffee, tea, and Turkish "pizza" steps away from the Irving Park Brown Line stop
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, pide, lahmacun, street food, salep, Irving Park, North Center restaurants

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Blogs, Bleader, Jul 18, 2012
A peasant's revolt and more in this week's Food & Drink

In this week's Food & Drink: Mike Sula turns up his nose at the Peasantry, Cocktail Challenge shrimp paste
- by Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Mike Sula, the Peasantry, Lincoln Park restaurants, Franks 'n' Dawgs, Alex Brunacci, street food, food trucks, Cocktail Challenge, Nahm Kim, shrimp paste, Sunda, Dragon Ranch Moonshine & BBQ, Allison Hagio, Paramount Room, Spam

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Food & Drink, Restaurant Reviews, Jul 18, 2012
In search of street cred at Peasantry

The "elevated street food" that's hard to swallow
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Restaurant Reviews, Alexander Brunacci, street food, food trucks, Joe Doren, Frank Burnacci, elote, gyros, gastropubs, The Peasantry

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Blogs, Bleader, Dec 22, 2011
One Bite: the jicama stick

Victor Mejia's gravity-defying jicama stick, cockteles de frutas, and gaspachos are the real taste of Chicago.
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Victor Mejia, gazpacho, gaspacho, Mexican food, street food, Taqueria El Primo, Clark Mega Mall, cockteles de frutas

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Blogs, Bleader, Mar 30, 2011
One Bite: Oden

A recipe for oden, a Japanese winter stew based on a broth of dashi, mirin, and soy sauce.
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, oden, Japanese food, street food, Soup and Bread, dashi, Torihei, David Chang, Momofuku, Tadashi Ono, Harris Salat, Japanese Hot Pots, Tatsuo Saito, Raul Simone, Shizuo Tsuji, Traditional Japanese Recipe Book, Masuro Doi, Japanese-One-Pot Cookery, Shizuo Tjuji, Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art

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Blogs, Bleader, Aug 12, 2010
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Farm dinners, fish dinner, wine dinners, and more.
- by Sam Worley
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, Taste of the Nation, Share Our Strength, childhood hunger, fundraiser, Mindy Segal, Rick Bayless, street food, Stella Artois, Goose Island, Aragon Ballroom, Sunday Dinner, Josh Kulp, Christine Cikowski, farm dinner, Angelic Organics, Green Grocer, Death's Door Spirits, The Real Jane Martin, Spiaggia, Nichols Farm and Orchard, bocce, bus ride, croquet, wine dinner, Maverick Wine Company, Ras Dashen, Quickfire Challenge, Top Chef Masters, Rosh Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Boot Camp, Spertus Institute, Spertus Kosher Catering, Laura Frankel, Jewish Cooking for All Seasons, Jewish Slow Cooker Recipes, Carnivale, caipirinhas, Caipirinhas 101, Carnivale University, Mike Sheerin, Blackbird, Curtis Duffy, Avenues, Philip Foss, Lockwood, Todd Stein, Cibo Matto, Andrew Zimmerman, Sepia, Brian Enyart, Topolobampo, wild arctic char, Cherry Creek Winery, North Shore Distillery

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Blogs, Bleader, May 21, 2010
"Haute Stoner Cuisine"

Food culture had to come along to marijuana sometime.
- by Whet Moser
- Tags: Chicagoland, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Food, stoner cuisine, street food, pot legalization, Graham Eliot Bowles

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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Oct 1, 2009
The Mexican Hot Dog Moves On Up

In Little Village, a longtime source of south-of-the-border-style bacon dogs goes legit
- by David Hammond
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Delicias Mexicanas, Mexican hot dog, bacon-wrapped hot dog, street food, Blanca Diaz, Sonoran hot dog

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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column, Sep 3, 2009
The Two-Car Taqueria

In the southwest suburbs, a family runs a thriving Sunday-morning eatery out of a garage.
- by Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Mexican food, Birrieria Zaragoza, Norma Zaragoz, street food, tacos

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A delectable education in the regional street food of Indonesia

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Pide ve Lahmacun: coffee, tea, and Turkish "pizza" steps away from the Irving Park Brown Line stop

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In this week's Food & Drink: Mike Sula turns up his nose at the Peasantry, Cocktail Challenge shrimp paste

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The "elevated street food" that's hard to swallow

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Victor Mejia's gravity-defying jicama stick, cockteles de frutas, and gaspachos are the real taste of Chicago.

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A recipe for oden, a Japanese winter stew based on a broth of dashi, mirin, and soy sauce.

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Farm dinners, fish dinner, wine dinners, and more.

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Food culture had to come along to marijuana sometime.

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Pretty much every chef in Chicago has an idea for a food truck—but two of them have just served potential legislation to the City Council.

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The mission to make street food legal (and practical) in Chicago is a years-long one.

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Face it: the subway cars and the food trucks are a lot better.

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Reviews of Edzo's Burger Shop, Belly Shack, LM, and six more recently opened restaurants

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Found: the torta de tamal.

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In Little Village, a longtime source of south-of-the-border-style bacon dogs goes legit

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In the southwest suburbs, a family runs a thriving Sunday-morning eatery out of a garage.