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Daniel Gerzina

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Blogs, Bleader May 3, 2012
This week's food and drink events

A mystery-meat pinata, a pig roast, a Paul Virant book signing, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Nellcote, The Rolling Stones, Paul Kahan, Jose Garces, Common Threads, Dank Haus, Green Festival, Navy Pier, Smoke Daddy, Cinco de Mayo, Ev Darst, Poor Elvis, The Dirty Generals, You Black Kettle, Powell Brew House, Corazon Brew, Auxiliary Art Center, National Salsa Month, Dance Academy of Salsa, Chicago mambo All Stars, Cantina Laredo, Filini, Radisson Blu, Eric Hay, Perennial Virant, Paul Virant, The Preservation Kitchen, The Book Cellar, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Molly's Cupcakes.

Blogs, Bleader Apr 26, 2012
This week's food and drink events

Pizza-making, beer art, cheese, and more cheese highlight this week's events.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Frasca Pizzeria and Wine Bar, Beehive Cheese Company, Jason Ring, Pat Ford, Eno Wine Room, Maxwell Street, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Goose Island, Metropolitan Brewing, Dark Lord Day, Pilsen Social Club, House of Glunz, Domaine de Lancyre, Domaine Cabirau, Bistrot Margot, Pastoral, Chicago French Market, Stephanie Izard, Mike Sheerin, Saturday Night Live, Nora Dunn, Project Runway, Peach Carr, Chicago Human Rhythm Project, Lane Alexander, Paul Kahan, Publican Quality Meats, Mayne Stage Theater, Charlie Trotter's, Chicagogourmet, David Downie, River East Arts Center.

Blogs, Bleader Apr 19, 2012
This week's food and drink events, from Bulls schmoozing to truffle making

Austria Uncorked, Hoops for Hunger, a truffle-making party, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Austrian Bakery and Deli, Porkchop, Vivo, Hacker-Pschorr, Cactus Bar and Grill, Hacker-Pschorr, 2 Sparrows, Few Spirits, E-Dogz Mobile Culinary Community Center, E 2 Tha Z 2, Eric May, Jonathan Zaragoza, Katherine Anne Confections, Priscila Satkoff, Salpicon, Greater Chicago Food Depository, West Town Tavern, Gale Gand, Chef Gale Gand's Brunch!: 100 Fantastic Recipes for the Weekend's Best Meal, Hearty, Bob Love, Sidney Green, Bill Wennington, Benny the Bull, Luvabulls, Roka Akor, Joakim Noah, Carlos Boozer, Derrick Rose, Marigold, 5 Rabbit, Spotlight Chef, Argent Restaurant and Raw Bar, Rodelio Aglibot, Jackie Chen, Francois-Xavier de Saint Exupery, Chateau de Tiregand, The Little Prince, House of Glunz.

Blogs, Bleader Apr 12, 2012
Hints of spring in this week's food and drink events

A cocktail class, a Julia Child discussion, a food truck summit, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Femme Du Coupe, Fleur de Lis Flower Shop, Jim Klisch, Lakefront Brewery, Lakefront White, Silver Cloud Bar and Grill, Schnitzel King, Wagyu Wagon, Gigi's Bake Shop, University of Chicago Law School, Julia Child, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Simca Beck, David Strauss, Kendall College, Bill Kim, Belly Shack, Jared Van Camp, Old Town Social, Carl Shelton, Boka, Stephanie Izard, Scleroderma Foundation, Dose Market, The Peasantry, Antique Taco, Stew Supper Club, River East Arts Center, Amelia Levin, The Chicago Chef's Table: Extraordinary Recipes from the Windy City, Rick Bayless, Tony Mantuano, Stephanie Izard, Province, Floriole Cafe and Bakery, Soul Cocina, Ziryab, Dodo, Casa Noble Tequila, Jose "Pepe" Hermosillo, Zocalo.

Blogs, Bleader Apr 6, 2012
Easter brunches, a mysterious banquet, and other food and drink events

A dessert and champagne dance party, a mystery dinner, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Cubs, III Forks, Washington Nationals, Jerry's Wicker Park, Lady D, Mark Grant, White Sox, Robin Ventura, Bread & Wine, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Due Lire, Davis Street Fishmarket, Park Grill, HB Home Bistro, Roka Akor, Ground Up, Stephanie Izard, Anteprima, Browntrout, MK, Spacca Napoli Pizzeria, Sushisamba Rio, Shigeru Kitano, Henri, Dirk Flanagan.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 29, 2012
This week's food and drink events mostly about drinking, really

The Lincoln Square Wine Stroll, free oysters, the Chicago Beer Festival, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Lincoln Square Wine Stroll, Amy's Candy Bar, The Grafton, Ruff Haus Pets, The Perfect Cup, Pizza D.O.C., Old Town School of Folk Music, Pro-Holistic Institute, Planet Access, Beans and Bagels, A Perfect Cup, Femme Du Coupe, Mad Men, Fleur de Lis Flower Shop, Greg Koch, Stone Brewing Co., The Craft of Stone Brewing Co., The Brewer's Apprentice, Round Lake Beach Cultural and Civic Center, Timothy O'Toole's, Three Floyds, Half Acre, New Belgium, GT Fish and Oyster, Chicago Beer Festival, 5 Rabbit, Goose Island, Strange Pelican, Magic Hat, Sierra Nevada, Guinness, Sapporo, Thumbs Up, Dodo, Irv and Shelly's Fresh Picks, Mana Food Bar, Bleeding Heart Bakery, Shedd Aquarium, Fenn Valley Vineyards, Fountainhead, Allagash, Victory Brewing Company, The Lost Abbey, Letizia's Fiore, Hum, Armagnac, Paul Virant, Vie, Kate Leahy, The Preservation Kitchen, Dupage Medical Group Charitable Fund, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Molly's Cupcakes.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 22, 2012
A fried-chicken-eating contest and more food and drink events this week:

A Templeton Rye documentary, The Beat Cop's Guide to Chicago Eats, a survivalist's supper, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Capone's Whiskey: The Story of Templeton Rye, Gaper's Block, Andrew Huff, Kristian Day, Mayne Stage Theater, the Southern, Francesca's Forno, Fred Noe, Jim Beam, Moonshine, Basil Hayden's, Weegee's Lounge, Three Floyd's, Saint Baldrick's Foundation, Dark Lord, Paskbord, Ikea, UNICEF, Taste of Tap, World Water Week, Top Chef, Dave Levitski, Sprout, Crux, Centered Chef, A Razor, A Shiny Knife, Sgt. David J. Haynes, Christopher Garlington, The Beat Cop's Guide to Chicago Eats, Chicago Foodways Roundtable, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts, Bread and Wine, Vinejoy, Standard Market, Cary Kanno, Haymarket Pub and Brewery, Fear No Art, The Dinner Party, Billy Branch, Poetry Slam, Marc Smith, MCA, Naomi Beckwith, Three Aces, Matt Troost, Stacy Bowie, Edith Yokley, Mayne Stage, What's Brewing in Chicago? The Politics of Beer, Elizabeth Garibay, Chicago History Museum, Tales, Taverns, and Towns, Pete Crowley, Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, The Stew Supper Club, Darkroom, Sepia, Green City Market, Growing Power, Desserts for Deserts, Hoosier Mama Pie Company, Katherine Anne Confections, Uncommon Ground, Fresh Moves, Greenhouse Loft, Samuel Adams, Alpine Spring, Franklin Tap

Blogs, Bleader Mar 16, 2012
The "butt cancer" billboard and other food news bites

The "butt cancer" billboard, the skinny on cookbook ghostwriting, and other food news of the week.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Julia Moskin, Rachael Ray, Pinch Spice Market, Franks 'n' Dawgs, Alexander Brunacci, the Peasantry, Eisenhower Expressway

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.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 9, 2012
The coming of cupcake vending machines and other news bites

A cupcake machine is coming, openings and closings, Giordano's to change things up.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Sprinkles Cupcakes, Ashley Triestram, Ada Street, Giordano's, Pekin House, Beaudevin, Bubbles Wine Bar, O'Hare Airport, Storefront Company.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 8, 2012
Craft spirits tasting and other food and drink events

A craft spirits tasting at the Chicago Botanic Garden, a Cheese 101 class, Kilbourn Park's Gardening Exchange Event, Brews for History, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Botanic Garden, Death's Door Spirits, Templeton Rye Spirits, Angel's Envy, Rhum Clement, Dumante, Kindred Spirits, Hoyt's Chicago, Goose Island, Nicholas Barron, Setai Fifth Avenue, Femme Du Coupe, Mad Men, Joan Holloway, Fleur de Lis Flower Shop, Alliance Francaise, Festivale de la Francophonie, Soiree Commune, Signature Room, 97.1 The Drive, Bob Stroud, Kilbourn Park Organic Greenhouse, David Snyder, Uncommon Ground, The Southern, Butch McGuire's, Chicago House, Fairmont Chicago, ENO Wine Bar, Matt Whalen, Pastoral Lakeview, Carnivale, Casa Noble, St. Patrick's Day, Guinness, Bailey's, Katherine Anne Confections, Brews for History, Chicago Metro History Fair, Haymarket Pub and Brewery, Beer and Revolutionaries, Bill Savage.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 2, 2012
News Bites: Your latest local food news roundup

A new Filipino chicken spot in Uptown, the Wheel House opens, a new Rick Bayless location opens
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Kristine Subido, Wave, W Lakeshore Hotel, Wheel House, Kuma's Corner, Jack Stankovic, Mark Bazer, Hot Doug's, Doug Sohn, the Local Beet, CSA Guide, Leela, Bangkok, Bang Rak Market, Wild Game Dinner, Harvard Sportsman's Club, Rick Bayless, Tortas Frontera, Chase Tower's Urban Market.

Blogs, Bleader Mar 1, 2012
This week's food and drink events

A new Wrigleyville bar, Mad Men cocktails, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Little City Food Frenzy, Mana Food Bar, Coco Pazzo, Farmhouse, Loft on Lake, Little City Foundation, Wheel House, Messner's, Wrigleyville, Femme Du Coupe, Nigel O'Reilly, Fleur De Lis, Mad Men, Big Jones, The Vanishing of the Bees, Jason Hammel, Lula Cafe, Matthias Merges, Yusho, Chicago Honey Coop, Chef Martin's Alpine Brand Sausages, Dank Haus, Highwood Sky Lantern Festival, Highwood Historicall Society, Garfield Farm Museum, Helen's Two Way Lounge, Whirlaway Lounge, The Burlington, Acapulco Nightclub, The Double, The Levee, Slagel Family Farm, Great Lakes Brewery, Osterio Via Stato, Chowdah Fest, Giuseppe Tentori, GT Fish and Oyster, Mark Stauer, The Bedford, Susan Goss, West Town Tavern, Goose Island, Columbia Yacht Club, the Spice House, Ela Area Public Library, Mercadito, Patricio Sandoval, Autre Monde Cafe & Spirits, North Shore Distillery

Blogs, Bleader Feb 27, 2012
Chicago's Culinary Crossroads

Local restaurants to participate in Chicago's Culinary Crossroads during the G8 and NATO summits.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Politics, Food & Drink, Clout City, G8, NATO, Illinois Restaurant Association, Lori Healey, Chicago Gourmet, Henri, The Gage, Dirk Flanagan, Piccolo Sogno, Tony Priolo, Tony Hu, Tony Gourmet Group.

Blogs, Bleader Feb 23, 2012
This week's food and drink events

A "meaty" film premiere, a cookbook signing, a wild game dinner, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Uncommon Ground Devon, Michael Gebert, The Butcher's Karma, Small Bar Fullerton, New Belgium, Martha Bayne, Soup and Bread Cookbook, Foodease, Harvard Sportsman's Club, Academy Awards, Pete Miller's Seafood and Prime Steak, Fear no Art Chicago, The Dinner Party, JC Brooks and the Uptown Sound, Luna Negro, Underground Food Collective, Tru, The Bedford, Mark Steuer, Quince, Few Spirits, The Purple Pig, Heaven on Seven, The Underground, Y-Me.

Blogs, Bleader Feb 16, 2012
This week's food and drink events

Dining in vintage rail cars, a preview of Nellcote, a crawfish-eating contest, and more
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Passion House Coffee Roasters, Rwanda Buf Cafe Red Bourbon, CityGrounds Coffee Bar, Cityscape Bar, Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza, Italiasia, Pullman Sleeping Car Company, Union Station, Dan Traynor, Prasino, Paddy Long's, Jacquy Pfeiffer, Culinary Historians of Chicago, The French Pastry School, The Red Canary, Mardi Gras, Rock Bottom Chicago, The Gage, The Southern, Hiran Patel-Klay, Klay Oven Kitchen, Chicago French Market, ChicaGourmet, Nellcote, Jared Van Camp, Beauty and Her Feast, Caipirinha, Texas De Brazil

Blogs, Bleader Feb 13, 2012
Coming soon: classic arcade games invading Wicker Park Bar

Emporium Arcade Bar is opening in Wicker Park this March
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Chicago Pipeline, Emporium Arcade Bar, Barcade, NBA Jam, Danny Marks

Blogs, Bleader Feb 9, 2012
This week's food and drink events

Wine dinners, wine making, truffle making, and other food and drink events this week.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Kit Kat Club, Jerry's Wicker Park, Koval, North Shore Distillery, Few Spirits, Journeyman Distillery, Tankboy, The Hideout, Howard Area Community Center, Lawrence Peters, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar, Katherine Duncan, Katherine Anne Confections, Chicago Marriott, Chicago French Market, Delilah's, ENO Wine Room, InterContinental Hotel, Margy Kaye, Sweet Margy Confection Diva, Sepia, Andrew Zimmerman, Act One Cafe, Carlo Basile, Telegraph Wine Bar

Blogs, Bleader Feb 2, 2012
This week's food and drink events

This week's food and drink events
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Zed 451, Jerry's Wicker Park, Groundhog Day, Northdown Cafe and Taproom, Randy Mosher, 5 Rabbits Brewery, Mardi Gras, Heaven on Seven Naperville, Abita Lady Gregory, Wetten Importers, the Grafton, Dogfish Head, 120 Minute IPA, Chao Thapthimkuna, Matt Eversman, Evolution Wine and Spirits, Erin Byers Murray, Shucked, Shaw's Crab House, Founders Brewery, All Day IPA, Honky Tonk BBQ, The Piggery, Pork Shoppe, Rub BBQ Company, Koval Distillery

Blogs, Bleader Jan 26, 2012
This Week's Food and Drink Events

Beer tasting with the Big Hurt, a game pop up, an intimate chat with Martial Noguier, and more.
- By Daniel Gerzina
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, The Big Hurt, Frank Thomas, Scott Jambrosek, Oliver Poilevey, Le Bouchon, Binny's, Bistronomic, Union League Club of Chicago

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