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Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Oct 17, 2012
The farmer's dilemma

What's better for a pig—a quick, clean slaughterhouse kill or a great life that ends with three minutes of pain?
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, pigs, hogs, butchering, animal slaughter, farm to table, Bare Knuckle Farm, Rob Leavitt, Chris Turner, Danielle Kaplan, Jess Piskor, Andrew Brix, Abra Berens, Whole Hog Project, food processing, The Butcher & Larder

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Jan 19, 2012
Bar Toma: a wine bar for everyone

In trying to appeal to locals and tourists alike, Tony Mantuano's Mag Mile magnet overstretches.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Tony Mantuano, Italian food, Mario Batali, Wine Bar Food, pasta, small plates, pizza, espresso, mozzarella, puzzo di fogna, cannolli, Bar Toma

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Nov 10, 2011
Recommended
Chinatown's subterranean Snack Planet

A new stall in an underground food court offers Sichuanese shashlik and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Snack Planet, noodles, Chinatown, shashlik, LaoGanMa, Recommended

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Jul 21, 2011
The principal of Thai cookery

Celebrity Chef McDang is an enforcer of his country's cuisine
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Chef McDang, Le Cordon Bleu, Thai cuisine, Tour of Thailand, Next Restaurant, Grant Achatz, Thai Food, David Thompson, Thai royal family, Queen Rambhai Barni, McDangGuide.com, Alinea, Kiin Kiin, Thai Nakorn Restaurant, Spoon Thai, Sticky Rice, Aroy Thai, TAC Quick, The Principles of Thai Cookery

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column May 5, 2011
Recommended
The Boka group scores again with GT Fish & Oyster
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, GT Fish & Oyster, Boka Restaurant Group, Fish Bar, Giuseppe Tentori, seafood, Kady Yon, Recommended

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Apr 28, 2011
Garlic mustard threatens habitats across the country. One response? Weed it and eat it.

What to do about the invasive weed garlic mustard--recipes and a cocktail included!
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, U.S. Forest Preserve, Garlic Mustard Challenge, Jean-Georges Vongerichten, Food & Wine, Iliana Regan, One Sister, Inc.

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Apr 21, 2011
Books for Cooks

Cheffoirs, food trucks, kosher folkways, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, book review, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, Life, on the Line, Rick Tramanto, Heather Shouse, Food trucks, Scars of a Chef: The Searing Story of a Top Chef Marked Forever by the Grit and Grace of Life in the Kitchen, Food Trucks: Dispatches and Recipes From the Best Kitchens on Wheels, Time Out Chicago, The Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats, David J. Haynes, Christopher Garlington, Cooking on the Line: From Food Lover to Professional Line Cook, Wayne Cohen, From the Jewish Heartland: Two Centuries of Midwest Foodways, Jack H. Prost, Ellen F. Steinberg

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Apr 14, 2011
Omnivorous: Lent, Mexican Style

Spring brings pescatarian and vegetarian especialidades de Cuaresma to town.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Lent, seafood, Supermercado el Ranchito, Zacatacos, Las Esperanzas, La Casa del Pueblo, Taqueria Traspasada, Birrieria Zaragoza

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Apr 7, 2011
Lure Izakaya Pub: another sign of Chinatown's gastronomic renaissance

At Lure Izakaya Pub, Kee Chan and Eric Aubriot are nailing the drinking food. Now bring on more booze.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Lure Izakaya Pub, Kee Chan, Eric Aubriot, Chinatown, Japanese cuisine, Chinatown Place Liquor City, Lao Ma La

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Mar 31, 2011
Omnivorous: Chef Brian Jupiter's Got His Game On at Frontier

The Noble Square barstaurant is showcasing wild animals, oysters, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Frontier, Chef Brian Jupiter, Noble Square, Sherpard's pie, Mark Domitrovich, Dan McCarthy, The Pony, Lottie's

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Mar 24, 2011
Dinner on a Dime, From a Vintage Cookbook

Chef Troy Graves tries out a 115-year-old cookbook, but skips the squirrel.
- By Anne Spiselman
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Chef Tom Graves, Chicago Record Cook Book, The Daily News Cook Book, Chicago Daily News

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Mar 17, 2011
Pasta, Pugliese Style

A Chicago cook—by way of Macedonia and Arizona—explores the southern Italian region in a forthcoming cookbook.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Viktorija Todorovska, Italian cooking, pasta, cookbook, The Puglian Cookbook: Bringing the Flavors of Puglia Home

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Mar 9, 2011
Edna's Lives On

With Ruby's, a legendary west-side soul-food place is revived.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Edna's, Ruby's, soul food, William "Dock" Walls, Rahm Emanuel, Soul Queen, Izola's, Army & Lou's, Garfield Park, Edna Stewart, Henry Henderson, Gloria Henderson, Ruby's Restaurant

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Mar 3, 2011
An Artisan Baker Brings Commercial No-knead Bread to Chicago

Ehsan Ganji is the city's only purveyor of the home-baking phenomenon.
- By Anne Ford
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Eshan Ganji, bread, artisanal bread, Tom Cat Bakery, Bouley Bakery, Balthazar Bakery, Sullivan Street Bakery, 54 Mint, Flourish Bakery Cafe, Edgewater, no-knead bread, Red Hen

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Feb 24, 2011
Omnivorous: Dry No More

Evanston's Few Spirits is just one of several regional craft distilleries setting up shop.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, alcohol, distilleries, Evanston, American Distilling Institute, Few Spirits, Journeyman Distilling, Let There Be! Distillers, Tailwinds Distilling, Koval Distillery

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Feb 17, 2011
Omnivorous: Moonshiners

A new generation of underground distillers skirts Johnny Law.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, alcohol, gin, distilling, moonshine

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Feb 10, 2011
Recommended
Belle de Jour

From the oysters to the ambience, Maude's Liquor Bar seduces
- By Kristina Meyer
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Maude's Liquor Bar, seafood, brasserie, foie gras, Recommended

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Jan 27, 2011
A Haitian Refuge

Expats jonesing for pâtés know to head to Howard Street, where Violette Adrien has set up shop.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, pâtés, Haitian restaurants, Chez Violette, Kizin Creole

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Jan 20, 2011
Video
Hopleaf Has Company

A new West Town gastropub was built from the beer up.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Leopold, Video

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Jan 6, 2011
The Sodfather Abides

Chicago cop Frank Balestri keeps the old-world custom of making soppressata—"supersod"—alive.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Frank Balestri, The Sodfather, Great Chicago Italian Recipes, J.P. Graziano, Jerry Soukal, taganu d'Aragona

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Dec 30, 2010
What's New: Coming Up Aces

Ex-Fianco chef Matt Troost scores again with a Taylor Street bar. Plus: Zenlike Italian in Lincoln Square and a downtown steak house that's dinner and a show
- By Kristina Meyer and Martha Bayne
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Three Aces, Due Lire, Mastro's Steakhouse, Cravin' Chicago Wings, Le Fleur de Lis, Letizia's Fiore, Ole Hardwood, Owen & Engine, Saigon Grill, Simply Thalia, Watershed, Due Lire Vino & Cucina, Asian Outpost

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Dec 23, 2010
The Salaryman's Haven

Izakaya are struggling to take off in the city, but the Japanese pubs have been around for decades in the suburbs. Plus: ten more Japanese restaurants with full bars
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Dec 9, 2010
Top Ten Books for Cooks

Nordic haute cuisine, Indian street food, a history of punch, what Lemmy Kilmister makes for dessert, and more
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Dec 2, 2010
Eager Cleaver

Mado chef Rob Levitt trades his toque for a butcher's apron.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Column

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Column Nov 25, 2010
A British Pub With Burger King Views

New restaurants: Logan Square's Owen & Engine, more steak on the river, and a suburban-70s-style barroom under Pops for Champagne
- By Mike Sula and Kristina Meyer
- Tags: Food & Drink Column, Owen & Engine, Watershed, Chicago Cut Steakhouse

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What's better for a pig—a quick, clean slaughterhouse kill or a great life that ends with three minutes of pain?

In trying to appeal to locals and tourists alike, Tony Mantuano's Mag Mile magnet overstretches.

A new stall in an underground food court offers Sichuanese shashlik and more

Celebrity Chef McDang is an enforcer of his country's cuisine

What to do about the invasive weed garlic mustard--recipes and a cocktail included!

Cheffoirs, food trucks, kosher folkways, and more

Spring brings pescatarian and vegetarian especialidades de Cuaresma to town.

At Lure Izakaya Pub, Kee Chan and Eric Aubriot are nailing the drinking food. Now bring on more booze.

The Noble Square barstaurant is showcasing wild animals, oysters, and more

Chef Troy Graves tries out a 115-year-old cookbook, but skips the squirrel.

A Chicago cook—by way of Macedonia and Arizona—explores the southern Italian region in a forthcoming cookbook.

With Ruby's, a legendary west-side soul-food place is revived.

Ehsan Ganji is the city's only purveyor of the home-baking phenomenon.

Evanston's Few Spirits is just one of several regional craft distilleries setting up shop.

A new generation of underground distillers skirts Johnny Law.

From the oysters to the ambience, Maude's Liquor Bar seduces

Expats jonesing for pâtés know to head to Howard Street, where Violette Adrien has set up shop.

A new West Town gastropub was built from the beer up.

Chicago cop Frank Balestri keeps the old-world custom of making soppressata—"supersod"—alive.

Ex-Fianco chef Matt Troost scores again with a Taylor Street bar. Plus: Zenlike Italian in Lincoln Square and a downtown steak house that's dinner and a show

Izakaya are struggling to take off in the city, but the Japanese pubs have been around for decades in the suburbs. Plus: ten more Japanese restaurants with full bars

Nordic haute cuisine, Indian street food, a history of punch, what Lemmy Kilmister makes for dessert, and more

Mado chef Rob Levitt trades his toque for a butcher's apron.

New restaurants: Logan Square's Owen & Engine, more steak on the river, and a suburban-70s-style barroom under Pops for Champagne

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