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City Life, Community Apr 24, 2019
Slideshow
There are baby goats at GlennArt Farm in South Austin

Inside a working urban farm, yoga studio, and community hub
- By Lillian Stone
- Tags: Community, Harry Roundtree, Miss Thomas, Garfield Park Conservatory, Chris Taliaferro, RootRiot community garden, NeighborSpace, Kamari, goat yoga, GlennArt Farm, Austin, South Austin, goats, Carolyn Ioder, David Ioder, West Midway Park, urban farm, Oak Park, Airbnb, Green Line, Central station, Whole Foods, Patrick Daniels, UCAN, Bonni McKeown, Slideshow

Blogs, Bleader Apr 20, 2018
Chicago-based Kitchen Toke, the first zine devoted to cooking with weed, preaches the green word

Along with providing recipes, the new quarterly demystifies weed as a stoner staple.
- By Steve Heisler
- Tags: Cooking, Food & Drink, The Reefer, Weed Week, laura yee, kitchen toke, barnes & noble, chapters indigo, joline rivera, whole foods, quimbys, cannabis, marijuana, weed, thc, cbd, brownies

Best of Chicago, Reasons to love Chicago Jun 22, 2017
Why you should buy groceries on Argyle and Devon

It costs more to live in a city as large and diverse as Chicago, but these international markets help you get your money’s worth.
- By Philip Montoro
- Tags: Reasons to love Chicago, food, groceries, international groceries, ethnic markets, Fresh Farms, Patel Brothers, Argyle, Devon, Hoa Nam, Tai Nam, Viet Hoa, Whole Foods, Jewel-Osco, Chiu Quon Bakery, Sukhadia's Sweets and Snacks, bun mam, lap kai, sinigang na baboy, Indian, Pakistani, Southeast Asian, south Asian, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Leela Punyaratabandhu, mint, cilantro, pork belly, basmati, shrimp

Blogs, Bleader Jun 20, 2017
What to make of Bonobos CEO Andy Dunn's decision to sell out to Wal-Mart?

There's a massive backlash to the sale of menswear company Bonobos (founded by Chicago native Andy Dunn) to Wal-Mart.
- By Ryan Smith
- Tags: Money, News, Technology, Bonobos, Andy Dunn, Wal-Mart, Amazon, Whole Foods, NPR, Jimmy Butler, menswear, branding, trade wars

Blogs, Bleader Jun 6, 2017
Video
Shot down again, Rod Blagojevich takes his sentencing appeal to the Supreme Court a second time, and other Chicago news

Also, gas prices in Illinois are the lowest they've been in 12 years.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Rod Blagojevich, Leonard Goodman, Colorado, Donald Trump, The Celebrity Apprentice, taxis, cabs, Uber, Left, ride sharing, City Council, gas, Whole Foods, Resident Association of Greater Englewood, Brendan Reilly, Bottled Blonde, River North, Englewood, 42 Grams, Michelin Guide, Michelin stars, Chicago Michelin restaurants, Jake Bickelhaupt, Alexa Welsh, restaurant closings, Video

Blogs, Bleader May 4, 2017
Video
Barack and Michelle Obama reveal the design of the Obama Presidential Center, and other Chicago news

Also, FC Barcelona is opening a soccer training academy in Chicago next year.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, Chicago, Illinois, Michelle Obama, Barack Obama, Obama Presidential Center, Chicago Public Library, Jackson Park, museums, South Shore Cultural Center, Thompson Center, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, CTA, Chicago Police Department, police issues, Whole Foods, Columbia College Chicago, soccer, FC Barcelona, Colombia, logistics, Video

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Jan 3, 2017
The economic causes of Chicago’s violence

The city continues to pursue policies that advance inequity.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, News, Rahm Emanuel, Bruce Rauner, Michael Madigan, John Cullerton, City Council, Republicans, Democrats, homicides, 2016 murders, gun violence, tax increment financing, TIFs, DePaul basketball arena, Englewood, Kennedy-King College, Whole Foods, Danny Davis, Kwame Raoul

Columns & Opinion, On Politics Sep 14, 2016
Rahm’s fleet-facility deal helps the north side more than the south side

The north side gets upscale development and at least $14 million a year in TIFs. The south side gets garbage trucks, and if all goes well, a dry cleaner.
- By Ben Joravsky
- Tags: On Politics, Rahm Emanuel, Brian Hopkins, Chicago Tribune, TIF, Tax Increment, Financing, north side, south side, 67th and Wentworth, North Branch South TIF district, Kennedy King College, Whole Foods, Fleet Facility

Blogs, Bleader Apr 18, 2016
A Chicago Teachers Union strike is one step closer and other news

Also, state legislators are going to have to wait for their paychecks.
- By Kate Shepherd
- Tags: News, Did You Read __________?, spring weather, Chicago Teachers Union, Chicago Public Schools, Karen Lewis, homelessness, Lisa Madigan, Leslie Munger, state legislature, state budget, Divvy, biking, Whole Foods, Englewood

Blogs, Bleader Feb 4, 2015
Mayoral candidates still have a chance to speak up about racial segregation—will they?

There are two Chicagos, Emanuel's challengers agree. But so far, only one of the challengers has pinpointed the underlying problem.
- By Steve Bogira
- Tags: Neighborhoods, Poverty, Segregation, Politics, News, racial segregation, Bill "Dock" Walls, Rahm Emanuel, Willie Wilson, Bob Fioretti, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Sun-Times, Mary Mitchell, Whole Foods, Englewood, housing discrimination, affordable housing, Chicago Tonight

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Nov 13, 2014
Chicago breweries are reviving long-forgotten beers

Four locally brewed beers from a bygone era
- By Julia Thiel and Philip Montoro
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, Garrett Oliver, The Oxford Companion to Beer, Dogfish Head, Patrick McGovern, Ancient Ales, King Midas, Great Lakes Brewing, University of Chicago, Marz Brewing: Smoke Wheat Everyday Grätzer, Ed Marszewski, Mike Marszewski, Alex Robertson, Berliner Weisse, Maria's Packaged Goods & Community Bar, Publican Quality Meats, Dusek's, Off Color Brewing, Scurry, Kottbusser, John Laffler, Kaiser Tiger, Publican, Xoco Wicker Park, Binny's, Whole Foods, Spiteful Brewing, Prove It Gruit, Jason Klein, Calvin Fredrickson, Smylie Brothers Brewing Company, Steinbier, Brad Pulver

Blogs, Bleader Aug 13, 2014
Mr. H. Forman of London kindly requests your presence at a salmon tasting

Deli food fit for a queen, making its way into Chicago stores.
- By Michael Gebert
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, H. Forman and Son, Ethan Forman, Eataly, Whole Foods, Once Upon a Bagel, Upper Crust, Kaufman's Deli

Food & Drink, Food & Drink Feature Mar 5, 2014
What happens when all-star chefs get in bed with Big Food?

Culinary icons from Paul Kahan to Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz to Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney to Homaro Cantu have forged unlikely relationships with brands such as Nestle, Kraft, and Lean Cuisine. The results might surprise you.
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: Food & Drink Feature, chefs, Paul Kahan, Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz, Matthias Merges, Ina Pinkney, Homaro Cantu, food industry, food brands, Nestlé, Kraft, Lean Cuisine, snackpicks.com, Kellogg's, recipes, Alinea, Nick Kokonas, restaurant chefs, chefs, Trio, recipe development, brainstorming, focus groups, product evaluations, United Airlines, McDonald's, Taco Bell, KFC, National Pork Board, Dairy Management Inc., Tony Mantuano, Nutrisystem, Quaker, Burger King, test kitchens, marketing, frozen food, Lean Cuisine's Culinary Roundtable, Lucien Vendôme, Nestle's Stouffer's Hotels, consulting, product development, chef technologists, mass production, Donnie Madia, Topolobampo, 7-Layer Burrito, One Off Hospitality, Blackbird, Avec, Big Star, The Violet Hour, The Publican, Publican Quality Meats, Nico Osteria, Claudia Sutherland, ideation, flavor, ingredients, research and development, food science, menus, creativity, Kraft Foods, Rob Levitt, The Butcher & Larder, nondisclosure agreements, Harry Crane, Le Titi De Paris, airline food, Kendall College, Kantha Shelke, processed foods, transparency, Corvus Blue, research, Healthy Choice, Cargill, Land O'Lakes, Hillshire Farm, avocado, Seana Monahan, avocado, chocolate, Yusho, Billy Sunday, A10, Charlie Trotter's, Cuisine Solutions, Gate Gourmet, food manufacturing, sous vide method, Thomas Keler, Daniel Boulud, Charlie Trotter, PolyScience, Philip Preston, immersion circulators, Moto, Cantu Designs, General Mills, Hampton Creek Foods, Chris Jones, Whole Foods, Just Mayo, prototypes

Blogs, Bleader Jan 28, 2014
Reader's Agenda Tue 1/28: On the Bowery, "Strange Bedfellows," and ~~"Stress/De-Stress"~~ (CANCELED)

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Tuesday, January 28
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Whole Foods, New York's Bowery, Lionel Rogosin, On the Bowery, In the Street, James Agee, Helen Levitt, Janice Loeb, Gene Siskel Film Center, Yasmin Nair, Strange Bedfellows, Columbia College, Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art, "Stress/De-Stress, " the Chicago Film Archives, Christy LeMaster, Mairead Case, Ed Crouse, Joshua Dumas

City Life, Holiday Gift Guide Nov 26, 2013
An all-local holiday gift guide

A vintage-suitcase boom box, a cookbook for the vegan junk-foodie, a beer-brewing class, and a bike-share membership are each way cooler than cash. We swear.
- By Kevin Warwick, Jillian Sandler, Aimee Levitt, Deanna Shilkus, Tanya Flores, Gwynedd Stuart, Luca Cimarusti, Rachel Graf, Drew Hunt, Brianna Wellen, and Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Holiday Gift Guide, SIR Case, Suitcase in Rhythm, vintage suitcases, boom boxes, David Dodgson, Kimmer Olesak, Axbox, cigar-box guitars, pet portraits, pet pillows, Dog City & Co., pillows, Fixture, Anne Leuck Feldhaus, bike sharing, Divvy, LoopyQ pouchs, JQ Crimaldi, pouches, food, Food for Thought, Whole Foods, Provenance Food & Wine, Dill Pickle Food Co-op, Publican Quality Meats, Huffington Post, Chipotle, Natalie Slater, Bake and Destroy, blogs, baking, cookbooks, Page Street Publishing, C.M. Punk, Brew Camp, homebrewing, Jared Saunders, Chris Ware, gift cards, skull chalkboards, Iamhome, Project Onward, Chicago Cultural Center, Bridgeport Art Center

Blogs, Bleader Oct 7, 2013
Upton's Breakroom: For the seitan-loving vegan on the go

Connected to the greater Upton's Naturals seitan factory in West Town, Upton's Breakroom offers an all-vegan menu of made-to-order sandwiches and soft-serve ice cream.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Things I Love, Food & Drink, Upton's, seitan, Upton's Breakroom, vegetarian, vegan, Whole Foods, Johnny Sampson, vegan soft serve, BLT

Arts & Culture, Book Review Jul 28, 2013
Recommended
Jeanne Nolan's walk down the garden path

Her new memoir, From the Ground Up, details the education of an organic gardener.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Book Review, Jeanne Nolan, From the Ground Up, Little House on the Prairie, Whole Foods, New Trier High School, Flagstaff, Arizona, Zendik Farm, Texas, North Carolina, Green City Market, the Organic Gardener, Glencoe, Lake Forest, Lincoln Park, Recommended

Best of Chicago, Goods & Services Jun 19, 2013
Critics' Picks
Best Alternative to a Trip to Jewel

Family Fruit Market
- By Gwynedd Stuart
- Tags: Goods & Services, Best of Chicago 2013, Whole Foods, Family Fruit Market, Portage Park, Family Fuirt Market, Critics' Picks

Blogs, Bleader Nov 14, 2012
Piggy Moo Cluck at Kingsbury Street Cafe

A satisfying ham and cheese at this Lincoln Park refuge
- By Mike Sula
- Tags: One Bite, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Kingsbury Street Cafe, Piggy Moo Cluck, Whole Foods, Oprah

Blogs, Bleader Sep 6, 2012
Kegs for Kids and other food and drink events

Beer and tomato fests are the highlights, but there are also cupcakes, wine, health foods, barbecue, and puppies this week
- By Meg Pier
- Tags: Food Chain, Food & Drink, Bistro Campagne, Frasca Pizzeria, pizza-making, Amanda Skrip, Natural Foods Boot Camp, Whole Foods, Chuck's Fest, Chuck Pine, Pints for Pups, Dunlays, Hopleaf Bar, Kegs for Kids, D.O.C. Wine Bar, Cupcakes, Wine, Molly's Cupcakes, BIN 36, Tomato Fest, Brian Duncan, Willy Hewitt

Blogs, Bleader Aug 23, 2012
Attack of the gourmet squirrel

A gray squirrel with discriminating taste menaces local publicist Jenn Galdes
- By Kate Schmidt
- Tags: Squirrels Week, Food Chain, Food & Drink, Squirrels Week, Mike Sula, gray squirrels, Jenn Galdes, Grapevine Public Relations, Mann Brothers chocolate, Green City Market, Whole Foods, James Beard Foundation, Ryan McCaskey, Acadia, Variations on a Theme

Blogs, Bleader Jul 17, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Tue 7/17

What's on the Agenda for Tuesday, July 17, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, Lisa Corrin, Northwestern University's Block Museum, Educating the Eye: Public Sculpture in Chicago, Whole Foods, Lincoln Park, Wes Anderson, Rushmore, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Wicker Park, Vivian Maier

Blogs, Bleader Feb 24, 2012
Time to make the seitan, Upton's expands its reach

I visited Upton's Naturals and discussed the seitan empire's expansion.
- By Kevin Warwick
- Tags: Vegetarian Week, Food & Drink, Upton's Naturals, seitan, vegetarian, vegan, Green Grocer, Dan Staackmann, Whole Foods, Chicago Cargo, West Town

Film, Movie Sidebar Apr 21, 2011
Video
Do Something Reel Film Festival
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Sidebar, Do Something Reel Film Festival, Gene Siskel Film Center, Whole Foods, health and environment, Michael Graziano, Ernie Park, Lunch Line, Mark Macinnis, Urban Roots, George Langworthy, Maryam Henein, Vanishing of the Bees, Ellen Page, Shelley Lee Davies, Francine Cavanaugh, Shlomi, Planeat, Adam Woods, On Coal River, Suzan Beraza, Bag It, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2010
7/31 — Free Beerfest at Whole Foods

Lakeview's Whole Foods hosts a free beer tasting on Sat 7/31.
- By Robin Peterson
- Tags: Free Shit, Food & Drink, Swag, Whole Foods, Lakeview, Lagunitas, Beerfest, drinks, beer, ale

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