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Though billed as prawns, the crustaceans look suspiciously like jumbo shrimp.

Restaurant Week at Allium leaves a sour note

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

It’s hard judging a restaurant during Restaurant Week. On the one hand, chef and restaurateurs are participating to get new diners and hopefully entice them back for another visit. On...

‘There’s no exciting or juicy glamorous chain of events’: Bin 36 now closed

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

“You can take the man out of the restaurant, but you can’t take the restaurant out of the man,” said Enoch Shully, co-owner with his wife Jennifer, of the West...

Black garlic's papery exterior looks sickly brown, but it protects an interior as black as tar (and nearly as sticky), one that is rich in umami and funk, without the sharp hotness of standard-issue garlic.

How to use black garlic at home

May 31, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Time to stock your pantry with black garlic, and stat. Once an ingredient found only in Asian kitchens or the larders of intrepid chefs who love its funky, savory flavors,...

Stephanie Izard will have new cookbook out in April

May 31, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

Heads up, Stephanie Izard fans: The newly minted Iron Chef and West Loop restaurateur is dropping a new cookbook in April. The book, “Gather & Graze,” is now available for...

The Cape Route is a Moscow mule treated with turmeric, ginger and coriander and garnished with fresh cilantro.

Get to know Fort Willow, DMK’s newest bar

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

To further the “sister” property metaphor, Fort Willow is to Ada Street what an adventurous tomboy is to her sophisticated older sister. One bar is funky and creative, while the...

Rick Bayless closes Fonda Frontera in Wicker Park

May 31, 2019 at 4:04 p.m.

According to a Facebook announcement posted on Sunday afternoon, Rick Bayless’ Wicker Park spot, Fonda Frontera, has closed. Calls to the restaurant directed to a voicemail system. “We want to...

Fahlstrom's Fresh Fish Market is home to 29 Spanish and Portuguese conservas, flavorful tinned fish.

Why you should be eating conservas

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

Hearing the words “canned fish” conjures images of gray, salty chunks of fish floating in water, waiting to be tossed with jiggly globs of mayo and too-big chunks of celery....

Belinda Chang on Monday, Dec. 18, 2017 for a roundtable discussion of sexual harassment in the restaurant industry.

How Chicago’s top women chefs fight sexual harassment: ‘It’s disconcerting, the things that go on still in kitchens’

May 31, 2019 at 4:03 p.m.

They are, unapologetically, a tough bunch: survivors raised up in a world of literal fire and 16-hour shifts on their feet. They accept, almost without comment, bare-knuckled realities like 60...

A cross-section of current by-the-glass bottles and some recent offerings, including 3-liter bottles from acclaimed producers Frank Cornelissen and Sebastien Riffault.

Long-awaited Red & White Wine Bar now open in Bucktown

May 31, 2019 at 4:02 p.m.

It’s taken some time, but Red & White Wine Bar is finally open. Quietly opened to the public on Jan. 4, the spacious, European-style wine bar adjoins the 10-year-old retail...

Won Kow restaurant in Chinatown serves a variety of steamed dim sum, like sesame balls with sweet bean paste, clockwise from lower left, barbecue pork buns, shrimp dumplings and more.

Ask us anything you’ve wondered about Chinese cuisine, Chinatown and more

July 2, 2019 at 4:01 p.m.

Have you ever had burning questions about Chicago’s robust Chinese culinary history, whether it’s about food traditions, restaurants or cooking recipes at home? Our special project “What’s the Story?” solicits...

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