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No longer is Chicago just "the best place to eat between New York and San Francisco," but now it is endorsed by outsiders as one of the finest dining cities...
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No longer is Chicago just "the best place to eat between New York and San Francisco," but now it is endorsed by outsiders as one of the finest dining cities...
Island gives chef the tools he needs
LUMMI ISLAND, Wash. — The cooks are assigned homework. Once a week, sometimes more, The Willows Inn chef Blaine Wetzel sends his five cooks to forage in the wild. One...
Island gives chef the tools he needs
LUMMI ISLAND, Wash. — The cooks are assigned homework. Once a week, sometimes more, The Willows Inn chef Blaine Wetzel sends his five cooks to forage in the wild. One...
Yoshi Katsumura, Chicago’s original king of fusion
This story was first published in the Tribune in 2011. Yoshi Katsumura, a survivor by virtue of running the same restaurant for almost 30 years, is a walking example of...
The war between the tastes in BBQ
SHELBY, N.C. — I've been breathing North Carolina air for two hours, and already I've come to the realization: Here, much like the rest of the South, "barbecue" is a...
The war between the tastes in BBQ
SHELBY, N.C. — I've been breathing North Carolina air for two hours, and already I've come to the realization: Here, much like the rest of the South, "barbecue" is a...
Phillip Foss and Andrew Brochu team up for ‘El’
Two chefs who worked at three-star restaurants and found themselves unexpectedly out of a job are now teaming together. Last week, we told you about Phillip Foss — previously of...
Let us be your guide to Chicago tour trivia
On one of my days off, I decided to take my "resident" cap off and do Chicago's most touristy things possible. I hopped on a trolley, waited in lines with...
Pastry chef Patrick Fahy heading to The Sofitel
Pastry chef Patrick Fahy announced last week that he would be leaving Blackbird and Avec after two years on the job. Now we know where he'll be heading next: The...