Big Star food truck ready to roll despite breaking city rules
While dozens of Chicago chefs sit waiting for the city to legalize cooking on food trucks, others are working under existing rules that require all food to be pre-packaged and...
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Tracking down “Mrs. Q,” AKA mom, blogger, and CPS employee Sarah Wu
Like a lot of folks interested in school lunch, I started following Mrs. Q's fascinating blog in early 2010. As part of my beat at the baiduhai, I was...
School lunch blogger ‘Mrs. Q’ drops anonymity
Sarah Wu does not look like a troublemaker. The slight, blond mom comes off, by her own admission, as "a super nice person ... without a bad word to say."...
Zullo’s Food Truck hits Chicago streets
A new food truck hit Chicago streets today with perhaps the most virtuous victuals of them all. It's Zullo's Food Truck cranking out hot calzones. Adriana Marzullo—of zeppole, pizza and...
Joe’s Stone Crab to offer half price appetizers to late tweeters
One of the best kept secrets in Chinatown is that certain restaurants suddenly start offering half price dishes when the clock strikes 10 p.m. I've watched empty restaurants suddenly flood...
Senate to vote on funding for produce safety program
A couple of months ago I reported on a move by the House of Representatives to cut the Microbiological Data Program, the only U.S. program that regularly tests produce for...
Logan Square Kitchen owner fed up with city regulators
Zina Murray's petite Logan Square Kitchen has been inspected by the city's Health Department a whopping 11 times in the last 9 months, and 19 times in the last two...
Newish aerated Hershey’s Kisses and Bars lighten up an old treat
A bunch of newish aerated Hershey Kisses and chocolate bars arrived in our office today. They look much like the regular versions of the products only their pumped full of...
Raw milk wars play out in new film at Siskel Center
You may not know it but thousands of Chicagoans--perhaps your friends and neighbors--are indulging daily in an illicit drink that most government agencies warn consumers to avoid. It's raw, unpasteurized...
Which heirloom tomatoes are best?
We love tomato season. Even though our potted plants aren't yielding much yet, a generous friend with front AND backyard gardens in Albany Park has been keeping us well supplied...