Great American Cheese’s Warehouse Cheese Market shifts to a less-frequent schedule in 2012, offering its small-batch cheeses from artisanal producers around the country only on the first Saturday of each month. The sale takes place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with proprietor Giles Schnierle on hand to offer tastings, tips and information about the [...]
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“It’s like a fudge sundae in a can.” If post-holiday dieting is on your list of New Year’s resolutions, you might want to stock up on a Chicago-made drink. Arthur Canfield began producing soda pop in a plant on Chicago’s South Side in 1924, but the A.J. Canfield Co. remained a little-known local producer until [...] What are you drinking this New Year’s Eve? If gin or vodka is your tipple, and you order “well” drinks at a Chicago bar — from Emmit’s in West Town to Grape Street in Streeterville — your libations will likely originate in southwest suburban Plainfield, Ill., where the U.K.-based spirits, wine and beer giant Diageo [...] Why mess up your kitchen making holiday sweets when you can use somebody else’s? Local culinarians invite you to come into their kitchens for sweet cooking parties. Chocolatier Katherine Duncan hosts a truffle-making party from 6:30 to 9 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 8, at Katherine Anne Confections in Logan Square. Appetizers, wine and chocolate sampling are included [...] A simple Italian dish, penne all’arrabbiata features penne rigate, small, ridged tubular pasta cut diagonally into “quills,” dressed with tomatoes, garlic and chilies. The Big Hot Dog, produced by Gorilla Tango Novelty Meats, a sideline for the folks behind Chicago’s Gorilla Tango Theatre, has been named the world’s largest commercially available hot dog by the Guinness Book of World Records. Gorilla Tango introduced the 16-inch-long, 4-inch-diameter, 7-pound wienie in January 2010. “I always knew I had something special [...] Sweet! Free gelato for kids in Lakeview and Lincoln Square. Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises launches its new online wine sales program. What it is: The largest species of Pacific salmon, averaging between 15 and 40 pounds, chinook (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is often called “king” salmon, reflecting not only its size but its superior flavor. A rich, fatty fish, king salmon is highly prized, expensive and, in some areas, endangered. Where it comes from: In the U.S., king [...] |
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