What it is: A wide, flat egg pasta cut into a broad, straight ribbon shape, pappardelle is a rustic noodle not quite as wide as lasagna. Where it comes from: The name pappardelle derives from the Tuscan dialect peppare, which means to gobble up one’s food. The pasta likely originated in Tuscany, where it was [...]
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Corned beef and cabbage is not authentically Irish, says Nuala Kavanagh, who runs Bridie McKenna’s in Highwood. “In Ireland we eat Irish bacon and cabbage. Corned beef came into play when the Irish started to immigrate to America and they could not find the real true traditional Irish bacon and they used the inexpensive corned [...] It’s nearly spring, and in honor of today’s gorgeous weather, we’re looking ahead to the season. Fresh radishes, asparagus, spinach, peas and other spring produce are on their way. Try these seasonal recipes from Chicago restaurants. The Signature Room at the 95th, Streeterville, Spring vegetable bruschetta. Glen Prairie, Glen Ellyn, Asparagus appetizer. Elate, River North, [...] The Jewish festival of Purim begins at sunset Wednesday, March 7. Like many Jewish holidays, Purim commemorates yet another occasion when somebody tried but didn’t quite succeed to wipe out the Jews — in this case a Persian tyrant in about 360 B.C. — but this holiday is more festive than most, a boisterous Mardi [...] March is National Noodle Month! At TL’s Four Seasons in Bartlett, Chef/owner Shawn Li is celebrating with a flight of three Chinese noodle soups, $10.95, offered daily through Saturday, March 31. Along with the pictured Chongqing noodle soup, containing cellophane noodles, pickled mustard greens and sliced whitefish simmered with ginger, garlic and green onions, the [...] Congratulations to the Chicago semi-finalists in this year’s James Beard Awards. Final nominees will be announced March 19, and the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony takes place May 7. Chef Charlie Trotter of the soon-to-close Charlie Trotter’s in Lincoln Park will be recipient of the 2012 Humanitarian of the Year Award. Best New Restaurant [...] t’s Ash Wednesday, the start of the abstemious season of Lent. You might be giving up meat on Fridays, but that doesn’t mean you can’t eat well. Check out these recipes from Chicago restaurants. Laissez les bon temps rouler! It’s Mardi Gras tomorrow, the last hurrah before Lent. Revel Chicageaux-style on Fat Tuesday at these bars and restaurants. Heaven on Seven features all its usual Cajun and Creole specialties, plus live music: Steve Rohbock & Band in Naperville, Professor John on Rush Street and the Chicago Jazz Collective on [...] “We’ll add a patty of Deep Fried Gravy on any of our burgers, for a little extra charge of $1.50. I don’t know that you can get Deep Fried gravy anywhere else, so that small upcharge doesn’t seem too much, says owner Gus Paschalis. “And, it’s really good gravy.” Area IHOP restaurants will be serving free short stacks of buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day. |
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