North Side, South Side or in the Chicago suburbs, you don’t have to cook your own Thanksgiving dinner. Chicagoland restaurants offer bountiful holiday feasts. Call for hours and menu details. Reservations are highly recommended if not required everywhere. Many restaurants also offer complete Thanksgiving dinners for carry out — several days’ notice is typically required. [...]
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Bring about 10 of your closest, pork loving pals to Frontier in West Town any Monday through Wednesday and share your own whole smoked pig. The porker, plus caesar salad and sides including five-cheese mac, johnny cakes and succotash, costs $400, and requires a reservation at least five days in advance. Don’t have so many [...] What it is: An infusion of the flowers of one of several types of chrysanthemums (such as Chrysanthemum morifolium or C. indicum), chrysanthemum tea is a refreshing beverage popular in China and elsewhere in Asia. Faintly honeyed on its own, it’s often brewed with rock sugar for additional sweetness. Chinese herbalists claim the tea has [...] Food guidebook authors Jane and Michael Stern and the Roadfood.com crew will be coming to Chicago Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28 and 29, for a culinary bus tour of our fair city as well as nearby Milwaukee. In Wisconsin, the Roadfooders will sample kringle, frozen custard, butter burgers and fish fry. The Windy City part [...] Due Lire in Lincoln Square celebrates autumn with “Festa Della Porchetta,” an Italian-style pig roast in the garden from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, $25. Chef Kevin Abshire will stuff a whole pig with fennel, sage, garlic, salt and pepper; roast it for hours on the patio; then serve it with an apricot [...] What it is: Braaivleis is the Afrikaans word for grilled meat, and, like barbecue in the U.S., braai is used as a noun to describe both the food and the event at which it’s cooked, as well as a verb meaning the cooking process, which most often involves flame grilling over wood or charcoal. Where [...] What it is: A marinade is a seasoned liquid used to flavor and enhance the texture of meat, fish and vegetables before cooking. Most marinades contain acidic ingredients that help break down tough fibers in meats; they also add moisture. Studies have also shown that marinades may reduce the levels of carcinogens in grilled meats. [...] Cook up some great picnic and party fare this Independence Day weekend with these terrific recipes from top Chicago chefs, culled from Dining Chicago’s weekly “Eat this!” feature. Summer festival season gets a new entry this weekend with Portage Park’s first annual Six Corners BBQ Fest. Flank steak is a lean, flat, flavorful cut of beef popular for grilling and frequently used in Mexican and Chinese cooking. |
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