Friday food porn: Egg-luscious at the Kit Kat Lounge

The Kit Kat Lounge & Supper Club in Northalsted serves this fluffy omelet, folded around sauteed spinach and grilled chicken, with a sprinkling of crumbled feta ($12), at its weekly brunch, served 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays.

Eat this! (St. Patrick’s Day edition): Guinness, an iconic taste of Ireland

What it is: After shamrocks and leprechauns, the most distinctive icon of Ireland in the world may be a glass of Guinness stout, a rich, dark beer made with roasted, malted barley and hops, topped with a creamy white head.
Where it comes from: Guinness dates to 1759, when Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease [...]

Free Irish whiskey for St. Patrick’s Day

If you don’t start in the morning, you can’t drink all day. Binny’s Beverage Depot celebrates St. Patrick’s Day from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 17, with a free breakfast open house featuring Irish scones and coffee made with Feckin’ Irish Whiskey, plus music from the City of Chicago Pipers. The event takes place [...]

The David Leonardis Report: I Dreamed a Dream

By David Leonardis. I’ll just say get ready to watch me starting in January or February on CAN-TV Channel 19, and then we’ll stream it on the web too.

Eat this! Granola: A hippie staple from the Woodstock era

 
What it is: A mixture of rolled oats and nuts, sweetened, and baked till crispy, often mixed with dried fruit.
Where it comes from: The roots of granola date to the 19th century and the flaky food faddists who saw whole grains as a means to purity. Originally called “Granula,” Dr. John Harvey Kellogg’s mixture [...]