Cinco de Mayo, the Fifth of May commemorates the Mexican army’s victory over France in the Battle of Puebla, which occurred during the 1862 Franco-Mexican War. In Mexico, it’s not nearly the celebration it is in Chicago, which makes it a festival kicking off the spring season. Of course, most Mexican eateries are offering May [...]
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Americans are apt to think of ramen as an instant noodle dish, but in Japan, it goes far beyond the packaged products. Every region of Japan has its own version of the soup, featuring wheat noodles served in richly flavored broth with toppings such as sliced pork, dried seaweed, green onions and more. At 6 [...] Mallory Hagan, Miss America, fries flapjacks for National Pancake Day at IHOP. Area IHOP restaurants will serve free short stacks of buttermilk pancakes on National Pancake Day in an effort to raise awareness and funds for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals. Diners are invited to donate; the chain hopes to raise $3 million. All donations will [...] By A. Smithee
 Lakeview’s Sandwich Me In offers a free sandwich, side and drink to card-carrying veterans and active-duty military from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 29. By A. Smithee
With the kids out of school this Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 21, from 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., I Dream of Falafel in Oakbrook Terrace will give kids a free side of falafels. At this newly opened location only, the chain says, “All children (ages 12 and under) can dream big with [...] Soup & Bread, the weekly winter fundraiser at The Hideout in West Town ramps up for its fifth season, commencing Jan. 2. The every-Wednesday event serves free — what else? — soup and bread, made and donated by volunteers, to anyone who attends, while collecting pay-what-you-can donations for a rotating roster of charities. This year, [...] Taste a selection of exceptional artisan American cheeses from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, at Lux Bar on the Gold Coast in a free pop-up Cheese Salon from The Great American Cheese Collection. The event features John Loomis, owner of Zingermann’s Creamery in Ann Arbor, Mich., presenting bloomy rind cow and goat milk [...] Beaujolais Nouveau arrives just after midnight the morning of Thursday, Nov. 15. The young red wine made from thin-skinned Gamay grapes, produced in the Beaujolais region of France, is released with great hoopla every autumn . Local restaurants are celebrating: Chez Moi in Lincoln Park celebrates with Chef Dominique Tougne’s prix fixe, including salade Lyonnaise [...] Take a ride up to Lake Geneva this weekend for gorgeous views of fall color. The lakefront tree displays, designed by top landscape architects such as Jens Jensen the designer of Chicago’s Columbus Park and other Chicago parks, offer glorious bursts of brilliant yellow, mellow orange and fiery reds. They’re expected to be at their [...] As if we needed proof that the bacon trend has reached its nadir, Bakers Square restaurants jump on the porcine bandwagon with the “Salty Hog,” a bacon-topped pie. A blue-ribbon winner at the American Pie Council’s 2011 National Pie Championships in Orlando, Fla., the pie has finally made it to the chain’s menus this month, [...] |
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