Hooray! Fresh local fruits and veggie time is almost here. Hang out with your favorite farmers and pick up freshly picked produce. Farmers’ market season kicks off in Chicago on Saturday, May 11, with the opening of city-run markets selling fresh fruits, vegetables, plants and flowers at Lincoln Park (Armitage and Orchard) and Division Street [...]
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Anatra e bigoli, this weekend’s special at Merlo on Maple on the Gold Coast starts with fat bigoli pasta, a traditional noodle from the Veneto region of Italy. It dates at least to early 16th century, when it was mentioned in Libreto de Tutte le Cose che se Manzano by Johannes Michael Savonarola. Chef Silvia [...] Does Bubbe need a little help this Passover? Whether you’re hosting a seder at home, want to enjoy it in a restaurant or just want a taste of the holiday before the real thing begins, area chefs are prepared to assist. Reservations and advance orders strongly recommended. Bebe’s Eatery at the Chicago French Market offers [...] Kale or Be Kaled – watch more funny videos What are local chefs doing with that ubiquitous leafy green? The Chicago Sun-Times hails kale this week, noting, “Kale has come a long way since it was just some curly stuff chefs used to line platters with.” Here’s a sample of how some Chicago chefs are [...] 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 [...] No need to fuss over fixing meals for the Jewish High Holidays — restaurants will do it for you. A variety of Chicago eateries are prepared to serve traditional-style menus for the two nights of the Rosh Hashana, dinner preceding Yom Kippur and suppers for breaking your fast afterwards. Unless otherwise mentioned, Rosh Hashana menus [...] There’s a holiday for everything: National Filet Mignon Day is Monday, Aug. 13. Gibsons Bar & Steakhouse in Rosemont celebrates with a filet mignon sampler: four 2 oz. prime filet mignon medallions each prepared a different way — topped with blue cheese, horseradish crusted, peppercorned and Oscar-style with a crown of asparagus, crab and bearnaise [...] We’re crazy for tomatoes this month! Here are a few more tempting tomato dishes on offer, as local restaurants use the fresh harvest in everything from BLTs to pizzas. Agio Italian Bistro in Palatine offers a variety of dishes featuring locally grown tomatoes hand-selected by owner Joe Barrutia at the Palatine Farmers’ Market in Palatine. [...] Red, ripe and juicy … it’s the height of fresh tomato season, and local restaurants are celebrating. At 2 Sparrows in Lincoln Park, Chef Gregory Ellis host a five-course tomato dinner at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10, featuring an array of tomato varieties in an heirloom tomato salad with basil seed vinaigrette, shaved pecorino and [...] |
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