Do only barbarians put ketchup on hot dogs?

Chicagoans aren’t the only ones who think ketchup on hot dogs is abominable. (Part 7 of a series in honor of National Hot Dog Month.)

Will you pay more for ‘The Pause That Refreshes’?

Would increased taxes on soda pop make you give up Coke and Green River and drink water instead? Or will you just have a beer?

Join the fight for life: Dine out on Thursday

The single largest HIV/AIDS benefit in the country, the 17th Annual Dining Out for Life, takes place Thursday, April 29. A portion of your meal check at a variety of Chicago and suburban restaurants will benefit AIDSCare Progressive Services, an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for Chicagoans with HIV/AIDS through housing,

The best Chicago restaurants ever? Really?

What would you add to the list? What would you leave off?

Is Chicago the capital of ‘molecular gastronomy’?

The launch of Moto’s “Future Food” TV show, together with closing of Ferran Adria’s groundbreaking El Bulli restaurant in Spain, positions Chicago as the world capital of molecular gastronomy.

Has bacon jumped the shark?

It’s been nearly four years since I first wrote about the sizzling trend of bacon, and presenting — only slightly tongue-in-cheek — my signature recipe for bacon-wrapped bacon. That was just after John Scalzi taped bacon to his cat.
Bacon was still going strong more than a year later, when Pilsen Chef Justin Hall (Fig Catering) [...]

Chicago Restaurant Weeks offer dining deals

 
Have you participated in a Restaurant Week? Did you think it was a good deal?
Through Jan. 31, during Chicago Originals Restaurant Week member restaurants offer special three- and four-course menus for $29.10. Participating restaurants include Cafe Bernard in Lincoln Park, Co-Si-Na Grill in Edgewater, Dinotto Ristorante in Old Town
Oceanique in Evanston and others.
During the third [...]

Top 10 Chicago restaurant recipes of 2009

The Dining Chicago blog hasn’t been around a whole year yet, and our weekly “Eat this!” recipe column has been going an even shorter time, but that isn’t going to stop us from giving you a list of our most popular recipes from 2009. The list below contains our most-visited recipes from local restaurants.

Petterino’s, Loop: [...]

Top 10 New Year’s resolutions for Chicago restaurants

What changes would you like to see in the local restaurant scene this year? Here are the top 10 resolutions I wish Chicago restaurants would adopt in 2010.

Tone it down. Diners shouldn’t have to risk their hearing to eat in your restaurant. Put up baffling, lower the volume on the sound system, do whatever you [...]

Could you eat nothing but pizza for a month?

UPDATE: After all, Scharoff didn’t eat pizza the day after winning his bet — being too stuffed from tailgating at the Bears game, and he didn’t profit from his winnings: In an act of generosity, the two men decided to donate the $2,000 stakes to the Northern Illinois Food Bank.
Congratulations, Pizza Boy!
Could you eat nothing [...]