Spring has sprung, Easter and Passover are coming, and it’s the season of the deviled egg. Here’s what local restaurants are doing to elevate this picnic staple. Barrelhouse Flat, Lincoln Park. Double deviled eggs with deviled ham and tobacco onions. David Burke’s Primehouse, Streeterville. Deviled eggs with prosciutto chips. The Bedford, Wicker Park. Deviled eggs [...]
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Matzo-ball soup, filled with chicken and carrots, $7.39 a bowl at Steve’s Deli in River North. Or buy it buy it by the gallon from their Passover catering menu, $50.32 plus $1.99 per matzo ball. “I didn’t realize I was going to get screamed at for 10 years of my life,” says Sean Sanders of Browntrout in North Center. Sanders is one of nine Chicago-area chefs who recounted the surprises that await culinary workers once they leave cooking school in a recent Chicago Sun-Times article. Passover, the Jewish commemoration of the Biblical Exodus, begins at sunset Friday, April 6. If you don’t have a seder to go to, a variety of local restaurants stand ready to provide you with traditional holiday fare. Many provide Passover meals to go as well, but call now to order. Mity Nice on the Magnificent [...] National Empanada Day is coming up April 8. Contemporary Latin spot Nacional 27 in River North will continue the celebration Monday, April 9, through Friday, April 13, with Chef Chico Vilchez’s house-made empanadas offered at half-price ($3 to $4.50) from 5 to 7 p.m. nightly. The lineup includes, queso, including pepper jack, cream cheese, roasted [...] In a custom born centuries ago in Sicily, Chicago Roman Catholics today celebrate the Feast of St. Joseph, a day of charity and thanksgiving. The Lenten holiday table focuses on meatless fare, and a special dessert, zeppole, also called sfinge and bigne di San Giuseppe, fritters or cream puffs filled with pastry cream, often features. [...] It’s nearly spring, and in honor of today’s gorgeous weather, we’re looking ahead to the season. Fresh radishes, asparagus, spinach, peas and other spring produce are on their way. Try these seasonal recipes from Chicago restaurants. The Signature Room at the 95th, Streeterville, Spring vegetable bruschetta. Glen Prairie, Glen Ellyn, Asparagus appetizer. Elate, River North, [...] What it is: A favorite American dessert, banana cream pie in its simplest form features a crust filled with sliced bananas in custard, surmounted by mounds of whipped cream. U.S. soldiers voted banana cream pie their favorite dessert in a survey conducted by the Armed Forces in 1951. Reportedly, this led to a top-secret study [...] Congratulations to the Chicago semi-finalists in this year’s James Beard Awards. Final nominees will be announced March 19, and the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards ceremony takes place May 7. Chef Charlie Trotter of the soon-to-close Charlie Trotter’s in Lincoln Park will be recipient of the 2012 Humanitarian of the Year Award. Best New Restaurant [...] Miss Chicago Restaurant Week? If you didn’t have a chance to get out between Feb. 17 and 26, some participating restaurants are extending their discount prix-fixe offerings. So you can still get multi-course $22 lunches and $33/$44 dinners, including Chef John Coletta’s Italian meals for two at Quartino Ristorante; the menu of mushroom risotto, short [...] |
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