Happy New Year! Sop up your hangover this New Year’s Day with a hearty brunch and the hair of the dog that bit you. Cantina 46, Gold Coast, 11:a.m. to 4 p.m., $15. Start the new year off with a Latin-style pig roast. Guest chef Troy Graves cooks conchita pibil in a Cuban Caja box [...]
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What are you drinking this New Year’s Eve? If gin or vodka is your tipple, and you order “well” drinks at a Chicago bar — from Emmit’s in West Town to Grape Street in Streeterville — your libations will likely originate in southwest suburban Plainfield, Ill., where the U.K.-based spirits, wine and beer giant Diageo [...] Skillet-seared mussels with bay, chilies and roasted garlic, one of the signature dishes at West Town Tavern, $10.50. There’s frost on the windows and a chill in the air. Warm up with these hearty recipes from Chicagoland chefs. Lentils and fennel with sausage, 3 Vines Cafe, Sleepy Hollow. Feijoada, Brazilian black bean stew, Texas de Brazil, River North and Schaumburg. La calabeza rellena, oven-roasted acorn squash stuffed with artichokes, green peas, chile de [...] Bring about 10 of your closest, pork loving pals to Frontier in West Town any Monday through Wednesday and share your own whole smoked pig. The porker, plus caesar salad and sides including five-cheese mac, johnny cakes and succotash, costs $400, and requires a reservation at least five days in advance. Don’t have so many [...] The proof the old advice that one should eat oysters only in months with an ‘R’ in them is obsolete can be found in the date of National Oyster Day: Aug. 5. The caution against eating oysters in the spring and summer months dates from a time when the market consisted largely of Atlantic species [...] If you’re looking for something different for your Fourth of July cookout, stop in to The Butcher & Larder in Noble Square for some fresh-cut variety meats, such as this beef heart, $6 per pound. Drink up, Chicago. It’s free! Wine lovers can sample a variety of vintages at these tastings. Spring on a plate: West Town Tavern makes the most of a classic combination in this May dessert of fresh, ripe strawberries and roasted rhubarb layered with crispy phyllo and mascarpone cream, $8.95. Will it be Dialed In, Twice the Appeal or Stay Thirsty? We don’t have any tips on the horses, but we can give you some best bets for watching the 137th Kentucky Derby in Chicago on Saturday, May 7, and indulging in Southern-style food and drink. Get out your fanciest hat and go out to [...] |
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