Learn how to join the cocktail culture this summer with these wine and spirits-laced classes. In the Alfresco Summer Cocktail Class at 6 p.m. tomorrow at Epic in River North, mixologist Michael Cristiani will show you how to mix a Sex Panther, with Bacardi Dragonberry, mango puree and club soda; a Mayan Horizon, featuring 10 [...]
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From 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, May 30, the lobby of the Chicago Naperville Marriott will turn into a winery as wwinemaker Greg Fischer of Chicago’s Wild Blossom Meadery and Winery feeds more than two tons of cabernet grapes into a gigantic grape-crushing machine. The juice produced will ultimately become the house wine for the [...] Chef John Manion makes his signature vegetarian empanadas with kale salad and pork loin with black-bean risotto and chimichurri. Fear No Art’s “The Dinner Party,” a conversation with leading Chicago artists over a light meal shared with the audience, continues at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, April 1, at City Winery in the West Loop. On [...] If you think kosher wines are just sweet, dark, heavy fluids produced by Manischewitz or Mogen David, think again. Kosher wines now equal some of the best vintages in the world. Taste for yourself from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 17, when Hungarian Kosher Foods in Skokie hosts a free pre-Passover tasting of more [...] Peanut butter and jelly dacquoise features creamy peanut butter mousse and raspberry jam sandwiched between peanut meringue with salted peanut brittle. The dessert will be served as part of Chef Heather Terhune’s decadent four-course dessert and champagne event, 2 to 4 p.m. tomorrow at Sable Kitchen & Bar in River North. Bartender Mike Ryan will [...] 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 [...] Local pork, Italian wines and Asian cuisine come together Thursday, Nov. 8, at PL8 Simply Asian in Barrington. And when they say local, they really mean local. The pork comes from Barrington Natural Farms, just 10 minutes from the restaurant. PL8 owner Ed Culleeney and Chef Sean Grady personally picked out the Berkshire hog for [...] Tom Sawyer has nothing on City Winery Chicago. During winery’s first annual Fall Crush, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20, patrons get to get to pay to work on stemming, sorting and processing grapes for the fermentation tanks. Besides 20 minutes of work on the line, the $30 fee gets you a buffet [...] Smith & Wollensky in River North hosts its 51st semi-annual national Wine Week today through Friday, Sept. 19. Lunch at the steakhouse and sample up to 10 wines for just $10 with the purchase of a lunch entree. To support research efforts and raise awareness about breast cancer, tastings will feature pink (rose) wines and [...] Liberte, egalite, fraternite! The storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, marked the start of the French Revolution and, ultimately, the freedom of the French people to form a democratic government. Chicago’s Bastille Day events include: Bistronomic on the Gold Coast celebrates Friday through Sunday, July 13–15, with Chef Martial Noguier’s $39 Bastille [...] |
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