Carrots, can you believe carrots at the Green City Market last week? Okay, they were carrots from Growing Home that were planted in the winter time. But they still were real, live, local carrots. I think one of the pleasures, although the farmers who g... »
Carrots, can you believe carrots at the Green City Market last week? Okay, they were carrots from Growing Home that were planted in the winter time. But they still were real, live, local carrots. I think one of the pleasures, although the farmers who g... »
A year ago Chris Nugent was hidden in plain sight as the chef of the acclaimed, but forbiddingly French restaurant Les Nomades, a legendary name more admired than actually visited by Chicago's fooderati. A couple of weeks ago, a steady drumbeat of posi... »
The vegetables keep coming! I have to admit, I am a vegetable addict. Something about the look of freshly harvested vegetables, like the radishes above, embody such vibrance and freshness, that I love just walking around the market looking at all the v... »
The vegetables keep coming! I have to admit, I am a vegetable addict. Something about the look of freshly harvested vegetables, like the radishes, embody such vibrance and freshness. See what vegetables you can find this week with our Local Calendar an... »
Portillo's is a chain, but it's a great one. I've been wanting to say that for while, because its name comes up often on the site when discussing street food in Chicago, and while that could be... (Like this story? Click the headline to vote it up on W... »
One year after its sale to A-B InBev, we found that Goose Island's soul still nests here in its hometown. [ more › ] »
Did you know Whole Foods has a film festival? None of my friends or colleagues do -- and many of them shop there. So, even though 2012 is the third year of the Do Something Reel Film Festival, and whether you've heard of it or not, I wanted to closer e... »
