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Road food, next exit
Drive far enough for your radio presets to go fuzzy, where newspaper boxes and area codes look unfamiliar, and your car ride can now be deemed a road trip. An hour from downtown Chicago is that placid slice of northern Indiana and southwestern...
Tags: Carl Sandburg, Labor Day, Lifestyle and Leisure, Travel, Mustard
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Give lemonade a twist
When life hands you lemons, make lemonade, or so the adage goes. The clever tippler knows to take that pragmatic advice one step further: Give those lemons a twist — be it a clever garnish, an unexpected flavor pairing or, even, a bright shot of...
Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Lemons, Wines, Oranges, Cucumbers
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Taste of Chicago reveals lineup for Celebrity Chef du Jour
RedEyeThe Taste of Chicago is bringing back its Celebrity Chef du Jour series with a fresh line-up of big-name local chefs. Featured chefs for the fine-dining experience include Rick Bayless, Carrie Nahabedian, Giuseppe Tentori, Gale Gand, The Hearty Boys and...Tags: Boka, The Publican, Taste of Chicago, Rick Bayless, Robin Thicke
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Flats are having a moment
Chicago ShoppingWhen Sarah Jessica Parker announced a couple of months ago that she had ditched Manolos for more sensible shoes, fashionistas everywhere died a little. After all, Parker shot to super-stardom based off her fashion-obsessed “Sex and the City”...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Sears, Sarah Jessica Parker, Entertainment, Entertainment Events
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Weekend preview: We're OK with S3 and C&I BBQ
What do an alluring new restaurant on one of South Florida’s most dazzling beachfronts and an urban outdoor barbecue with free burgers, dogs and beer pong have in common? Perhaps not much, but we’re interested in both for the same quality-...
Tags: Sushi and Sashimi, Miami Hotels, Arts and Culture, Lifestyle and Leisure, Orlando Magic
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James Beard Awards 2013 honor food world's finest; L.A. not included. Brutal.
The James Beard Foundation Awards -- the Academy Awards of the food world -- were distributed Monday night in New York, and it was a victory for women but a shutout for Southern California. The winner for outstanding chef, the last award in a long,...Tags: Osteria Mozza, Stephanie Izard, Sports, Awards and Prizes, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Must menu choices be so difficult?
A year or so ago, not long before chef Ryan McCaskey opened Acadia in the South Loop, he began thinking about what his soon-to-be restaurant might serve at brunch. A lifelong Deadhead, he was traveling around the country, following what remains of the...
Tags: Stephanie Izard, Ice Cream, Everest, Lifestyle and Leisure, Eggs Benedict
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Zagat names Chicago's 30 Under 30
Tribune criticZagat, publishers of the reader-review based Zagat Guides, has released its second-annual “30 Under 30” list of Chicagoans in the restaurant and hospitality business. The list, intended to recognize up-and-coming talents rather than...Tags: Spiaggia, Lifestyle and Leisure, The Publican, Ken Carter, L2O
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Harford County police blotter: Shrimp stolen in Aberdeen
The Harford County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police report: Aberdeen Matthew Smothers, 42, of the 200 block of Mayberry Drive, was charged Thursday with second-degree assault. A door was stolen from a construction site Wednesday in the...Tags: Shrimp, Police Arrests, Theft, Cheshire, Harford County
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A potluck kind of year
![If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25 years ago closed its doors. Doughnuts became "a thing." Digging up mushrooms from the forest preserve took on high status.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2013-01/73864214-02140552.jpg "If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25 years ago closed its doors. Doughnuts became "a thing.\" Digging up mushrooms from the forest preserve took on high status.")
If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Arts and Culture, RPM Italian, Nellcote, L2O
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Reservations please
Here's something you may not know about Open Table, the predominant online restaurant reservations system: When you book a table through the Open Table website, the restaurant is charged $1 per seated guest — so if you show up as a foursome, that'...
Tags: New Products, Chicago Restaurants, Arts and Culture, Science and Technology, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Acid trip
Graham Elliot is hot.
The much-decorated chef owns three Chicago restaurants and will be inducted into the Chicago Chefs Hall of Fame in two weeks. He shares screen time with Joe Bastianich and Gordon Ramsay judging "MasterChef" (just renewed for a...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Mangos, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lollapalooza, Near West Side
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