Cooking and Eating in Chicago
A Chicago Chef uses the web as an outlet for his near-constant stream of chatter regarding all things food, eating, and cooking.
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Dear Readers, I'm going to be posting a lot less frequently here, due to the fact that I'm now officially in the midst of OPENING A RESTAURANT. Yes, it's official. I've posted fleetingly about this here because I didn't want to get too ahead of myself, but we closed on the purchase of the existing...
Roxanna
Roxanna
That is so exciting. We get up there occasionally, so I'll have to plan a visit -- and spam all my friends, too...
August 11 at 9:47pm
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Cooking and Eating in Chicago We logged our 10,000th visitor at around 10:30 tonight. Thanks everyone for reading!

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.....I make it a point to really never go to Whole Foods, because I spend way too much time and money in there, and the place just pisses me off out of general principle. I can't help but feel like I'm teetering on the brink of the fall of the empire when I'm in a WF, do you know what I mean? It's j...
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Ok, it's actually in Greater Woodfield, but Mitch spotted this place when he was all drunk, riding in my car on the way back from Finn McCool's one time, and asked me what Korean barbecue's all about. After a brief description, he muttered something like "anything that involves meat and has the word...
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Location:Duke of Perth
Time:9:00PM Thursday, July 16th
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Vote for me in Red Eye's Virtual Cook Off! Click here and comment on the post about Battle Tamarind! Register your vote for Eddie and C&EinC.
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It's been a while since I've added to my now-approaching-formidable list of bacon reviews that I lovingly refer to as The Bacon List. Hence, a new addition to the future archives; Father's is making country ham, bacon, and other cured porky delicacies out of Bremen, Ky, which sits, along with numer...
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Four lucky winners will receive the handy-dandy tumbler pictured above along with six three-packs of Starbucks VIA Colombian and Italian blends. The mug is specially designed to hold six individual VIA packets, so you will, according to their website, "never be without great coffee again". Whatever....
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Cooking and Eating in Chicago Follow me as I compete with other Chicago food bloggers in Red Eye's virtual kitchen stadium. I don't cook until next week, but the "tournament" starts tomorrow. Twitter feed is @redeyemunchtime .

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Finally, Judgment Day is here--that is for RedEye's Virtual Kitchen Stadium's inaugural group of chef contestants. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed us at redeyemunchtime@gmail.com. We're really happy (and of course not surprised) to see so many foodies and home cooks out there. ...
Cooking and Eating in Chicago

Cooking and Eating in Chicago Follow me as I compete with other Chicago food bloggers in Red Eye's virtual kitchen stadium. I don't cook until next week, but the "tournament" starts tomorrow. Twitter feed is @redeyemunchtime .

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Finally, Judgment Day is here--that is for RedEye's Virtual Kitchen Stadium's inaugural group of chef contestants. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed us at redeyemunchtime@gmail.com. We're really happy (and of course not surprised) to see so many foodies and home cooks out there. ...
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At a dinner party hosted by Sky Full of Bacon's very talented Mike Gebert a few months ago, I was served (among other delicacies) ham biscuits. Which, if you just do a quick google and look at, say, cooks.com, you'll see are just simple little biscuit sandwiches of sliced ham. These were not just s...
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Cooking and Eating in Chicago garage sale ice cream maker busted halfway through my initial foray into peach ice cream. Finished it by hand, now chilling in freezer.

June 26 at 5:39pm
Art Jackson
Art Jackson
same thing happened to my wife with her garage sale waring ice cream maker. the sweet smell of electric smoke and then, "oh sh&*" Holding out for a Paco Jet now. Made quite a few nice batches out of the garage sale unit though.
June 26 at 6:09pm
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oh well, 2 bucks wasted. ice cream turned out pretty good. i threw 'nilla wafers in it.
June 27 at 8:59am
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I took my four year old son, Henry camping a couple weekends ago. Ever been camping with a four-year old? Anyway, he loved it and we more or less accomplished my goal, which was to give him his first real overnight camping experience so when we start doing longer trips, he'll be used to it. After d...
Michele S. Hays
Michele S. Hays
Dude, this is my favorite post of yours thus far. And I love the "when's MY sundae coming" face...I know it well from my own kid...(ps. Tell Dino Henry likes to fish next time you're at Captain Porky's. Trust me.)
June 23 at 6:57am
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June 24 at 5:09pm
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Cooking and Eating in Chicago believes in the healing properties of Al's Beef's gravy. Is it coincidence that this wonderful Chicago institution sits in such close proximity to two major hospitals? I think not.