Tastebud Chicago

Whoah! Obama was on WTTW’s Check, Please! in 2001. He reviews one of our favorite Evanston restaurants, Dixie Kitchen. Although we’re excited to see the full episode (it airs on the 16th on WTTW), we have to take exception to his pancake sleepy-fear…we love those johnny-cakes, so does Wilbur.

Here’s hoping your holiday dinner is eclipsed by the people eating it, Merry Christmas! (PS. we’re having steaks, a great gift from some friends. What are you cooking?)

This is clearly a food based blog. We typically write about things you can eat. Technically, you could eat this week’s topic, but you’ll probably get a tummy ache. Our friend (and first-commenter) Karin gave us the idea when she gave us a present of fresh all natural boiling potpourri. P...

Chances are, when you think of oatmeal, you think of instant oatmeal. Tear open a packet, add hot water, and you’re set. It’s not bad, it’s easy, and relatively good for you. Howe...

This blog is world famous. That’s what we like to believe. Our opinion of ourselves is occasionally boosted by a PR firm sending us a package of stuff. A few weeks ago, we got an email from a firm hired by Old Bay Seasoning offering to send us a shrimp boil kit. ...

Welcome to the brand new Tastebud Chicago. We’ve made some improvements around here, adding the ability for you to comment, some new search functions, and some fancy tags to tie articles together. We ditched our custom software for a pre-packaged blog. ...

Barry was nice enough to pose for a picture. Camri surprised me with a trip to Smoque for Father’s day today. It was our first time, and well worth the wait in line. Great BBQ, great atmosphere, and really friendly folks helping us to get Wil-Wil a good table to eat his Mac and Cheese at. ...

One of our favorite chef’s is on a mission to cut down on American meat consumption. The first we saw of his campaign was a talk carried on Ted Talks: It’s an eye opening talk. Bittman advocates cutting down on meat, not vegetarianism, just cutting down. H...

A brief history of Chicago BBQ. Interesting stuff, they also interview Barry Sorkin, the owner of Smoque.

Camri, Wil, and I with Barry, the owner of Smoque. Camri surprised me with a trip to Smoque for Father's day today. It was our first time, and well worth the wait in line. Great BBQ, great atmosphere, and really friendly folks helping us to get Wil-Wil a good table to eat his Mac and Cheese at...

One of our favorite chef's is on a mission to cut down on American meat consumption. The first we saw of his campaign was a talk carried on Ted Talks: It's an eye opening talk. Bittman advocates cutting down on meat, not vegetarianism, just cutting down...