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Fat Rice: Pedigree not required
Adrienne Lo and Abraham Conlon, the proprietors of the hugely popular new Chinese-Portuguese restaurant Fat Rice in Logan Square, are interesting looking, the kind of couple you see around town and wonder what their deal is. I've seen them around for...
Tags: Whole Foods Market, China, West Hartford, Mindy Segal, Alinea
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Jared Rouben to leave Goose Island brewpub for his own food-friendly brewery
Jared Rouben seems to spend just as much time at the farmers market as he does at Goose Island's Clybourn brewpub, where he has been a brewer for four years. So it's not much of a surprise that the new brewery he plans to launch will focus on what he...
Tags: Rick Bayless, Frontera Grill, Mindy Segal, Dining and Drinking, Alcoholic Beverages
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Hot buttered rum
Hot buttered rum: It's that time of year when archaic hot cocktails saturate beverage menus everywhere. But at Mindy's Hot Chocolate in Bucktown, beverage director Alex Gara pulls off a neat trick — twisting a timeless recipe by upping the...Tags: Mindy Segal, Hot Cocoa
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An excuse to dine in your jammies
Tribune criticHere's a mini tradition that I wish would catch on in a big way: New Year's Day pajama brunch. There's nothing quite so entertaining as sitting down to brunch in a room full of nominal adults wearing brightly colored flannel. Factor in the condition in...Tags: Mindy Segal, Tapas, French Toast, New Year's Day, Victoria's Secret
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Charlie Trotter's pressure cooker
Everyone knows Charlie Trotter as the chef of Charlie Trotter's. It's his name, his restaurant, and he's the boss. But that title “chef” has many meanings, and Trotter has embodied just about all of them during his 25 years at Charlie Trotter'...
Tags: Breads, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Services and Shopping, Graham Elliot, Alinea
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All but the drawl
From one end of the United States to the other, Southern cooking is hot. And while Chicago doesn't abound with Southern dining options, restaurants like Big Jones, Table Fifty-Two and The Southern — to say nothing of our growing crop of Southern-...
Tags: Mindy Segal, Wicker Park, Potatoes, Cornbread, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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Charlie Trotter preaches excellence to the extreme
Graham Elliot was an aspiring young cook in the late '90s carrying steaks to a party of 20 in the Charlie Trotter's Studio Kitchen when the restaurant's brilliant, mercurial owner stopped him in the hallway and grabbed one of the pieces of meat. "He...
Tags: Recipes, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Urban Belly, Graham Elliot, Customs and Tradition
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Charlie Trotter gets ready to hang it up
Charlie Trotter says he first thought of closing his namesake restaurant after his plane sat on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. “I realized really how fragile the world is,” he reflects. “I love what...
Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, Graham Elliot, Urban Belly, Alinea, Manhattan (New York City)
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Red Door, XRT team up for Lobster Bash
For RedEyeIn celebration of 93XRT's 40th anniversary, Chef Troy Graves of Red Door and XRT's Lin Brehmer will host the Lobster Bash on July 31. Red Door, 2118 N. Damen Ave. in Bucktown, will host the event--from 6:30 to 10 p.m.--which will feature a group of...Tags: Mindy Segal, Tavernita
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Citizen Kahan
Tribune reporterPaul Kahan is the opposite of an enigma. He is easily explained. He is pleased by simple pleasures. He defines his life by four pillars: chef, record-store geek, husband, law-abiding citizen. Everything else is noise. In judgment, he renders halfway...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, White House, Sandwiches, Avec, Urban Belly
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Summer eating list
I don't know if teachers still do this, but at the end of each school year, I was handed a summer reading list, a sheet of required and optional books that would prepare students for the coming school year. (I still owe a measure of revenge to the teacher...Tags: Graham Elliot, Urban Belly, Steaks, Entertainment, Pump Room
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Matt Molina, Wolfgang Puck win James Beard awards
Daily DishMatt Molina, the executive chef at Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza, was named the best chef in the Pacific region at the 2012 James Beard Foundation restaurant awards. Wolfgang Puck was awarded the lifetime achievement award....
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Dec 27, 2012
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Aug 29, 2012
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Nov 15, 2012
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May 17, 2012
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May 8, 2012
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