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    Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  1. Chef Andrew Brochu returns with The Monarch

    Chef Andrew Brochu was hired at Graham Elliot restaurant last January with an explicit directive: Take the keys to the kitchen, and elevate the restaurant from one Michelin star to two.
    Chef Andrew Brochu was hired at Graham Elliot restaurant last January with an explicit directive: Take the keys to the kitchen, and elevate the restaurant from one Michelin star to two. In November, when the Chicago Michelin Guide came out, Graham Elliot...

    Tags: Graham Elliot, Pickles, L2O, Ice Cream, Michelin Group

    2. Jan 3, 2013 |Story| Chicago Tribune

  2. 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.
    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: Yusho, Frontera Grill, Blackbird, Beverly Kim, Michelin Group

    3. Jun 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Phil Vettel reviews the Sicily menu at Next

    For its latest menu, Next restaurant invested in a special piece of cooking equipment.
    For its latest menu, Next restaurant invested in a special piece of cooking equipment. A Weber kettle grill. Standing alongside the recirculating thermal circulators, Anti-Griddles, Sonicpreps and other high-tech gizmos that populate Next's high-tech...

    Tags: Tomatoes, Sardines, Foods and Beverages, Dining and Drinking, Summer Squash

    4. Dec 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Iliana in Wonderland

    At one point of a dinner at Elizabeth restaurant, I was served a dark and rich maitake-mushroom tea (really a clarified broth) while a pure-white device on the table played Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit." Which made me think that chef/owner Iliana Regan is a smidge older, or a ton hipper, than I'd supposed. Probably both.
    At one point of a dinner at Elizabeth restaurant, I was served a dark and rich maitake-mushroom tea (really a clarified broth) while a pure-white device on the table played Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit." Which made me think that chef/owner Iliana...

    Tags: Game, Ice Cream, Biscuits, Foods and Beverages, Wines

    5. Oct 26, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Achatz sees chance to put vision in focus

    So much ink has been spilled chronicling the life and career of Grant Achatz, the most-honored chef and best-known cancer survivor in Chicago, if not the country, one wonders if there are stories left to tell.
    So much ink has been spilled chronicling the life and career of Grant Achatz, the most-honored chef and best-known cancer survivor in Chicago, if not the country, one wonders if there are stories left to tell. Two things suggest that there are. One,...

    Tags: Restaurants, Arts and Culture, The Aviary, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Dining and Drinking

    6. Aug 2, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Acid trip

    Graham Elliot is hot.
    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: Pies and Tarts, Tomatoes, Graham Elliot, Blackbird, Avenues

    7. Aug 29, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. 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's.
    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: Game, Yusho, Manhattan (New York City), Avenues, Breads

    8. Sep 27, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Scaling the heights

    Can a four-star meal begin with fried smelts and end with a Butterfinger bar? My last dinner at Sixteen says yes.
    Can a four-star meal begin with fried smelts and end with a Butterfinger bar? My last dinner at Sixteen says yes. These are uncertain times for four-star dining in Chicago. Since last September, four previous top-rated restaurants have closed up shop...

    Tags: Carlos', Seasons Restaurant, Avenues, Foie Gras, Dining and Drinking

    9. Aug 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. 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.
    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: Yusho, Tomatoes, Media Industry, Avenues, Charity

    10. Nov 8, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Let's break out the old crystal ball

    Time once again for my annual exercise in humiliation, as I try to predict the star recipients in the 2013 Michelin Chicago Guide, which hits bookstores Wednesday.
    Time once again for my annual exercise in humiliation, as I try to predict the star recipients in the 2013 Michelin Chicago Guide, which hits bookstores Wednesday. This is the third year that Michelin has published a Chicago guide, and if there's one...

    Tags: Frontera Grill, Blackbird, Avenues, L2O, Book

    11. Nov 29, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  11. Rare treats

    Rodrick Markus reached for the top shelf of a metal cabinet at the back of his office. "I know, I know, I know," he said to himself. His fingers worked across a row of jars and stopped at a tall glass cylinder. I had asked him about rare ingredients. Rare ingredients is about 40 percent of what he does. He locates tough-to-acquire things for chefs who, being chefs, want something especially bad when they are told it will be impossible to get. Rare vegetables, salts, oils, spices, nuts, fish eggs — he finds the guy who locates the guy who heard of the guy who knows the guy who knows about, say, a place in the Pacific Northwest where, with the right permit at the right time, you can forage for a rare pine bark that grows 25 feet in the air.
    Rodrick Markus reached for the top shelf of a metal cabinet at the back of his office. "I know, I know, I know," he said to himself. His fingers worked across a row of jars and stopped at a tall glass cylinder. I had asked him about rare ingredients. Rare...

    Tags: Caviar, Graham Elliot, Blackbird, L2O, Tru

    12. Nov 15, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  12. Next's tickets system expands

    Alinea, Chicago's most acclaimed restaurant, has used Open Table in the past to manage — though not take — reservations, but co-owner Nick Kokonas isn't shy about anticipating and working toward the service's demise.
    Alinea, Chicago's most acclaimed restaurant, has used Open Table in the past to manage — though not take — reservations, but co-owner Nick Kokonas isn't shy about anticipating and working toward the service's demise. Kokonas, partners with...

    Tags: Avec, Blackbird, Lincoln Square (Chicago, Illinois), Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure

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