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10 things you might not know about the Afghan war
Will the final chapters of the Afghan war be written in Chicago? It's possible. At next month's NATO summit here, Afghan President Hamid Karzai and global leaders will discuss an exit strategy for foreign troops fighting the Taliban, a task no doubt...
Tags: The Washington Post, NATO, Unrest, Conflicts and War, George Ryan, Luxembourg
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5 Questions for Giselle Wellman
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Chefly awards, including a big one for Mr. Puck
Daily DishThe James Beard Foundation has announced that this year’s lifetime achievement award will go to none other than our own Wolfgang Puck.... -
Avenues to close indefinitely after chef Curtis Duffy leaves Saturday
Tribune reporterChef Curtis Duffy will cook his final service at Avenues Saturday, and after that, the two-Michelin star flagship restaurant of The Peninsula Hotel will close indefinitely. Avenues will be searching for a new chef de cuisine in the interim. According...Tags: Michelin Group, Dining and Drinking, Charlie Trotter's, Avenues, Restaurants
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Curtis Duffy to leave Avenues, open own restaurant in West Loop
Tribune reporter“I want to have the best restaurant in the country. I want to obtain that third Michelin star.” If it isn’t clear chef Curtis Duffy wants to be uttered in the same breath as Thomas Keller, Daniel Boulud, and his former boss Grant...Tags: Chicago Hotels, Blackbird, Grant Achatz, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants
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The food world on a map
Tribune NewspapersIt’s a long way from Heston Blumenthal’s The Fat Duck outside London, to Thomas Keller’s French Laundry in Yountville, Calif., at least in miles, even via plane. But it’s not far at all if you travel conceptually, via lines of food...Tags: Julia Child, Mario Batali , Grant Achatz, Charlie Trotter, Rachael Ray
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Chicago's top chefs hold garage sale, bake-sale benefit
Tribune newspaper reporterGarage sales with mismatched glassware and old power tools are pretty common. The garage sale scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Michelin-starred NAHA restaurant will be anything but common. Dubbed the Culinary Garage Sale & Bake Sale, bargain...Tags: Services and Shopping, Vie, Rick Bayless, Grant Achatz, Frontera Grill
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Island gives chef the tools he needs
LUMMI ISLAND, Wash. — The cooks are assigned homework. Once a week, sometimes more, The Willows Inn chef Blaine Wetzel sends his five cooks to forage in the wild. One might be tasked with elderflowers and crab apple blossoms, his job to pluck 30...Tags: Native Americans, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Restaurant and Catering Industry, New York, Politics
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Fresh Salt At Saybrook Point
The Hartford CourantAfter a full-scale renovation and menu overhaul, Saybrook Point Inn's Terra Mar restaurant was in need of a new name. For inspiration, the owners and staff looked to the million-dollar view that remained. The property sits "at the mouth of the...Tags: Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Old Saybrook, Salads, Chicago Restaurants
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Downstate plates
No longer is Chicago just "the best place to eat between New York and San Francisco," but now it is endorsed by outsiders as one of the finest dining cities in the world. The Michelin Guide's entry into Chicago last November, plus Alinea's No. 6 ranking...Tags: Kevin Pang, New York, Chicago Restaurants, Butter, Michelin Group
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Stargazing: Phil Vettel handicaps Michelin-star winners
As the second Michelin Guide for Chicago prepares to hit bookstores next week, one thing is for sure: There will be change.
There has to be. Among the 23 restaurants that received one or more stars, Sixteen (one star) saw chef Frank Brunacci depart,...Tags: Chicago Restaurants, Carlos', Vie, Spiaggia, Blackbird
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Deconstructing chef Adria
Over the course of a year, a camera crew followed Spanish chef Ferran Adria — aka The Man Who Launched a Thousand Foams — as he and his kitchen staff developed and honed the new menu for the 2009 season, resulting in the film "El Bulli:...Tags: Tom Colicchio, Movies, Entertainment, Documentary (genre), Frederick Wiseman
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