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THIRTEEN HUNDRED POUNDS OF CHICAGO SAUSAGE PARTY
On the northwest side, a Chicago family’s old sausage recipe has become an annual tradition for people from all walks of life
CONNECTING WITH THE ANCIENTS (GRAINS, THAT IS) AT HEWN
For baker Ellen King, being able to work with heritage midwest grains meant getting to know your farmer, your miller, and wheat itself
INTRO IS NOW ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. INTRO IS NOW ABOUT VEGETABLES.
We talk to Executive Chef Stephen Gillanders about Intro’s evolution—and to new visiting chef Jessica Largey about her vegetable-driven (but not vegetarian) menu
FRESHLY MADE FOOD COMES TO ENGLEWOOD AT THE DREAM CAFE & GRILLE
Howard Bailey thinks Englewood could be the next Wicker Park—and he’s trying to get there one homemade meal at a time
SEE NAOKI NAKASHIMA’S BEAUTIFUL SASHIMI PLATES AT NAOKI SUSHI
After 13 years at Shaw’s Crab House, Naoki Nakashima gives Lincoln Park a top sushi restaurant inside Intro
CHICAGO HISTORY IN A PIZZA: CHESTER’S & ORSI’S IN SUMMIT
The best pizza you’ve never had comes from the bar that once ran a small town on the edge of Chicago
IS FIRST WE FEAST RIGHT ABOUT WHAT’S WRONG WITH FOOD MEDIA?
The New York-based food website had its take on where food media has gone in 2016. What they got right—and what they missed
CAFÉ MARIE JEANNE IS THE GRAND-MÈRE CHICAGO NEEDS RIGHT NOW
Michael Simmons’ sort-of-Parisian-Montreal cafe in Humboldt Park has the warmth and comfort food you’re looking for this winter
THE LOCAL TOMATO THAT CAME FROM THE FUTURE
MightyVine grows fresh, tasty tomatoes in the dead of Chicago winter. Is that still growing local?
MOTO, AND THE DREAMS OF FULTON MARKET
A look back at a restaurant that brought us its vision of the future, and what happened on the way there
