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Chicago Gourmet 2011: A Serious Celebration of Chicago's Food Scene
For the fourth consecutive year, an impressive army of some of Chicago's best restaurants gathered in Millennium Park for Chicago Gourmet, two days of gluttony that might be unsurpassed in the world of food festivals when it comes to a combination of quantity, variety and quality.Video: Chicago Harvest Dinner with Chef Paul Kahan
Many farmers double as philosophers. David Cleverdon of Kinnikinnick Farm is no exception. A few weeks back we had the pleasure of spending time with this farmer, who's been reputed as the guy who brought the arugula craze to Chicago. Using Kinnikinnick Farm produce, we cooked a harvest dinner with chef Paul Kahan of Publican. Watch it all come together in the video.Best Food You've Had at a Music Festival?
Earlier today we brought you a photo gallery of all the bites we had at Outside Lands in San Francisco over the weekend. But the weekend prior to that, we were actually jamming at Lollapalooza. Though people don't attend the festival for the food, the selections are getting better and better. Chicago chef Graham Elliot, who also just opened Grahamwich, was in charge of the festival's Chow Town for the second year in a row.Enter to Win a Copy of the 'Alinea' Cookbook
Grant Achatz's Alinea cookbook came out back in 2008, but it's getting more attention now with the release of Modernist Cuisine and all of Achatz's new projects (read more about them in our interview). Even if you don't picture yourself making spheres of beet juice or mozzarella balloons every night, it's still a fun book to have on the shelf. Enter to win one of the five copies we're giving away here.Meet & Eat: Grant Achatz
Alinea chef Grant Achatz just published his memoir Life on the Line, which details his path to culinary greatness and his coinciding battle with tongue cancer. He's simultaneously been in the process of opening his new restaurant project Next, and the accompanying bar Aviary. The man's busy! Learn about his upcoming projects, and his secret love of Little Caesar's.The Search For America's Best Hot Dog: The Midwest
Next up in our search for America's Best Hot Dog (we've so far told you about the East Coast and down South) is the Midwest, another heavyweight hot dog region where frankfurters were introduced by Austrian immigrants at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893. Since then, Chicago has rivaled New York as the hot dog center of the universe, although Detroit isn't far behind.Super Bowl: Who Wins for Best Food City?
Oh yes, it's that time of year again. Many of us are completely absorbed by the NFL playoffs. It's easy to find sports sites and portals to discuss the football aspects of the match-ups—but when you pit these cities against each other, which have the superior food scenes? We're serious eaters, so we need a forum to discuss the merits of each city as a food lover's destination. Here we go.Chicago Gourmet 2010: Outstanding Food Made the Long Lines Worth It
For the second consecutive year, Chicago Gourmet brought together a staggering collection of some of Chicago's best chefs along with an impressive array of alcohol manufacturers and full days of cooking demonstrations. While there were some logistical problems that resulted in inexcusably long lines at times, the variety and quality of food made the waits well worth it.Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 138: The Book Will Not Defeat Me!
That's right. I am vowing right here, right now, that just because we have been going on marathon eating expeditions as part of our mad dash to finish the Serious Eats book, I am not going to accept Serious Diet defeat. Not now. Not ever.Hot Topics: Technique of the Week | The Food Lab
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8 Delicious Chocolate Cakes and Pies for Valentine's Day
Some might say that chocolate on Valentine's Day is about as unoriginal as you can get. We all remember the first heart-shaped box of overly sweet chocolate bonbons from grade school Valentines. But chocolate gift-giving needn't be a cliché. This year, let's bake our sweethearts chocolate cakes and pies instead! Here are 8 delicious recipes perfect for celebrating your love (of chocolate.)
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