Esquire names Chicago's modern seafood restaurant L2O as 2008's Restaurant of the Year in their November issue coming out next week. [via MenuPages Blog] Related: Take Two: A Quick Look at Two of Chicago’s New Restaurants...
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The Kitchn recently praised men's magazines for getting more serious about food, from articles by Mark Bittman in Men's Health to Esquire's recipe for spaghetti and lobster. But, as The Kitchn points out, "these are still men's magazines," which means they have their own special angle on food writing. Sometimes that makes their articles all the more entertaining—after proclaiming David Chang the most important chef of 2007, GQ quotes him as saying, "My partner gets to kick me in the balls if he catches me wearing those reflective silvered sunglasses that asshole Europeans wear indoors. I can do the same to him." Nevertheless, GQ knows what its audience really wants—their "article" about model-turned-chef Padma Lakshmi is basically just a photo...
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John Mariani's Best New Restaurants List in Esquire, as always, is annoying, but it's hard to quarrel with because he eats out at more places than most....
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