Fish is complicated. You can have this one, but not this, and eating that Chilean seabass, oh dear, that might give you awful karma forever. In this beginning of a two-part series on fish, the always enlightening podcast Sky Full of Bacon visits Supreme Lobster, one of the country’s largest fish distributors. SFOB producer-writer-editor Michael Gebert goes behind-the-scenes to understand how the company moves thousands of pounds of fresh fish a week. He talks to sales rep Carl Galvan, who's so passionate about selling the good stuff, he keeps his chef clients updated on Twitter (@chicagofishdude). So much of the seafood discussion is difficult for consumers to navigate but this 22-minute video offers a clear perspective on what happy...
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Every year for 82 years now, the Delafield American Legion Post 196 has hosted a raccoon feed to fund the town's youth sports teams. Daniel Zemans touched on the 'coon feed briefly in a pizza post on Slice. That nugget of info was but an appetizer. The always informative and interesting Sky Full of Bacon video podcast comes through with the main course, a nicely produced 18-minute video documenting the 82nd Annual Delafield Raccoon Feed called "Raccoon Stories." As SFOB podcast producer-writer-editor Michael Gebert says, "Ten bucks gets you a trip back in time when Midwesterners hunted for their supper yet were happy to share their catch with strangers, too." Now that you've got some time to really dig...
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In response to Michael Nagrant's Chicago City Guide, well-known Chicago gastronome Michael Gebert posts his own city guide. Menupages compares both guides to one another to show what both Mikes agree and disagree on....
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