[Photographs: Nick Kindelsperger] Budacki's Drive-In 4739 N. Damen Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625 (map); 773-561-1322 The Short Order: Juicy chicken wings in mutant Sriracha and buffalo wing sauce. Want Fries with That? Surprisingly no. Want Ketchup? Just to help get down the fries. Budacki's Drive In has it all wrong. Though this Lincoln Square stand in Chicago has a large sign proudly proclaiming their "pomme frites," that's not what all the fuss is about here. The city has a remarkably good French fry stand culture where even the dingiest, dirtiest places may take the time to fry potatoes from scratch (check out Chickie's, 35th Street Red Hots and Jimmy's Red Hots for proof)—but not not at Budacki's. These come out...
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If you've ever found yourself aimlessly roaming the streets in search of the best places to get chicken wings, download Kluckr for your iPhone. For $0.99 the app will tell you your city's wings locations and rate them based on Heat, Variety, Service, Atmosphere, and Value—just in time for tonight's World Series game....
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If you're eating a chicken wing off the bone, you're doing it wrong, according to Food Wishes. Their tutorial shows you how to debone a chicken wing by simply (maybe) twisting and pulling out the bones. Do any of you use this method? Watch the video after the jump....
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Mmmmm, wings. Crispy wings, sticky wings, barbecue wings—you'll find them all in Hugh Carpenter and Teri Sandison's epic wing compendium, The Great Wings Book, with recipes that run the gamut from traditional to Asian-inspired to just plain zany (I'm talking to you, PB&J wings.) Zaniness aside, you'll also find a solid introductory chapter with clear, illustrated instructions for prepping, stuffing and lollipopping those tasty wings--whether you plan to braise them in spicy coconut milk or baste them with hoisin sauce on your tailgate grill. Just in time for the Super Bowl, we're bringing you a whole week of wings. Come back for classics like Buffalo wings and best-ever American wings, and expand your repertoire with pomegranate-glazed BBQ wings and Chinese-style...
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You might think you love chicken wings, but do you love them enough to get them tattooed on your back? Angel wings tattoos are overdone and passé, but this is the first set of chicken wings I've ever seen....
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If you're planning a Super Bowl party completely from scratch and don't know where to start, the Food Network's put together a comprehensive Football Party mini site: their slightly fancy Ultimate Super Bowl Menu featuring recipes from Food Network stars (I like the look of Tyler Florence's Teriyaki Chicken Wings), lots of options for standard football party eats like nachos and chili, and football party tips from Guy Fieri....
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Grub Street points us to uberconservative parachurchman Jim Rutz's hilarious rant on soy, which he claims makes boys gay and women hysterical. "Soy is feminizing, and commonly leads to a decrease in the size of the penis, sexual confusion and homosexuality," Rutz claims. "At the extreme, the damage can be fatal." My favorite response, by an anonymous rager: "Are you an idiot? What's your next theory, [that] eating chicken wings makes people black?"...
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