I was at Whole Foods last night staring at a Vosges Mo’s Bacon Chocolate Bar, remembering how I’d devoured one…
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Taking a Walk on the Southside
/ 08.22.07They say defeat is an orphan and victory has a hundred fathers. Likewise, the origin of many classic cocktails or…
Crabbin in Chicago
/ 05.29.07You’d think the revered concubine of the Scientology movement could afford a high-level food consigliere, someone to tell her where…
Ramping Up
/ 04.18.07Wild leeks are kind of like the agricultural version of crystal meth. That’s not to say if you eat a…
Getting Fresh with a Cocktail
/ 08.11.06I’ve given cocktails short shrift. I’m a descriminating gourmand, who’ll travel a thousand miles just to eat a local specialty,…