Metro is only six and a half miles from Grant Park as the Mapquest flies, but on Saturday afternoon, it might as well have been located in a different universe.
New anchor rising: Another Krashesky is on her way
Aug. 9, 2010
Kaylin Krashesky
Considering it's been only six weeks since Kaylin Krashesky began anchoring the morning news in Medford, Oregon, it might be a bit premature to talk about landing an on-air job in Chicago just yet. But you can't blame her -- or her famous father -- for dreaming.
VIDEO: Lollapalooza 2010 "Chow Town" highlights
Aug. 6, 2010Chicago's Graham Elliot has assembled an ambitious list of vendors this year. I got to Lolla around noon today, and had a chance to sample some of the dishes before it got too crazy. There are a lot of pork dishes - belly especially - but most of the booths also offer at least one veg option (nice shout out to the hummus, carrot and pita crowd, Rockit Bar & Grill).
Revision Street: Joanna Ericson, 26
Aug. 6, 2010I was born at Swedish Covenant Hospital up on the north side, lived there for a year, then my folks moved out to the western suburbs. Winfield. We lived on Christiana just north of Foster. My dad is Swedish and my parents both went to North Park, and my grandparents went there, and I went there. I moved to Alaska for a little while, but came back because I realized I’m much too much of a city girl for doing that full time.
North Park University (photo by npu via Flickr)
Friday Foodie Forecast: Cuban street food, s'mores and a gourmet cooking class
Aug. 6, 2010
Whether it's strawberry basil infused s'mores or Cuban street food, going gourmet can be as complicated or as easy as you choose. Upcoming events this week focus on serving up gourmet food anywhere from on the street to in your own kitchen.
National S'more Day Sale
Although s'mores from a campfire may be a summer classic, Chicago-based artisanal chocolate and confections company Truffle Truffle's gourmet twist on the childhood favorite will please any sweet tooth. The company's delicious homemade s'mores come in a variety of flavors, from chipotle peanut butter (marshmallows infused with dried chipotle and combined with homemade peanut butter sandwiched between two peanut butter cookies and covered in milk chocolate) to coconut key lime (marshmallows flavored with pure coconut extract and key lime juice sandwiched between graham shortbread cookies and covered in milk chocolate).
#34c Emergency post
Aug. 6, 2010We've been having lots of trouble. (6 words can say it all)
Amy has been working on a‚ post with a few extra goodies to take you into the weekend, but the technical side of things has been glitchy, preventing us from posting it. So, I'm posting up this slideshow that we have put together to share your fabulous 6-word memoirs (music selected by Corey). On Monday we will do our best to do better. See you then; enjoy the show!
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Please please please let me get what I want.
Win tickets to "Taste of the Nation" Aug. 12th (part 5)
Aug. 6, 2010We've had some great entries this week, as many of you are obviously excited about the chance to attend Share Our Strength's "Taste of the Nation" at the Aragon next Thursday. I've been awarding two tickets each day ($190 value) and we're concluding the contest today, with our final challenge:
Last night, I had a remarkable meal at the Girl and the Goat, Stephanie Izard's new restaurant on Randolph Street. The amazing thing was, Stephanie wasn't even there - she had to attend a charity event - and yet the kitchen was just humming as tables filled up late into the night. Execution was near flawless, and I loved how almost every dish had a terrific balance of salt, sour, acid, fat and heat.
SteveCochranShow.com gets off to 'good start' today
Aug. 6, 2010
Steve Cochran
If everything hadn't‚ gone so terribly, terribly wrong at WGN-AM (720), Steve Cochran would be closing in on his 20th month as morning personality there. He'd also be lead-off man for a real Chicago news/talk lineup that might have included good guys like John Williams, Bob Sirott, David Kaplan and Bill Leff (or, unless they really had chosen to retire by now, women like Kathy O'Malley and Judy Markey).