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If you're not aware of Five Guys Burgers and Fries yet, just wait — you probably will be.

Monday night is usually chefs’ night off.

I was in London for 48 hours earlier this week, attending the San Pellegrino "World's 50 Best" Awards held Monday night.

Organic, biodynamic, natural, sustainable, farm-raised, fair trade: do these products provide a healthier lifestyle? Can they be affordable? Listen in to our Earth Day–inspired discussion about new trends in the organic revolution and just how far some consumers will go to be green.

A trip to the West Coast stoked Heather Shouse’s simmering fascination with food trucks. But, it was also a bit of a downer. Though Shouse can feast on food truck fare from one end of the country to the other, her home base Chicago still wasn’t hip to the mobile kitchen concept.

For Eight Forty-Eight, food writer David Hammond visited a tea merchant in the western suburbs. He discovered that these folks take their tea very seriously – and only rarely with sugar.

The dudes over at Sultan's Market may have the bus stop bench advertising market cornered, and as much as they boast about their falafel, it is quite good. But regulars at Albany Park's Semiramis also know that their favorite Lebanese haunt also churns out some of the best in the city.