Louisa Chu

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Baconfest: Gourmet eats, fatty treats

Apr. 18, 2012
Held this past Saturday at UIC Forum, Baconfest Chicago wasn't all about piggery. But we did get bacon rice crispies infused with cereal milk.

This week in food events: Chowathon and more

Apr. 16, 2012
This week in food events, we're discussing some big issues: the farm bill, food deserts, ocean health—and then there's Chowathon

The season of soup, bread and pie

Apr. 14, 2012
It's no secret we love the Hideout's Soup & Bread series around here. This past Wednesday we communed for the end of the season—the Last Soup as it's come to be known—with the holy trinity, which now includes a traditional rite of pies.

This week in food: Baconfest & more

Apr. 11, 2012
 Our plates and cups runneth over with more highly anticipated food and drink events than we can handle this week—so protest our hearts and livers. We'll try to survive a yoga class at the Green Metropolis Fair, but as we know in Chicago, this week, one event rules them all: Baconfest.

I dream of sushi

Apr. 6, 2012
"Jiro Dreams of Sushi" finally opened in Chicago. The film shows the life of 86-year-old sushi master Jiro Ono at his Michelin three-star, 10-seat restaurant, located in a Tokyo subway pedway.

Ching Ming, Chicago-style

Apr. 3, 2012
The first tastes of spring may be marked by ramps, smelts, or even food trucks these days, but for thousands of years, for billions of Chinese around the world—including the diaspora in Chicago—they're heralded with the aroma of incense.

This week in food: Stinkhorns & soup

Apr. 2, 2012
The Illinois Mycological Association (aka Mushroom Club) will present "Stinkhorn Mushrooms" and Jane Addams Hull-House Museum kitchen rethinks soup in "Disaporic Soup."

Made in Chicago: The rise of local doughnuts

Mar. 30, 2012
Doughnuts are the new cupcakes, so say the culinary trendsetters—and with The Doughnut Vault, Do-Rite Donuts, and Glazed and Infused, Chicago is finally catching up with New York and Portland.But if one local craft doughnut maker has his way, we'll surpass them all.Meet Arise Doughnuts.And local mea

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