For a food explorer, dining out is not just for sustenance. It is an opportunity to eat at someone else’s table, taste their food, and learn their culture. You don’t have to travel far either. Your curiosity and a willingness to try are your passport. Listen in as Catherine Lambrecht talks about interesting food and restaurants in the western suburbs and beyond.

Catherine Lambrecht is a founder and moderator of LTHforum.com, the Chicago-based culinary chat site. A founder of Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance dedicated to celebrating, exploring, and preserving unique food traditions and their cultural contexts in the American Midwest. Every month she organizes programs for Chicago Foodways Roundtable, a part of Culinary Historians of Chicago.

Recorded Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at the Hinsdale Public Library.