Dining & Drinking Top 5: June 2023
Warmer weather means more festivals and outdoor food events, so put on your sunblock and your feedbag and start enjoying the foods of summer in Chicago.
Dining and food culture in Chicago
at by David Hammond
Warmer weather means more festivals and outdoor food events, so put on your sunblock and your feedbag and start enjoying the foods of summer in Chicago.
at by Newcity
This year, Newcity’s Big Heat feature focuses on those who stand behind the chef in the kitchen. We want to recognize the people who’ve succeeded big time, but we also want to recognize promising upstarts.
at by Monica Kass Rogers
Monica Kass Rogers visits this exotic mushroom empire and encounters Lions and Oysters and Chestnuts, Oh My!
at by Lou Bank
Right now, you can still find great mezcal. Go find an agave spirit—maybe it’s certified as mezcal, maybe it’s not—that’s made from Lamparillo in Durango, or Bruto in Michoacan, or Ixterro Amarillo in Jalisco… Drink it neat, in tiny, tiny sips, so that your palate has a chance to decipher the crazy complexities. They won’t be here for long.
at by Amber Drea
The second annual Golden Market will host twenty-three vendors and artists representing the broad Asian-American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Island (AANHPI) diaspora.
at by Monica Kass Rogers
There’s a backstory behind Mile-High Strawberry Pie. Liberace (pianist Vladziu Valentino Liberace)—once the world’s highest-paid entertainer—loved this pie, ordering it by the dozen from the place it was born: the now-defunct Hess Bros. Department store, of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
at by Tom Keith
Solely for research purposes, I purchased a 12-pack of Truly Hard Seltzer. I tried one. My impression was that it was a simple, overly sweet soda pop with a slight kick. I gave the spouse a taste. “Ewww. Ewww. Ewww. Ewww. ****. I can’t get that taste out of my mouth. Ewww.” I determined to figure out the appeal of these beverages.
at by David Hammond
April showers? No problem! As long as it’s not snowing and cold, we’re good to go, and this April, there are lots of events popping up—like daffodils, or whatever—around the city and suburbs.
at by John Lenart
As for many holiday meals, the right wine may be difficult to find because every gathering may very well highlight a different sort of food.
at by June Sawyers
From Escanaba to Marquette, Ironwood to Iron Mountain, pasty sightings are a common occurrence in the UP. It’s rare that a particular dish can be so strongly identified with a specific region, but up north in Michigan, pasties reign.
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