Food Blog

“The Clean Plate Club Restaurant Group which operates Pete Miller’s Seafood & Prime Steak, Davis Street Fishmarket, and Merle’s #1 Barbecue has completely eliminated trans fats from all menu items.” From their press release : Director of Purchasing, Sarah Andrews says, “The bane of my existence for awhile was finding a replacement for one of […]

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More food blogs with a theme
Cluck! “learning about and practicing sustainability in our lifestyle. We love fresh eggs and have wanted to have our own backyard chickens for several years. This blog is the story of our experience ordering baby chicks and raising them up.” Western North Carolina.
Cupcake Bakeshop San Francisco.
Food Cost Control “A small […]

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I’m glad to be the next one to step up to the plate and praise What to Drink with What you Eat, the newest book from Andrew Dornenburg and Karen Page. A book about beverage pairings is not unique, I’ve seen lots of them, but what makes this book worth its weight is that it’s […]

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Okay, it’s not exclusive when a fire across the street from Columbia College brings out every art and journalism student with a camera.
George Diamond Steaks has been closed for a couple of years, so we Chicago foodies are much more concerned about Thai Spoon and Harold’s Chicken Shack next door. I was actually on […]

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Here are some food blogs with themes.
Crazy for Cheesecake
Fresh Loaf Baker blogs
Illinois Pancakes “We have a mission and we’re sticking to it. And that mission is simple: hit up as many pancake restaurants in our nation’s 21st state as we can.”
Naturally! Macrobiotic Living, Honolulu.
Pacific Northwest Cheese Project “All about Pacific Northwest cheese, cheesemakers and other […]

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I’m slowly catching up on two months worth of requests to get on my list of food blogs. Here are my recent top picks. Stay tuned for many more.
Dumneazu “Ethnomusicological Eating East of Everywhere.” Budapest, Hungary
James Oseland, editor-in-chief of Saveur has an interesting food site. Not really a full blown blog, with only one entry […]

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A few years ago I had the sad duty to report the loss in Illinois of New Glarus beer. Now the sad news is that Bell’s will be leaving us. In a protest move against a distribution rights sale to Chicago Beverage, part of the largest beer distributor in the United States.
I’ll have to see […]

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Ruhlman interviews Bourdain about the potential NJ Foie Gras Ban
TV Dinners Bill Buford on the rise of food television.
October 16 is World Bread Day What should you do on World Bread Day?
4 percent of U.S. hops crop burns
The bootleg latte “by creating such faux grande lattes, these customers are saving $1.45 ($1.75 versus $3.20 before […]

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It’s been awhile since I’ve done a recipe around here, but don’t worry, I am still eating. Here’s a calzone I made the other day.

I had made a batch of pizza dough that turned into some outstanding pizzas. They did not survive long enough for photography. This will be my standard pizza dough recipe from […]

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Amercian Heritage Places, Tiki. “How sex, rum, World War II, and the brand-new state of Hawaii ignited a fad that has never quite ended” Hala Kahiki, in River Grove, Illinois gets a mention in their top ten Tiki bars.
Some fuzzy memories of the last time I was there.

Sites like tikiroom.com, and critiki will help […]

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