Food Blog

Some Illinois food blogs I don’t have on the list:
Champaign Taste Cooking and eating in East-Central Illinois. Champaign IL
Chicago Foodies Chicago Restaurants, Home Cuisine, & the Food Scene.
The Food Chain The Chicago Reader’s new Food Blog.
Little Spatula Naperville, Illinois
FarmGate University of Illinois extension’s farmer blog
The Outdated Kitchen Chicago IL

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It’s really mostly charcoal grilled, with a few chunks of hickory thrown in, but it sounds better that way. Rubbed with rosemary, garlic and salt and pepper and put in the Weber Bullet (without the water pan) for 2 and a half hours (it was a 2.5 pound piece of leg). The Weber keeps the […]

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Two food related news stories the Tribune couldn’t resist giving headline puns to.
Dispute taps Bell’s out of the Illinois market “Experts said state beer-distribution laws were intended to protect small distributors from massive, bullying beermakers after Prohibition. But with the rise of microbrews like Bell’s, and the growth of distributorships into billion-dollar businesses, many argue […]

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I was preparing a list of blogs to update my food blog list when I realized how many California (mostly LA) blogs I needed to add. Look at ‘em all! And I’m sure there’s tons more.
Colleen Cuisine Los Angeles. Who let’s us know November 11th, is National Pocky Day!
The Epicurious Wanderer Orange County Restaurant […]

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Some food blogs with excellent photography that you may or may not have heard of (I hadn’t).
Gattina New Jersey
Oishii Eats Yummy LA.
Running with Tweezers
Coconut Chutney
Mikey Hates Everything Los Angeles. With a recent trip to Europe.
Spicyana, Oregon, US

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In more local beer news, Evanston’s Bill’s Blues Bar has Two Brothers’ Heavy Handed IPA on tap. This is an IPA that is hopped with ‘wet hops’ or hops that haven’t been dried, which gives it a serious hop punch.
Bill’s also has Kwak on tap, served in the traditional ‘yard’.

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Why do I always find out about these things too late?
The 4th Annual Festival of Barrel-Aged Beer is sold out. “Showcasing beers that have been aged in or on wood” I need to put these sorts of things on a calendar so I don’t miss them next year. Along with anything the Chicago Beer Society […]

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