Media Digest Addenda for the week of January 12, 2011This week in the
Chicago Reader's
Food & Drink section:
What's New: Gyu-Kaku...LTH contributor Mike Sula sheds some light on Gyu-Kaku on East Ohio Street, the newest outpost of the Japanese-owned, Korean-esque mega-chain.
All for Love...Sula profiles Ezat Nada and his 3-week-old Prince Creperie Cafe in Albany Park. Brief reviews of several other
Chicago Crepes and Cafes are also provided. Submissions here are from the aforementioned Sula, along with Laura Levy Shatkin, Izidora Angel, Kate Schmidt, Rob Christopher, Julia Thiel, Anne Ford, Martha Bayne, Susannah J. Felts and Kathie Bergquist.
Beer Money...Ms. Schmidt rounds up some F&B industry news, including the Kickstarter campaign of LTHer Eric May, who's trying to launch his E-Dogz project.
Key Ingredient...in this installment, Julia Thiel chronicles what chef Andrew Zimmerman of Sepia did with the lamb fat he was assigned by chef Paul Virant of Vie Restaurant. Video is provided by Mike Gebert.
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From
Chicago Magazine's
on-line Dining section:
In this week's installment of
Dish, Penny Pollack (along with Graham Meyer and Lena Singer) checks out Bistro One West in St. Charles.
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From this week's
Time Out Chicago -
Restaurants & Bars section:
Comparing Chicago restaurants...it's the
Love/Hate Chicago issue and Martina Sheehan compares some Chicago restaurants similar ones in New York and Los Angeles.
Beyond cutting edge...Heather Shouse and David Tamarkin take a look at 4 old-school butchers who, in some respects, paved the way for the new wave of butchery currently blossoming in Chicago.
Three-way...David Tamarkin checks out what the chefs are doing with chestnuts at Due Lire, Grahamwich and Sprout.
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From this week's
Daily Herald - Food section:
Bombay Chopsticks fuses Indian, Chinese cuisines...Izidora Angel checks out this new eatery in Hoffman Estates.
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Posted this week at
Dining Chicago.com:
Chicago chefs’ best recipes of the year...LTH contributor Leah A. Zeldes rounds up her top 10 from 2010.
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Posted this week at
NewCity Chicago's
Newcity Resto site:
No new content has been posted at New City's web site this week.=====
Even more from LTH contributorsPosted recently at
Culinary School Adviser:
Chefs Talk About What Culinary Schools SHOULD Be Teaching Students...LTHer Jeff Tobin interviews a few local chefs, among others, who weigh in with strong opinions on the matter.
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