Monthly Archives: October 2009
Szechuan: Lao Sze Chaun
Lao Sze Chaun 2172 S. Archer Ave Chicago, IL During a recent episode of “No Reservations” where Anthony Bourdain jetted off to Melbourne – he ate at a Szechuan restaurant and devoured a delicious looking dish that was basically a … Continue reading
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Picturing Spices
A beautiful post on the Flickr Blog has an assortment of pictures of spices from around the world. It’s worth a view. I am particularly impressed by these spice displays – they look too perfect to be real.
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More to Mongolian Food
When I think of Mongolian food, I immediately tink “BBQ” probably because that is how it is branded in the US. However, Mongolians have a rich food culture that is surprisingly (to me, at least) dairy-centric. An interesting piece in … Continue reading
An American (Cheese) in Paris
It’s funny to imagine that a Wisconsin cheddar is a pricy luxury import abroad. But, according to the Wall Street Journal, this is increasingly the case, as American artisanal cheeses are making their way to Europe. This is a trend … Continue reading
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Guatemala: Guatelinda Bakery
Guatelinda Bakery 3025 W Diversey Ave Chicago, IL We were in the Logan Square neighborhood for a concert, and we felt like picking up a sweet treat for later, despite the fact that we already had a pound of carnitas … Continue reading
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A New Place for: Indonesian Food
Angin Mamiri 2739 W Touhy Ave Chicago, IL Indonesia is absolutely a huge country – so it’s a wonder that it’s taken Chicago so long to get its very own Indonesian restaurant, the family-run Angin Mamiri. Reviews on Yelp are … Continue reading
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Food as Flags
[Via Vidafine] I was intrigued by this interesting marketing for the Sydney International Food Festival, where food representative of a country’s cuisine was arranged like the flag of the country itself. Check out the Vietnamese flag done in starfuit and … Continue reading
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Happy Diwali!
Diwali Sweets for sale in Toronto by Xanada Today marks the start of Diwali, the Indian festival of lights. And like any good festival – it brings with it lots of delicious FOOD! Diwali in particular is marked by elaborate … Continue reading
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Eating North Africa: Makroud
Today someone at work returned from northern France with a treat from North Africa, Makroud/Makrout. Makrouds are sweet date pastries, made with semolina flour and dipped in honey, that (perhaps surprisingly) are not overly sweet. There are several varieties of … Continue reading
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UK: Fave International Food
Chicken Tikka Masala is often called “England’s Natonal Dish” and England is known for its excellent variety of Indian food due to a large Britsh Indian population. So I was quite surprised to hear that Chinese food is now tops … Continue reading
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Costa Rica: Cafe Costa Rica
Cafe Costa Rica 141 South Butler Street Madison, WI 53704 Specifically Costa Rican restaurants are tough to come by, so loyal readers are probably wondering why it took us so long to meander over to the one in our own … Continue reading
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3rd Best Ethnic food?
Travel + Leisure magazine came with a ranking of the 30 largest cities in America on a number of parameters – one particularly salient for us – Ethnic food – for which Chicago ranks 3rd. Too high? Too low? We’re … Continue reading
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Ecuador: Le Peña
La Peña 4212 N Milwaukee Ave # 14 Chicago, IL 60641-1640 Our journey to La Peña in Albany Park was uncharacteristically epic. What ought to have been a short 20 minute trip took almost an hour and a half due … Continue reading
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Mexico: A Quick Bite at Byby’s
ByBy’s 142 W Washington St West Chicago, IL We are always in search for great little hole in the wall restaurants, so we were really happy when we heard about good Mexican regional food in West Chicago, a far western … Continue reading
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Pollan’s Food Rules
The New York Times has a clever slideshow from influential food intellectual Michael Pollan. Pollan has compiled a set of food rules culled from thousands of submissions sent from readers around the world.
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Cheese Map of the UK and Ireland
Did you ever wonder EXACTLY where you British cheese come from? OK, so maybe I’m the only one – but I guess I must not be since there is apparently a World Cheese Book chockablock with cheese maps. Here’s Ireland … Continue reading
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Goodbye Gourmet
The blogosphere is buzzing today because one of the stalwarts of the food publishing business, Gourmet is being closed by Conde Nast. Gourmet was started in 1940 and over the years came to be regarded as one of the preeminent … Continue reading
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Twittering Chefs
The Chicago Sun Times has an interesting piece about chefs who Twitter, blog, and otherwise make themselves available online. I for one think this trend is very interesting and welcome, making chefs seem more accessible, and giving tons of insider … Continue reading
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Argentine Ice Cream in Chicago?
I was inspired to write this post by a photo I stumbled upon on Flickr, by Katherine of Chicago (seen below). This intriguing photo showcases a shuttered Argentine Ice Cream store on the North Side of Chicago, named the Penguin.Apparently … Continue reading
