Last year I raved about Nobu’s famous Black Cod with Miso. A few weeks ago I saw that Whole foods had this wonderful fish formerly known as sable fish. I followed Nobu’s black cod recipe although I used less sake and used regular miso, not white miso as called for. I also marinated the […]

Watching Beirut die Anthony Bourdain - “We went to Beirut to film a TV show about the city’s newly vibrant culinary and cultural scene. Then the bombs started falling, and we could only stand on the barricades of our hotel balcony and watch it all disappear — again.”
BBC article on the UK’s Call to label […]

Miller Park sausage race gets some more flavor
A review of And a Bottle of Rum - A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails “Rum was the gin of the New World. But it was more than a quick ticket to a fast drunk. Rum’s rise marked a rite of passage for the struggling […]

In the interest of adding some completeness to the last post, here’s all the Chicago Food Blogs I know about. Unlike most of my listings, some of these are quite dormant or officially retired, but the archives are still around.At Our Table Dormant.Bunny PieChicago FoodiesEat ChicagoThe City That EatsFancy ToastFood Blogfuckcorporategroceries explores the independent markets. […]

Chicago Tribune article on food blog photography. This is a very good article on the subject, with quotes from local chefs Grant Achatz and Gale Gand on photography in their restaurants. The reporter seems to have omitted one other local food blog from the list they offer.
“As the amuse-bouche (a tiny cone filled with […]