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Monthly Archives: August 2007

Gourmet free wi-fi in Chicago

Monday, August 20, 2007

If you fancy something more than a cup of joe and a stale pastry while surfing the web, you’re in luck. There are quite a few places in Chicago that offer free wi-fi along with real food from the basic to the downright decadent. Call to verify business hours and internet accessibility; we’re not responsible [...]

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Garlic chives

Monday, August 20, 2007

Over the weekend, my mom gave me a lovely bunch of garlic chive buds freshly cut from a friend’s garden. Used primarily in Asian cooking, garlic chives are different than the thin, hollow little stems you chop up and sprinkle over baked potatoes — the leaves are flat and broad like blades of grass but [...]

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The sweet taste of liberty in your mouth

Friday, August 17, 2007

The 4th of July may be over, but every day’s a good day to show your patriotism by consuming a pint of Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream. This is not a joke — it’s a real Ben & Jerry’s ice cream flavor, and we have the video to prove it. It’s one of my favorite Ben [...]

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Pleasant dinner music

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Chris Cornell look-alike Sam Mason, former pastry chef of New York’s avant-garde WD-50, hosts a web-based cooking/music show called Dinner with the Band. The episodes are filmed in Mason’s apartment where he whips up a couple of dishes, dishes with an indie band, and they perform a song or two. Thankfully, each show is divided [...]

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Green City Market favorites

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

From May through October, I visit the Green City Market in Lincoln Park almost every Saturday morning. There’s nothing else like it in Chicago, and in fact the venerable Alice Waters has called it “the best sustainable market in the country”. There are over 30 producers who participate in the market and it’s practically impossible [...]

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