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Monthly Archives: September 2007

Dirty water dogs

Monday, September 24, 2007

Our good friend Ed, a phenomenal cook and native New Yorker, recently returned from the East Coast after a summer of traveling around the U.S. catering music festivals and brought back a case of Sabrett hot dogs. These are the “dirty water dogs” that are sold from carts on the streets of New York, named [...]

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Good wines for $10 or less

Saturday, September 22, 2007

This week’s NYT Dining & Wine section features a useful article about inexpensive wines: Happiness for $10 or Less The article’s author feels that “the best values are in the $10-to-$20 range, where you can find sensational wines made by small producers using traditional techniques. These sorts of wines are much harder to find at [...]

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Stylish shopping bags

Friday, September 21, 2007

Eco-friendly shopping bags are all the rage, and regardless of how you feel about its trendiness, it’s a positive step towards environmental conservation. The U.S. lags far behind other first-world and even third-world countries when it comes to reducing or eliminating the use of plastic bags. My sister lived in Taiwan last year and informed [...]

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Johnnie’s Beef – what’s the big deal?

Thursday, September 20, 2007

I was reading a blog post on the Tribune’s food blog about the best sandwich in America, and quite a few people mentioned in the comments section that Johnnie’s in Elmwood Park (7500 W. North Ave.) has the best Italian beef. I love Johnnie’s ice — the texture is smooth, the lemon flavor is superb [...]

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Just Grapes wine tasting with Alpana Singh – October 3

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Alpana Singh, Master Sommelier and host of Check Please!, will be at a tasting at Just Grapes to discuss wine and sign her book Alpana Pours. Details below: First Wednesdays Fall Tasting with Alpana Singh Wednesday, October 3 at 5:30 PM $40 for Savvy Sipper members* registered by September 26/$50 for non-members or post-September 26 [...]

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