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Thursday, April 25

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GrubHub, the delivery search site, has redesigned. Learn more about the redesign at BusinessPOV.

Advice on pairing wine and cheese from author Laura Werlin and Bin36 wine director Brian Duncan over at Hungry Mag.

• In addition to the tax extension-filing events Bryan wrote about, Phil Vettel has a list of tax day specials at various restaurants over at The Stew.

• Also in The Stew, Monica Eng recaps the "From Diasporas to the Modern Diet: How cultural shifts around the globe have changed the availability and usage of indigenous ingredients" panel at the International Association of Culinary Professionals conference this weekend. Rick Bayless made reference to a blog that's making and rating every recipe from his book Mexican Everyday.

• Mike Sula has notes from the IACP conference, too.

LTH Forum's Jay K reviews the newly reopened Sunshine Cafe in Hyde Park. It's an April Fool's joke, and I'm a two-week-late sucker.

 
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Bill / April 16, 2007 12:48 PM

Sunshine Cafe -- even in its fictionally reviewed state above -- isn't in Hyde Park.

Karin / April 16, 2007 2:13 PM

And, while it also isn't in Hyde Park, it' also not reopened. That was an April Fool's joke.

Andrew / April 16, 2007 7:09 PM

Well shit, Serves me right for not reading very much further down the page. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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