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News Wed Oct 31 2007

Mmm, Midweek Quick Links

• Local Apostrophe Brands launched Kilo Kai spiced rum over the weekend. It's an aged rum from Curacao, suitable for sipping.

• Next from the folks behind Cans: Bottles!

• If Halloween is putting you in a mood for the candy of your youth, you might want to check out Suckers Candy, Inc.

Centerstage rounds up good food on a stick.

• ...While Kevin Pang rounds up pumpkin-spiced coffee at the Stew.

• Chicago Apartment Therapy thinks you should stop wasting money of seltzer water and make your own.

The Becker-Posner Blog discusses rising food costs. [via]

Hungry Mag interviews Bob Djahanguiri, owner of Old Town Brasserie.

• Speaking of interviews, our own Alan Lake posted a great one with Mario DiPaolo, Jr., owner of Mario's Italian Lemonade, on LTH Forum.

• Daley wants to raise taxes on beer and liquor.

• The NYTimes talks to chefs, including Moto's Homaro Cantu and Elissa Narow, pastry chef at Custom House, about candy real and imagined.

• Now that Halloween is nearly over, start thinking about El Dia de los Muertos.

 
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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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