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News Wed Jun 04 2008
Mmm, Midweek Links
• Chuck Sudo nabs an interview with Top Chef finalist Stephanie Izard. Also, that cook-off I mentioned last week? It's sold out, but The Drawing Room has added a cocktail reception for $40.
• Graham Eliot opened a couple days ahead of schedule. Michael Nagrant was there first thing.
• The Wall Street Journal's Raymond Sokolov checks out the post-foie gras ban scene.
• Tramonto shares his own thoughts on the "Top Chef" frozen scallops.
• Rick Bayless says it's OK to freeze seasonal meat.
• Mike Sula listed his favorite cookbooks in Omnivorous last week.
• Our own Pro-Bono Baker went on a picnic.
• My Pie's original Lincoln Park location has closed.
• Chicago Bites hits Tallulah.
• Sharing this a little late, but here's a picnic menu for last night's Death Cab for Cutie show in Millennium Park.
• 312 Dining Diva has some deets on the coming Angels & Kings outpost and its celebrity connection.
• Time Out focuses on cheap eats this week, following seven chefs, from Rick Bayless to Le Lan's Bill Kim, to their ethnic food faves.