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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.

Bored with your tofu?

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.

 
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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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