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Event Fri Jul 04 2008

Never Going Back

Although it was tasty, a "Taste Portion" of Robinson's Ribs was not worth the utter horror of being among the estimated 1,000,000 people who attended the Taste of Chicago last night. Waiting in line, my friend and I were body-checked by a sea of teenagers who enjoyed screaming obscentities to each other as they pushed through the crowd (side note: I'm glad to no longer be a bored teenager,especially during the summertime). I've rarely worried if I could hold my own in a large group of people. Until last night. On another front, fellow GB staffer Chris Brunn was right: the MVP of the Taste was Soul Vegetarian East, with its vegan BBQ twists (nicely seasoned seitan) and sweet potato pie.Other winners were breaded meat and eggplant sandwiches from Ricobene's and pistachio gelato from Canady Le Chocolatier.

 
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foodlover / July 6, 2008 5:03 AM

To enable the reuse of cooking oil with the risk of cross contamination of flavours, cut a 1/4 sized piece of ginger and fry in the oil/grease and it removes any lingering odours/flavours. Use more ginger for larger quantities of oil.

www.letsgoeat.co.uk

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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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