News Wed Jul 09 2008

Mmm, Midweek Links

• Garrett's Popcorn may be losing its Michigan Avenue store (temporarily, they say), but they'll be beefing up their online sales.

• Most of the smells on this map are food-related. Sniff and learn.

• The Chicago MenuPages blog said farewell to founding blogger Adam Peltz this week; he's replaced by Helen Rosner, who grew up in Hyde Park.

• On the Food Chain, Bianca Jarvis punctures the absinthe mystique and Mike Sula compares loaves from D'Amato's coal-fired oven and its gas-fired. Guess which wins.

• Fruit Slinger met Gale Gand at the Green City Market, along with some other colorful characters.

• Ginger is fairly cheap in stores right now; One Good Meal tells you what to do with it.

• Hungry Mag lets you know where to get your soy on. (Just don't eat too much.)

• A look at Andersonville's coffee shops and a search for the perfect Cubano in the Examiner.

• Metromix peeks in some chefs' gardens.

• Beard Papa, Freshii, Orange Julius and more will be tenants in the Block 37 food court.

• Celebrate Goose Island Brewery's 20th anniversary with special bottlings of their beers.

• Chicago Bites visits La Oaxaquena.

• Er, vegan crack wraps?

• Zagat runs down some Bastille Day deals.

• The skinny gourmet ponders the uneven distribution of great ethnic chefs.

- Andrew Huff