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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.
