News Wed Jul 23 2008

Mmm, Midweek Links

• Sky Full of Bacon steps into the kitchen at Sun Wah Barbecue.

• Speaking of, LTHForum & Sky Full of Bacon's Michael Gebert got Khan BBQ into Maxim's 2008 Food Awards.

• Get your reservations in early for the Brewmaster's Summer Luau at Flossmoor Station next Tuesday; the special guest is Wil Turner of Goose Island Brewery.

• Phil Vettel tells us how to save our local Starbucks; 312 Dining Diva has another suggestion.

• The Food Chain notes that "Top Chef Season 3" contestant Sara Nguyen is working as a server at C-House while she waits for fellow Top Chef alum Dale Levitski's Town & Country to open. She'll be sous chef.

• Carrie Nahabedian is on Chicago magazine's front burner.

• Obama lollipop: fun to say, fun to eat.

• Gastronomic Bypass went on a mac'n'cheese crawl. Still recovering.

• The spoons at Berry Chill change colors when they're cold. I didn't know that.

• Common Chopsticks laments the slide in service quality in Chicago.

• NewCity has a new blog in beta: BoozeMuse.

• A Fresh Squeeze checks out the Evanston Farmers Market.

• Chicago Bites visits A Mano and Blue Sky Bakery & Cafe.

• Michael Nagrant finds a copy of Nelson Algren's America Eats, long out of print, in Detroit bookstore.

• A report from last week's Green City Barbecue, in UR Chicago.

• Ten lawn-mowing beers from the Midwest.

- Andrew Huff