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News Wed Sep 17 2008
Mmm, Midweek Links
• Roscoe Village's Cakegirls appears on We TV's reality show "Amazing Wedding Cakes," which airs Wednesday nights at 9pm.
• David Tamarkin says you may want to think twice before doing the localvore thing, but offers advice about what you you should do instead.
• Chicago MenuPages Blog interviews Carol Blymire about her aforementioned plans to cook and blog the Alinea cookbook.
• Chicago Gluttons dine on huge lobster at Mariscos El Veneno.
• Use the code CG2008TEN to get 10 percent off your Chicago Gourmet tickets.
• GQ's Alan Richman comes off a bit dickish and New York insecure in his write-up of Chicago style hot dogs, but at least he enjoyed (most of) them.
• Chicago Bites hits Avec and More Cupcakes.
• Chicago Magazine grills Andrés Lara, NoMI's new pastry chef.
• Glad we didn't rush an interview of iCream: Dish reports that it's closed for six to eight weeks for repairs to its super-fancy gear. They also let us know where the name L20 came from.
• The Bristol's opening has been delayed a week, to Sept. 23, thanks to last weekend's flooding.
• I don't normally think of Crust as an alternative to Spacca Napoli (which reopened tonight after two weeks off, btw) due to the distance, but Chicago Foodies found the trek worthwhile.
• Hey college kids! Here are your breakfast spots.
• ...and here's your hangover cure.
• Chicago Public Radio's Chicago Matters takes a look at a local food pilot in 30 Chicago public schools.
• The Chicago Traveler picks 10 romantic spots. You may pick 10 different ones.
• Sky Full of Bacon gives a charitable review to Puck's Cafe at the MCA.
