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News Thu Nov 13 2008
Mmm, Midweek Links
• The Local Tourist and Tweating Out have launched Chef's Table: Chicago, a new dining series where foodies can interact with some of the city's leading chefs without paying an arm and a leg. First up is Powerhouse, and there were two seats left at press time. Get'em quick!
• Time Out Chicago put together a roundtable to discuss the interaction of chefs, critics and bloggers; the full transcript is now online.
• Meanwhile, the Reader finds out where chefs eat on their days off, as well as picks 2008's best new restaurants and CSAs that operate over winter.
• Mike Sula also reports on the culmination of its Whole Hog Project, about which Sky Full of Bacon is creating a documentary.
• And Mike Nagrant weighs in on where Obama eats on his days off over on Hungry Mag.
• The Sun-Times finds out what's cooking with Top Chef Stephanie Izard's planned restaurant.
• The chef at Italian Fiesta Pizzeria, Obama's favorite pizzeria, is being flown to DC to make pies for the inauguration. [via]
• Chicago Mag's Dish talks with Jerry Suqi about his new restaurant, Chickpea, where his mom is the chef.
• MenuPages Blog notes that Chef Philip Foss's latest blog post is a bit steamy. (It is about mussels, after all).
• Monica Eng talks with Chef Dean Zanella about moving on from 312 Chicago.
• Chicagoist notes that Trader Vic's is almost back.
• Pizza D.O.C. needs to cook their crusts longer.
• Tweating Out thinks Huaraches Dona Chio is the bomb.
• Here are The Stew's and Time Out's "Top Chef" recaps, in case ours wasn't enough for you. Here's Hungry Mag's quickie version.
