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News Thu Feb 26 2009

Salmonella Scare Hurting Food Depository

A hearty thanks to those of you who visited us at the Hideout last night for Soup and Bread. You were there to enjoy a bowl of the good stuff and more importantly, donate money to the Greater Chicago Food Depository, which is having a tough week as they recall over 500 pounds of donated food containing peanuts due to the nationwide salmonella outbreak. That's a bowl of boo-hoo if I ever saw it, so make sure you head to the Depository's Sunday Soup-Off event to help them out in this trying time. You'll also get another bowl of the good stuff.

 
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Feature Thu Dec 31 2015

The State of Food Writing

By Brandy Gonsoulin

In 2009, food blogging, social media and Yelp were gaining popularity, and America's revered gastronomic magazine Gourmet shuttered after 68 years in business. Former Cook's Illustrated editor-in-chief Chris Kimball followed with an editorial, stating that "The shuttering of Gourmet reminds...
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