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Event Mon Jan 16 2012

Chicago Restaurant Week Opens for Business

While the weeklong event of affordable priced prix-fixe menus at restaurants you normally couldn't buy a side salad at begins February 17, the reservation system is open and ready for the fight (because it can be a fight to get in to some of these joints). I've already made a painfully early reservation at Naha, but hope to get a date at fellow participants Blackbird, The Florentine, Perennial, Sable, Boka, and Spiaggia. It's going to be a rough week.

 
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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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