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Event Thu Jun 07 2012

Sunday Sunday Porkday

loho.jpgAmateur sausage makers will unite and fight for pork supremacy this Sunday at the Chicago Sausage Experiment, which is looking for competitors and an audience. Can you make sausage? Sign up--the winner gets a free trip to NYC to visit event sponsor Brooklyn Brewery, along with other exciting trinkets (and they'll even give you $50 for ingredients!). Can you eat sausage? Then buy a $15 ticket to show up and sample the wares and have a beer. Event runs 1-4pm at Bottom Lounge, 1375 W. Lake.

 
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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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