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Charlie Trotter preaches excellence to the extreme
Graham Elliot was an aspiring young cook in the late '90s carrying steaks to a party of 20 in the Charlie Trotter's Studio Kitchen when the restaurant's brilliant, mercurial owner stopped him in the hallway and grabbed one of the pieces of meat. "He...
Tags: Avenues, Tru, Steaks, California Culinary Academy Incorporated, Newspaper and Magazine
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Star potential shines at Aria
I've been meaning to review Beverly Kim's food ever since September's Chicago Gourmet. I was mightily impressed with her contribution to the food festival: a seafood panna cotta topped with mango gelee and a pair of chilled mussels.
Kim further boosted...Tags: Restaurants, Chicago Gourmet, Foods and Beverages, Petroleum Industry, Seafood
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'Top Chef: Texas': Excellence rarer than hen's teeth
Show TrackerWednesday night’s loser on “Top Chef: Texas” wasn’t just Heather, but the Whole Foods Market butcher counter, whose gristly cuts played a role in not one but two disastrous meat dishes. But even if it’s easy to aim some... -
'Top Chef: Texas': Fixin' to get interesting
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Lessons from a 'Top Chef'
Around this time last year, Beverly Kim was something of a minor television celebrity on "Top Chef." Several Saturdays ago, we found Kim calling out dinner orders from a cavernous and modern West Town kitchen, a space that would be the envy of every...
Tags: Kevin Pang, Restaurants, Chicago Tribune, Post-traumatic Stress Disorder , Michelin Group
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A potluck kind of year
If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25...Tags: Tru, RPM Italian, Slurping Turtle, Alinea, Nellcote
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Top Chef Week 13 recap: Long Night's Journey into Day
Tribune reporterWe’ve reached the equivalent of Mile 22 in the Top Chef marathon. Vision gets blurry, the lactic acids are burning holes through our calves, and everything around you starts to feel ... weird. We know the show’s taping schedule is...Tags: Kevin Pang, Charlize Theron, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Tetanus
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Top Chef Week 14 Recap: Tragic Hero
Tribune reporterFor the first 11 episodes of Top Chef, Beverly Kim’s journey was a Greek tragedy. Castigated, chastised, verbally beaten down by fellow contestants, she was booted in an episode where no one deserved elimination. In that Charlize Theron-starred...Tags: Kevin Pang, Spiaggia, Charlize Theron, Entertainment, Television
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Why we (I) love watching Top Chef
Of all the reality competition dreck infesting TV screens, Top Chef is one of its better shows (I still think The Amazing Race is the gold standard). Unlike singing competitions where talent might be God given, or insect-eating shock challenges where fear...Tags: Television, Kevin Pang, Entertainment, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking
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Top Chef Week 10 recap: The most insufferable recap yet
Tribune reporterTen weeks into these Top Chef recaps, as I once again sputter out a few hundred words on the show, I find myself writing less about the competition itself and more on philosophical matters. (Pardon the pretension, allow me to sew a leather elbow patch...Tags: Restaurants, Kevin Pang, Concerts, Music, Chris Jones
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Top Chef Week 11 recap: This season's best episode yet
Tribune reporterThis was my favorite"Top Chef"episode this season. Void of manufactured rivalries or a clear-cut winner/loser, we witnessed the show at its most elemental and compelling: seven chefs cooking their hearts out, fulfilling the mission of the show’s...Tags: Kevin Pang, Charlize Theron, Entertainment, Tom Colicchio, Concerts
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Top Chef Week 6 Recap: Cutting and slicing begins in earnest
Tribune reporterAnthony Bourdain once commented that “Top Chef” is as real as television competitions come. The filming schedule is compressed into several weeks — hell on contestants — and deliberations among judges can drag on for hours. Only...Tags: Kevin Pang, Entertainment, Television, Concerts, Music
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