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    Apr 7, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  1. Ria chef gets it right

    Taste, as a jazz musician once noted, is manifested in the notes one declines to play. In that regard, Danny Grant is a taste master.
    Taste, as a jazz musician once noted, is manifested in the notes one declines to play. In that regard, Danny Grant is a taste master. The original chef de cuisine and now executive chef at Ria, the magnificent dining room within the Elysian hotel and...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Mindy Segal, Alcoholic Beverages, CLTV

    2. Aug 28, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  2. A final meal at Charlie Trotter's

    It was a strange feeling, emerging from a car at 816 W. Armitage Ave., knowing I would never do so again.
    It was a strange feeling, emerging from a car at 816 W. Armitage Ave., knowing I would never do so again. Charlie Trotter will serve his last meal Friday, the end of an illustrious 25-year run that has seen the chef and restaurant earn virtually every...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, New Year's Day, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Charlie Trotter's

    3. Nov 29, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  3. Rare treats

    Rodrick Markus reached for the top shelf of a metal cabinet at the back of his office. "I know, I know, I know," he said to himself. His fingers worked across a row of jars and stopped at a tall glass cylinder. I had asked him about rare ingredients. Rare ingredients is about 40 percent of what he does. He locates tough-to-acquire things for chefs who, being chefs, want something especially bad when they are told it will be impossible to get. Rare vegetables, salts, oils, spices, nuts, fish eggs — he finds the guy who locates the guy who heard of the guy who knows the guy who knows about, say, a place in the Pacific Northwest where, with the right permit at the right time, you can forage for a rare pine bark that grows 25 feet in the air.
    Rodrick Markus reached for the top shelf of a metal cabinet at the back of his office. "I know, I know, I know," he said to himself. His fingers worked across a row of jars and stopped at a tall glass cylinder. I had asked him about rare ingredients. Rare...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Hotels, Starbucks Corp., Blackbird

    4. Jan 28, 2013 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  4. Charlie Trotter's auction goes online

    Charlie Trotter’s auction is being rebooted online.
    Charlie Trotter’s auction is being rebooted online. In December the legendary chef cut short the live auction of his shuttered self-named Lincoln Park restaurant’s contents after only about a third of the 1,500-plus lots had gone up for bid....

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Charlie Trotter's, Auction Service

    5. Dec 13, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  5. Charlie Trotter pulls the plug on restaurant auction

    Charlie Trotter had most of the contents of his landmark, recently shuttered restaurant up for auction Wednesday, and by the end of the day, he still had most of the contents of his landmark, recently shuttered restaurant.
    Charlie Trotter had most of the contents of his landmark, recently shuttered restaurant up for auction Wednesday, and by the end of the day, he still had most of the contents of his landmark, recently shuttered restaurant. The mercurial chef ended the...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurants, Auction Service

    6. Aug 30, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  6. Charlie Trotter gets ready to hang it up

    Charlie Trotter says he first thought of closing his namesake restaurant after his plane sat on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001.
    Charlie Trotter says he first thought of closing his namesake restaurant after his plane sat on the tarmac at LaGuardia Airport on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. “I realized really how fragile the world is,” he reflects. “I love what...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Hotels, Urban Belly, Avenues

    7. Aug 30, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  7. All the kitchen's a stage: Why Chicago breeds great restaurants and theater companies

    Over the past 25 years or so, two surging art forms have elevated cultural Chicago on the global stage: theater and fine dining. Is this coincidence or correlation?
    Over the past 25 years or so, two surging art forms have elevated cultural Chicago on the global stage: theater and fine dining. Is this coincidence or correlation? I mean no disrespect to dancers, musicians or rockers, nor architects, painters, poets or...

    Tags: Celebrities, Restraint of Trade, Dining and Drinking, Rick Bayless, Lifestyle and Leisure

    8. Jun 21, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  8. Did California learn anything from Chicago's foie gras ban?

    Before Charlie Trotter revealed he had quit serving foie gras and suggested eating the liver of fellow Chicago chef Rick Tramonto, before Ald. Joe Moore proposed that the city ban the sale of the fat livers of force-fed ducks, before the City Council enacted the ban and prompted Mayor Richard M. Daley to declare it "the silliest law that they've ever passed," before two years of foie gras prohibition followed as some Chicago restaurants continued serving the forbidden dish by giving it away or offering it under other names, and before the City Council repealed the ban with almost as little discussion as it had passed it in the first place, there was California.
    Before Charlie Trotter revealed he had quit serving foie gras and suggested eating the liver of fellow Chicago chef Rick Tramonto, before Ald. Joe Moore proposed that the city ban the sale of the fat livers of force-fed ducks, before the City Council...

    Tags: Joseph A. Moore, Dining and Drinking, Science, Lifestyle and Leisure, Activism

    9. Jan 1, 2012 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  9. Charlie Trotter announces restaurant closing in August

    New Year's Eve is a time for drama, but chef Charlie Trotter outdid himself Sunday.
    New Year's Eve is a time for drama, but chef Charlie Trotter outdid himself Sunday. Shortly after midnight, in front of some 100 guests in his eponymous restaurant, Trotter dropped a bomb: At the end of August, after the acclaimed restaurant celebrates...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Rick Bayless, Mindy Segal, James Beard, Frontera Grill

    10. Nov 10, 2011 |Column| Chicago Tribune

  10. Phil Vettel recommends recently reviewed dining spots

    A recap of the restaurants I've reviewed in the last six weeks or so:
    A recap of the restaurants I've reviewed in the last six weeks or so: Telegraph 2601 N. Milwaukee Ave., 773-292-9463. The owners of Webster's Wine Bar and The Bluebird created this Logan Square newcomer, which has a predictably impressive wine list (and...

    Tags: Dining and Drinking, Michael Jordan, Chocolate Cake, Steaks, Vie

    11. Sep 1, 2012 | Chicago Tribune

  11. Weeks in review

    Change of Subject
    A roundup of state and local news-review and weekly political chat shows. Descriptions provided by the broadcast outlets in most cases: Chicago Tonight: The Week in Review (WTTW-Ch. 11) Host Joel Weisman with Tom Corfman, Crain's Chicago Business;...
    12. May 8, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  12. Matt Molina, Wolfgang Puck win James Beard awards

    Daily Dish
    Matt Molina, the executive chef at Mozza and Pizzeria Mozza, was named the best chef in the Pacific region at the 2012 James Beard Foundation restaurant awards. Wolfgang Puck was awarded the lifetime achievement award....
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