Diver Scallops @ Café des Architectes
@pennypollack: Diver scallops seared to a turn @ Café des Architectes taste pretty fab in a warm citrusy vinaigrette. CAFÉ DES ARCHITECTES: SOFITEL CHICAGO WATER TOWER, 20 E CHESTNUT; 312-324-4083
Year: 2011
Metal Work by Lucy Slivinski
This weekend is the Albany-Carroll Arts Building Open House, and one of the amazing folks with a studio in this building is Lucy Slivinski…
Markéta Irglová Goes Solo with New Album, 'Anar'
ON HER OWN: After singing with The Swell Season and Iron and Wine, the ingénue and co-star of the movie “Once” gets married and records a solo album in Chicago
Singled Out: Balsan's Sunday Supper
A scene from Balsan’s Sunday Supper Six nights a week, Balsan is a standard (noisy, pricey) hotel bar with above-average food; you can get a $15 hamburger or $60 worth of suckling pig. But on the seventh, chef Danny Grant, who also helms four-star sibling Ria, offers Sunday Supper—a lovely, bountiful meal for $29. The … Read more
Pizza, Beignets Join Forces at Jimmy’s Pizza Café
Pizza and beignets? Thousands of local restaurants focus on the former, and a handful have begun serving the latter (Chicago Cut, Big Jones, and The Portage, to name three), but only this unassuming spot offers both. Jimmy Kang, the owner, may be onto something. His beignets, under a cloud of powdered sugar, are light and … Read more
On Stephanie Izard's Cookbook, 'Girl in the Kitchen'
Penny Pollack says Izard’s cookbook should make anyone comfortable in the kitchen.
Chicago Researchers Discover Benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy
TURN BACK THE CLOCK: With area docs studying the treatment’s benefits for older women and men, youth may no longer be wasted only on the young
Jens Jensen, Daniel Burnham, and Chicago Parks the Way They Should Have Been
A plea for more parks; the historical and political reasons why the West Side is a park desert; why Daniel Burnham is overrated; and a brilliant plan for dock, alley, and railyard parks. Plus: an unsung hero of Chicago landscape design.
Top Designers Give Color Suggestions for the Bedroom
BEDROOM BLISS: We asked three designers to show us how to create a dreamy bedroom around a well-chosen hue…
Chicago magazine's November Issue: Best Breakfasts
Story highlights from the November 2011 issue of Chicago magazine.