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August 2008: Roast Rack of Pork with Summer Salad and Succotash
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Rant: Overly Precious Menus
Too-cute menus annoy us
The Dark Side
The early bird gets the beer. Me, I got a sip.
Saturday was Dark Lord Day, the annual release of Three Floyds‘ Dark Lord, a Russian-style imperial stout that’s earned a cult-like following for its rarity as well as its ability, at 13 percent alcohol, to show casual drinkers the floor. When I visited the brewery in December, our tour guide talked the event up big. People come from Japan, he said. People camp out just to be sure they get their rationed six bottles before the near-mythic brew sells out. Hm, I thought. People travel from Japan to Munster, Indiana, for beer? OK, sure…
Bring Your Own Good Bottle
A handful of smart ideas for our favorite BYOs
Court Reporter
How to navigate a Japanese food court
Chefs on the Grill – Carol Wallack
Carol Wallack reminisces about how a bad beach day changed her life from surfer girl to carrot peeler to restaurant doyenne of Sola. 3868 N. Lincoln Ave. 773-327-3868
Lilly’s Summer Sangria
Fill pitcher with 2 cups chopped fruit (from 1 apple, 1 pear, 1 plum)Fill pitcher halfway with Sparkling ShirazFill rest of pitcher with pomegranate juiceSqueeze fresh lime juice into pitcher, from juice of 2 limesGarnish glass with sliced starfruit
Chefs on the Grill – Sean Eastwood
Sean Eastwood (Isabella’s Estiatorio), who plans to open the ambitious mediterranean Olo this Winter.; 1152 W. Randolf St., 312-733-0573
Bread
Boudin SF settles into a steady breakfast/lunch dinner groove in Lombard
Simpatico with Nigella
Brit cookbook author Nigella Lawson dropped by the Ritz-Carlton yesterday for a spot of tea and conversation. (She was in town promoting her new cookbook, Nigella Express.) She’s an incredibly well-spoken and compelling person to meet in person; in fact, when it’s all said and done, it may be Nigella who’s responsible for getting me out of my pre-winter funk.
The thrust of her remarks: intellect and cooking utensils can go hand in hand. “It doesn’t lower my I.Q. when I bake a cake,” said Lawson, whose first husband died of cancer…