Leah Zeldes
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New Orleans-style Gumbo A Go-GoNov 02, 2021 3:51 pm - I don't know why it is that Cajun and Creole food so rarely translates well outside of Louisiana. Is it like San Francisco sourdough bread -- it needs something in the a...
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Chef remains true to his Sicilian rootsNov 02, 2021 3:35 pm - The Campanellas' story is the story of the American Dream. "If you can't make it here, you can't make it anywhere," says Phil Campanella, whose family emigrated from Ita...
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Do the Mardi Gras polka?!Nov 02, 2021 2:50 pm - Mardi Gras parties in the Chicago area don't always ring with shouts of "laissez les bon temps rouler!" While the good times certainly might roll, partiers are just as l...
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Bowl Square promotes Korean cuisine to a wider audienceNov 02, 2021 2:55 pm - If you're looking for tastier, healthier alternatives to fast-food burgers and fries, you can't do much better than Bowl Square. Everything costs less than $10 at this l...
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Chef's creative juices flow at steakhouseNov 02, 2021 12:51 pm - Another man's name is over the door and 80 percent of his customers order a steak, but that doesn't faze Rick Gresh, recently appointed executive chef at David Burke's P...
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Barbecue amid a sci-fi schemeNov 02, 2021 12:00 pm - Opened last spring in the newly renovated atrium of the Hyatt Regency O'Hare, O'H American Grill looks like something out of a science-fiction movie. An illuminated glas...
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Family influenced his love of cookingNov 02, 2021 11:46 am - A childhood in the coastal city of Lima, Peru, ideally prepared chef Carlos Farias for a career concentrating on seafood. A 2000 graduate of the Le Cordon Bleu culinary ...
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Former Le Francais chef lands successfully at brasserieNov 02, 2021 11:03 am - The chef is Roland Liccioni, a culinary wizard whom suburbanites will know from his two stints at Wheeling's sadly missed Le Francais. The proprietor is the genial Bob D...
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Rib ticklersNov 02, 2021 9:00 am - Diners who've mourned the lack of a go-to barbecue spot in Lake County since American Smokehouse closed five years ago might want to head to Long Grove, where two local ...
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Jazz on the Square hits right notesNov 02, 2021 9:00 am - It's a chilly Thursday night in Woodstock, but Pirro's Ristorante on Woodstock Square is packed. The crowd ranges from groups of women to families to 20-something dating...