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Brian Patrick Snyder

November 27, 2009

Eric Ripert Thinks L2O's Grilled Kindai Toro is Just Dreamy


Grilled Kindai toro with apple, lime, olive, and miso at L2O.

Each week on the Food Chain, we ask a chef to describe a dish he or she recently enjoyed. The chef who prepared the dish responds…

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November 25, 2009

Secret's Out: Kith and Kin Opens in Lincoln Park

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David Carrier opens Kith and Kin in the old La Canasta in Lincoln Park in December. (Photo: David Carrier)


Lincoln Park Mexican joint La Canasta quietly closed a few weeks ago and in its…

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Four bourbons for Thanksgiving (five, if you count Wild Turkey)

248x600eatthefeedturkeyhIn this week’s magazine we list several bars that are open on Thanksgiving evening, and illustrate that list with a bottle of Wild Turkey. What else could we have possibly used as an…

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October 25, 2009

Odds & Sons: Here We Go Again Edition

This is not what you had planned. If you had told me before the season that Notre Dame would hold Boston College to 70 yards rushing and would force five BC turnovers, I would have wanted to know…

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Would You Eat This Lobster?

From Serious Eats: New York

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[Photo: Bloomberg]

Would you eat an animal that’s seven decades old?

I’ve never given much consideration to the age of an animal that ends up on my plate….

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