The Sun-Times’ food section is enjoyable but short this week, although it seems like they’re spreading their articles throughout the days. The Tribune, on the other hand, is typically rich.
• Top Chef Season 4/Chicago begins tonight on Bravo at 9pm [Tribune]
• And you want Stephanie Izard to win, right? It’s okay if you don’t [Tribune]
• You, too, can sort of be on TV, with the Hearty Boys’ TV Cooking 101 [Tribune]
• The Nicotini - tobacco infused martini - a great way to mix drugs & alcohol [Sun-Times]
• Strozzapreti, an irregular rolled tube pasta, translates to “priest strangler”! [Tribune]
• See, not all kids are married to breaded chicken fingers! [Sun-Times]
• Yet another piece on absinthe, but well-researched and informative [Tribune]
• Chicagoan participating in Paris bake-off not sponsored by Food Network [Sun-Times]
• Three ways wine can go bad, and what to do about it (not much) [Tribune]
• “My Gourmet Kitchen,” a meal assembly location, opens in Bucktown [Tribune]
• For the next week, everything you eat must contain green food coloring [Tribune]
• Maurice Lenell factory and store closure the saddest thing we’ve ever heard [Sun-Times]
[Photo: old-fashioned nicotini, thepiratehat/flickr]
