Ahmed Akbar

3 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Ahmed Akbar

This season at Wrigley Field, hospitality group Levy and the Chicago Cubs will debut a rotating menu that pays tribute to the city and some of their baseball rivals, with new signature items including a doughnut in the shape of a baseball. When the Cubs play their first home game of the season on April 4 against the San Diego Padres, one of the debut items will be a roast beef jibarito sandwich.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ahmed Akbar

This season at Wrigley Field, hospitality group Levy and the Chicago Cubs will debut a rotating menu that pays tribute to the city and some of their baseball rivals, with new signature items including a doughnut in the shape of a baseball. When the Cubs play their first home game of the season on April 4 against the San Diego Padres, one of the debut items will be a roast beef jibarito sandwich.

3 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Ahmed Akbar

What is sharpness really? What constitutes a cutting knife’s edge? Is there such a thing as the “best knife?” Questions of metallurgical metaphysics come up easily in conversation with the knife lovers at Northside Cutlery, a kitchen supply and sharpening shop in the North Center neighborhood founded by former chef Kevin Silverman.

4 weeks ago | chicagotribune.com | Ahmed Akbar |Zareen Syed

It’s been more than two years since we’ve held the Critic’s Choice Food Awards. A lot has changed since then. But not as much as five years ago when we wanted to recognize a different kind of winner with a new award — Person of the Year: The essential hospitality worker. That wish hasn’t waned. Recognition is meaningful, to you and our recipients. We saw its emotional impact with our recent Readers’ Choice Awards.

1 month ago | timesdaily.com | Ahmed Akbar

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