Lisa Shames
Writer and Editor at Freelance
Former dining/senior editor at CS magazine, U.S. contributor for So Good pastry magazine
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4 days ago |
chicagomag.com | Lisa Shames
If you cut the veggies too large, the brine won’t penetrate all the way through. Flamm’s rule of thumb: Dice them small enough so you will get a bit of every veggie in each bite. For his Korean-influenced Italian beef, Lim ups the giard’s funky complexity by leaning into kimchi elements, adding Korean finger chiles, ginger, and shishito peppers. “We showcase the fermentation versus the pickle aspect,” he says.
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4 days ago |
chicagomag.com | Lisa Shames
Chicago didn’t invent giardiniera. That was the Italians. What we did was perfect it. If you see a jar of giard made elsewhere, it will consist of big chunks of pickled cauliflower, celery, bell peppers, and carrots in vinegar. This variety came to Chicago in the late 1800s with Italian immigrants. Many of them were from Sicily, where oil was used in addition to the vinegar brine, and our local style evolved from there.
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5 days ago |
chicago.eater.com | Lisa Shames
Since it opened in January 2024, Lincoln Park’s Soloway Coffee has maintained its long lines out the door even more than a year later. Artur and Iryna Yuzvik, the Ukrainian couple behind the stylish corner cafe, aren’t strangers to thoughtfully crafting caffeine-centric concepts and the culture around it. They’ve opened two Karma Coffee cafes in their hometown of Ternopil, Ukraine.
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1 week ago |
chicago.eater.com | Lisa Shames
An unlikely steakhouse will rise from the team behind Diego, the casual mariscos-centric bar in West Town. It wasn’t the restaurant that chef Stephen Sandoval and Oscar Sotelo planned on opening next, but the opportunity proved too good to pass up. Trino is targeted for a late July opening in the West Loop, replacing Japanese restaurant Komo along Randolph Restaurant Row. A new basement bar, a cozy speakeasy-style spot called Laberinto, will complement the restaurant.
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1 week ago |
chicago.suntimes.com | Lisa Shames
It’s 10:30 on a breezy Saturday morning in April and Ravenswood’s Side Practice Coffee is filling up with small groups of twentysomethings and solo customers with laptops. In the corner, a pop-up from a local baker has attracted a small line. Closer to the hour, the vibe starts to change with guys entering the indie coffee shop carefully maneuvering their child-filled strollers down the short flight of stairs.
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