Chicago Magazine

Chicago is a monthly publication produced by Tribune Publishing. It focuses on lifestyle topics and human interest stories, along with reviews of restaurants, travel, fashion, and theater in and around Chicago. In 2004, it had a circulation of 165,000, surpassing that of People magazine in its market. That same year, Chicago won the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. It is also a member of the City and Regional Magazine Association (CRMA).

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The Giard Whisperers

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.
All Hail Giardiniera!

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.
Ep. 3: Why We Love Giardiniera

4 days ago | chicagomag.com | Sarah Steimer

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Read the transcript below. Amy Cavanaugh: Welcome to Dish From Chicago Magazine. I’m Amy Cavanaugh, Chicago magazine’s dining editor. John Kessler: And I’m John Kessler, Chicago magazine’s dining critic. Cavanaugh: Today we’re talking all things giardiniera, which we cover in depth in our new June-July issue. We have a recipe from Monteverde chef Sarah Grueneberg.
Architect-Designed Modernist Gems for Sale

5 days ago | chicagomag.com | Rachel Freundt

Architect-Designed Modernist Gems for Sale The architects who designed the homes in this roundup played a significant role in the development of the modernist architectural style that brings the outside in. The Chicago area, along with neighboring Northern Indiana and Southwest Michigan, is home to many remarkable architect-designed modernist residential designs.
Three Garden Centers Worth the Drive

1 week ago | chicagomag.com | Kelly Aiglon

The Fields on Caton FarmRoots It sprouted from a 1940s family farm. Landscape Five acres of Cotswolds-style grounds beckon. Pack a picnic. Picks Level up from plastic hanging baskets with dangling metal containers arranged by pros. Woldhuis Farms Sunrise GreenhouseRoots Original owner Herman Woldhuis started as a grower of veggies for Campbell’s Soup. Landscape Nine acres under one roof? No wonder each shopping cart has a map affixed.
New Outfit, New You

1 week ago | chicagomag.com | Edward McClelland

June Brownell sweeps aside the curtain of the dressing room at New to You, a Rogers Park thrift shop, and steps out wearing a flowered skirt, a green top, and a sun hat. It isn’t just a new outfit for Brownell; it was a new identity. Brownell is beginning the process of transitioning from male to female, and this is her first foray into dressing like a woman.
Giant Gets Playful in Its Test Kitchen

1 week ago | chicagomag.com | Amy Cavanaugh

Jason Vincent, chef-owner of giant, is the first to admit that his restaurant was not firing on all cylinders coming out of the pandemic. “We were declining in sales, I wasn’t checking the food, the screws were coming loose,” he says. That changed this February, when the team started kicking around the idea of a test kitchen. On a rotating basis each night, the restaurant now adds four dishes, priced a bit lower, to its regular menu to showcase new things being tried out.
Requiem for the Montrose Beavers

1 week ago | chicagomag.com | Robert Loerzel

First I saw the tooth marks. Walking at the Montrose Beach Dunes one morning in November 2020, I noticed some tree stumps clustered along the edge of Lake Michigan. A foot or so above the muddy sand, each came to a rough-hewed point, like the end of a pencil sharpened with a knife. Inch-square wood chips were scattered nearby. Surely, I thought, this must be the work of beavers.
Five Historic Chicago Condos for Sale

1 week ago | chicagomag.com | Rachel Freundt

Five Historic Chicago Condos for Sale Not into trendy open-plan concepts? These classic layouts are calling your name. Sometimes I feel like it’s becoming harder to find a classic apartment layout in Chicago; a property that has not been remodeled into an open-concept design that’s stripped of all character.
Chicago’s ’90s Poetry Scene Shaped Illinois’ Laureate

2 weeks ago | chicagomag.com | Edward McClelland |Sarah Steimer

Mark Turcotte, the newly named poet laureate of Illinois, arrived in Chicago by accident. In 1992, Turcotte’s estranged father died in North Dakota. Father and son hadn’t had a relationship since Turcotte was a child.