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Ted Land
Ted Land joined the WSBT news team in August, 2012. He came to Michiana from Alaska where he worked as a reporter at KTUU, an NBC station owned by Schurz Communications Inc., the parent company of WSBT. During his four years in America’s “...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Sarah Palin, Twitter, Inc., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Stephanie Izard: America's sweet tart
Five years ago, I wrote that chef Stephanie Izard had "a fanaticism for balance that a Wallenda might envy."
Two years ago, after Izard had emerged victorious in the fourth season of "Top Chef," I joked that she should get out of the restaurant business,...Tags: Stephanie Izard, New Year's Day, Boka, Lifestyle and Leisure, Oysters
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Talk about your flying fish
One unexpected benefit of enhanced airport security is that airport dining options have never been better. The arrive-early dictum (to allow for screening delays) has resulted in airports full of travelers with time on their hands and the sure knowledge...Tags: Gold Coast, Asparagus, Radishes, St. Patrick's Day, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Creativity trumps authenticity
What started off 17 months ago as a modest banh mi stand inside the West Loop's French Market has become one of the city's most interesting Vietnamese restaurants. Saigon Sisters may have been born from a sandwich shop (which still operates in the French...Tags: Papayas, Lifestyle and Leisure, Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Salads, Coconut
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No need to fish for compliments
Eventually, the restaurant team of Kevin Boehm and Rob Katz will open a restaurant that fails to live up to expectations. Mostly because expectations for this everything-touched-turns-golden duo keep rising.
How can they not? From Boka to Girl & the Goat...Tags: Boka, Lifestyle and Leisure, Salads, Perennial Virant, Dining and Drinking
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C'est la Vie?
The fact that chef Paul Virant and I share the same monogram shouldn't confuse anybody, although years back the chef sent me a letter he received from some luckless job applicant who, instead of writing "Paul Virant" in the salutation, used my name...Tags: Stephanie Izard, Vie, Phil Vettel, Lifestyle and Leisure, Tavernita
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Journey to center of a time warp
Trotting out familiar flavors in unexpected guises is almost de rigueur among serious young chefs these days, but few can match the wit and imagination on display at Trenchermen, a not-quite-3-month-old restaurant in Wicker Park. Savory seasonings...
Tags: Michelin Group, Lifestyle and Leisure, Matzoh, Dining and Drinking, Chicago Tribune Columnists
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Saturday's matchup: Crew at Fire
TV/radio: 7:30 p.m. Saturday; CLTV (11 p.m. tape), WLEY-FM 107.9. Series: Fire 22-12-13. Last meeting: The Fire beat the Crew 2-1 on Sept. 22, 2012 at Toyota Park. Probable goaltenders: Fire, Sean Johnson (1-3-1) 1.60 gaa; Crew, Andy Gruenebaum (2-...
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Bank windows open a bit wider for home equity loans
The Hartford CourantUsing your home as an ATM no longer is a financial option, but the tools that allowed owners to pull out massive amounts of money during the boom years — equity credit lines and second mortgages — are making a comeback. Banking and credit...Tags: Homes, Economy, Business and Finance, Prices, Property, Banking
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Feeding memories
This time, Next is selling memories. "Childhood," the latest menu from Next, Grant Achatz and Nick Kokonas' shape-shifting restaurant, is a Proustian food journey that, although based on Achatz's and executive chef Dave Beran's childhoods, is designed...Tags: Macaroni and Cheese, Marketing, Lifestyle and Leisure, Manhattan (New York City), Salads
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Restaurants to visit for Chicago Chef Week
Another month, another week of discounted dining. In January we had Chicago Restaurant Week; starting Sunday, and running through March 22, we have Chicago Chef Week, which will feature 75 restaurants offering three-course lunches for $22 and three-course...Tags: Belly Shack, Avec, Lifestyle and Leisure, Salads, Tavernita
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Four stars for Charlie Trotter's
Two weeks ago, Charlie Trotter began his 25th year of business, a superlative achievement by any reckoning. He has won every culinary award worth pursuing, his restaurant continues to hum with business, and he's more or less a newlywed, having married...Tags: Human Interest, Michelin Group, Grant Achatz, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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