Living in Chicago, there are a few restaurants that are considered a “must try.” Avec is certainly one of these. Sitting next to Blackbird, one of its sister restaurants, the cedar interior draws a passerby in almost like a vortex – everything running clean horizontally from two feet beyond the front storefront to the sharp [...]
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Avec
Posted in American, European, French, Restaurants - Chicago, tagged Chicago, Chorizo, Dates, French, Modern, Octopus, Prosciutto, Restaurant, Spanish, Summer on June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Schlenkerla Rauchbier
Posted in Beverage, European, tagged Beer on March 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Schlenkerla Rauchbier is something they call a “smoked” beer. Brewed in Bamberg, Germany, in a 700 year-old cellar, this beer is truly like no other beer I’ve ever tasted. I won’t go as far as to say it tastes like bacon – but it certainly does taste smoked. In the brewing process, the malt is kiln-dried [...]
Pierogis
Posted in European, Home made, tagged Pierogis, Polish, Potato, Winter on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Polish Food. The confluence of ages of poverty, repression, hard work, cold weather, and economy of means. Not much could be cultivated besides cabbage and potatoes…so why not make the best damned cabbage and potato recipes in the entire world? That’s just what the Polish did. Pierogis are all the gooey, starchy goodness of carbohydrates, wrapped [...]
