Quick Bites
- Leading off this week: Beer Can Chicken — Vietnamese-style. [Mike Sula on Twitter]
- The 40 most unhealthy salads. [The Daily Beast]
- Aldino's closes after four months in Little Italy. Owner Dean Zanella chalks it up to "right concept in the wrong neighborhood." [Dolinsky/Vocalo]
- Tom Colicchio on supporting school lunch reform via the Improving Nutrition for America's Children Act. [Eatocracy/CNN]
- Of course, this led to some predictable "screw the hungry kids" comments. [Eatocracy/CNN]
- Genesis Growers, an organic farm we've profiled on Chicagoist before, was hit by a tornado recently and now they need help weeding. Interested folks can meet up at Southport Grocery 8 a.m. Saturday. It'll only be a half day of your time. [Slow Food Chicago/Inbox]
- Soft shell crawfish, andouille stuffed chicken, etouffee and absinthe bubbles from Phillip foss. [The Pickled Tongue]
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