If you're a fan of Paul Kahan or The Publican, you'll want to grab tickets for this dinner right away. Farm dinners are wonderful, but when you add up the transportation, booze, food and tours they often top $200/person, a price tag we can rarely justify. This event, which pairs Slagel Family Farm with one of Chicago's favorite restaurants, is only $95/person. What does that include? more ›

"I know it's pretty unbearable outside, but would you like to put on the beekeeper suit before we hit the roof?" Myk Banas, Executive Chef of the Marriott Chicago asked as we wound our way trough the service staircases. more ›

The Chicagoist food and drink team finds butchering pretty damn fascinating and it's a long range goal here to eventually match knives with Rob Levitt of mado. The self-taught butcher's frequent classes at his Wicker Park restaurant are highly anticipated and frequently are packed. more ›

When we took our trek with City Provisions to River Valley Mushroom Ranch for a farm dinner last summer, owner Cleetus Friedman was eager to show us the plans for a modest deli he had planned for his space. more ›

(Ed. Note: This post contains photographs that some readers may consider graphic. However, given the interest in snout-to-tail dining, as well as the educational subject of this post's content, it is our opinion that the photographs are essential component to the story. - C. Sudo) more ›

Much has been written here and elsewhere about how mado chef Rob Levitt uses every inch of the pigs, lambs and other meat he orders from his vendors.Levitt has said on many occasions that he considers it a near-sacred pact to use all the meat, as well as an economically sensible decision. His butchering skills are talked about almost as much as his cooking. more ›

We were explaining the guanciale experiment and process in making it Saturday night to Benjy's lovely wife Ella. Mrs. Lipsman asked all the pertinent questions about making one's own charcuterie, most important among them, "What if you get food poisoning?" more ›