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The Pilot Group, the force behind the Thrillist and Daily Candy newsletters, has named former Starchefs features editor Heather Sperling as editor of its Chicago newsletter, which is set to launch on July 6. Sperling's bylines have appeared in Plate and Michigan Avenue magazines, and The Atlantic Food Channel. New Yorker readers familiar with the in-depth piece on Grant Achatz and his battle with Stage IV tongue cancer may also recognize Sperling as Achatz's girlfriend. (Achatz also has a blog on the Atlantic Food Channel). As to any conflict of interest, CEO Geoff Bartakovics told us via email, "...our EIC, Nick (Fauchald), has a specific understanding with Heather: she will neither promote Grant's restaurants or work, nor ignore his existence (ignoring a top chef would be as disingenuous as shilling for him). Of course, Grant does not need Tasting Table to promote his already incredible career. Since Tasting Table is really about selection -- not blanket coverage -- I don't foresee any problems."

When we placed the call for new food and drink writers last month, we had an idea of what we were looking for. Then real life interceded. Some candidates dropped out of the running. Those that remained made their case, the quality of writing so good we felt bad having to cut someone. Then we envisioned some candidates in roles we didn't expect, and someone wrote us with an offer we couldn't refuse. When the...

Platteville, WI is planning a Chicago Bears training-camp museum. Thanks to a $200,000 grant from the NFL Grassroots field program, the grass football field at Lane Tech will be replaced with a synthetic playing service. People are loving this idea: For $150 you can get a customized South Side Irish St. Patrick's day parade street banner. They're green and have shamrocks and white lettering and you can put family names and memorial tributes on...

Chicagoist always checks e-mail first thing in the morning. To us, email is the new teeth-brushing — something you have to do before you can move on to other parts of the day. Part of this morning ritual is seeing the Daily Candy e-mail in our inbox, trying to glean what it is about (please not another overpriced Bucktown boutique) and then promptly skipping over it. But today, we were intrigued, as the subject like...

Daily Candy pointed us to Hopstop.com's new Chicago site today, and the prospect of a new online system to plan our public transportation routes had us very excited indeed. Sure, the CTA’s Trip Planner has helped us find our way on occasion, but we don’t always get the most direct route and we often fare better by analyzing the system map ourselves.

Back in third grade, Chicagoist constructed a moving, baseball-themed diorama with a ball that actually sailed over a distant (all the way on the other side of the shoe box) outfield fence and an accompanying audio track. Mean Mrs. Morris gave it a "B," and Chicagoist cried in front of the whole class.

Just a reminder: DailyCandy is now available for Chicago. The first issue profiles JB's Deli, which is hidden inside Gordono's Pharmacy on North Clark Street at West Catalpa Avenue. JB's serves up New York, kosher-style deli food, such as corned beef, lox, and New York style bagels, which are flown in from New York every day. Chicagoist could really go for a good NY-style bagel right about now.

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