Are you a Chicago purist? Or a "live and let live" eater? If you're the former, you're going to be annoyed with Kevin Pang, food writer for the Chicago Tribune. Pang has been teasing the twitter-sphere, saying that this week's article would create more mail than anything else written in the Tribune food section. When he said that, we expected something of consequence, like poisoning, or industrial animal abuse perhaps. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised - the story is about ketchup on hot dogs. more ›

The Trib digs deer. Eating them that is… Crack foodie reporter Monica Eng ran a pair of stories this week extolling the virtues of venison from standpoints of both a taste and sustainability. Gone are complaints about gaminess as locavores turn their attention to deer as a responsible eating option. After all, plenty of suburbanites have them eating hydrangeas in their back yards---culling would really cut your food miles! more ›

With the city's food media and assorted foochebaggery on pins and needles for next week's release of the Chicago Michelin Guide, the Tribune's "Chicago Live" series at the Chicago Theatre, produced in conjunction with the Second City, will focus on all things food in next week's installment. more ›

Kevin Pang can now take "award-eligible writer for the Tribune" off his title. The newly minted "Cheap Eater" columnist for the World's Smallest Broadsheet won a James Beard Award last night for his work on "The Cheeseburger Show." more ›

Sky Full of Bacon 11: A Better Fish from Michael Gebert on Vimeo.
• Mike Gebert visits Carl Galvan and Supreme Lobster Company, one of the country's largest fish purveyors, about the volume of seafood they sell while maintaining sustainable pracitces. [Sky Full of Bacon]
• Phil Vettel and the Trib's resident "Mayor McCheese" Kevin Pang debate pizza pie slices versus the familiar square party cut. Sorry, Kevin: we're siding with Phil on this one. [Tribune]
• Jennifer Olvera gets canning tips from Paul Virant. [Sun-Times]

Yesterday's episode of "The Cheeseburger Show" ended with Kevin Pang challenging Graham Elliot Bowles to place his indelible stamp on the cheeseburger. The result was something that could easily have been the product of a three-year-old's imagination, if that toddler had the kitchen skills of Bowles. more ›

The Tribune Company is going all out to promote Kevin Pang's "The Cheeseburger Show." And the show is charming, btw, with the first episode visiting Top Notch Beefburger. Pang does know his classics. He's hosting a Tweetup Friday. Sorry, an "old-fashioned Tweetup" (that's so last autumn) where they're buying you cheeseburgers from 8-10 p.m. more ›

Tribune reporter, stuntman of local food writers, expert on fish tacos and "cheeseburger bureau chief" Kevin Pang posted a preview of his new project chronicling where to get the best cheeseburgers in town. "The Cheeseburger Show," debuting April 16, will air six times a week on CLTV, in HD online at the not-yet-launched www.cheeseburgershow.com, and be available as a download at iTunes. Pang also said that the program may also air as a segment on WGN News. more ›

"But Mr. Daley and the alderfolk look like a combination of Milton Friedman and Warren Buffett, compared with the fiscal circus in Springfield." — Greg Hinz more ›

Tribune reporter Kevin Pang continues his culinary tour of Beijing by cleansing his palate of any residual penis with some Peking duck straight from the source. more ›

The Trib's Kevin Pang and LA Times's Bill Plaschke decide the best way to bridge cultural divides between America and China is to eat some penis. more ›

Before we go to the listings, we want to bid farewell to the Tribune's Kevin Pang, who's heading over to the Tempo section. But he leaves the food beat with a profile of Peter Engler, the city's foremost expert on mother-in-law sandwiches, street food and other south side cheap eats. Shaw's Crab House concludes this year's edition of their "Royster with the Oyster" festival with their annual tent party at their Hubbard Street location tonight.... more ›

So we’ve been watching the baja fish taco revolution with a wary eye. Thanks to the Tribune's Kevin Pang we even have the bracelet, which makes for a great conversation piece for people with their minds in the gutter. The other night we were hungry for some tacos and thought that some fish tacos would be a fitting meal. However, rather than go out to Carbón and buy them, we decided to make them at... more ›

Mention fish tacos to people and chances are that they either give you the gas face and say “Eewww!”, or repeat the term and giggle. Simply typing those words conjures in our mind innuendo-laced memories of our Uncle Stu holding his index and middle fingers to his mouth, flicking his tongue between them and talking about how he loved "eating fish on Friday at the 'Y'." Today’s Tribune, however, is all about fish tacos. Kevin... more ›

- "Fast Eddie's Last Race:" Vrdolyak pleads not guilty to bribery charges. - More goodness from Tony Rezko. - Rudy Giuliani's teenage daughter is an Obama girl. - The art of the deal: Mayor Daley reaches labor peace, brokering a 10-year deal with city trade unions that may help attract the 2016 Summer Olympics. - Don't get used to it: Steve Stone fills in for Darrin Jackson (who's in Arizona waiting for his wife... more ›

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Do you wear your best clothes to work in the yard? Did your Mom put your “A” papers on the bottom of the refrigerator door? No, of course not. So why did the Chicago Tribune bury a great feature piece on Jeff Buckley on Friday when most folks were hitting the stores or the Tums? more ›