Quick Bites
By Chuck Sudo in Food on Dec 3, 2009 7:20PM
- Congratulations to Ryan Poli of Perennial (pictured). His black truffle gnocchi made Food & Wine's list of ten great dishes under $12. [Food & Wine]
- Good Luck to 12-year-old Mike Smyth of New Lenox. He's in Denver today showing off his bacon hot popper burger for a panel of judges including Food Network's Robin Miller as one of the finalists for Red Robin's National Kid's Cookoff. Vote for Smyth here. [Southtown Star/Sun-Times, Inbox]
- We're sure if Ruth Reichl had to define Chicago street food, the adjectives she might use are "endangered" and "limited." [Mother Jones]
- Michael Nagrant's review of DMK Burger Bar contains more pop culture references than a Bill Simmons column. Or maybe he's just horny and projecting. [New City]
- Check out Joanna Miller's 10 kitchen basics for under $25. [The Kitchn]
- Bridget Houlihan and Tammy Green visit Randy Zweiban's Province. [Chicago Bites]
- Speaking of DMK, it, Kuma's, XOCO, Great Lake and Big Star are included in Peter Meehan's article on Chicago's "Culinary Middle Ground." [NYT]
- Intelligentsia's Monadnock Building location is selling a portable espresso device called a Mypressi TWIST for $160. [Drive-Thru]
- Phil Vettel has high praise for the cooking of Andrew Zimmerman at Sepia. [Tribune]