This Week In Chicago Food Porn

By Melissa McEwen in Food on Dec 15, 2014 5:00PM

Go big time tonight with the Arroz Gordo. Why? Because we love you! @ Fat Rice

Bang Bang French Onion Soup w: Biscuit Crouton Back On The Menu Today! ‪#‎getyousome‬ @ Bang Bang

Eggnog Cream With Peppermint Crunch! Available All Month At Our Chicago French Market Location & On Our Truck! @ Beaver's Donuts

Late night fuel, right here. Billy's Tartare keeps you going! @ Billy Sunday

You know how they say everything tastes better with butter? Well that applies to cocktails too. If you don't believe us, come in and try our new Cold Buttered Rum for yourself. @ Blackbird

Today's gift to yourself: Peppermint Whoopie Pie. @ Cup and Spoon

Smoked pork shoulder @ Elizabeth Restaurant

Of the many different ways to celebrate 2014, and welcome 2015, enjoying an elegant evening with great food, wine and conversation has to be at the top of the list...Chef Thai is putting together a phenomenal meal that is fit for this once-a-year occasion, and will be a truly memorable experience! Here, he taste-tests his tender, moist, flavourful salt-crusted berkshire pork on a lucky guest! Its going to be the best #newyearsevedinner ever! @ Embeya

The new and improved #hotham sandwich is on the menu for only $4, featuring Smoking Goose city ham, white cheddar, and our housemade redeye mustard. Get em while they last. @ Gaslight Coffee Roasters

#PaprikaPistachio, another #NuttyIndulgence, features hungarian and smoked sweet Spanish paprika and crumbles of chopped pistachio. Pistachio’s distinctive flavor and long-lasting taste make this a perfect finish to our truffle flight! @ Mindful Indulgences

Friday brunch courtesy of H. Forman & Son, the oldest smokers in the biz. @ The Nosh

Rhine Hall Plum Brandy is made from fresh Michigan plums at Rhine Hall, all chopped, fermented, & distilled on site. @ Rhine Hall

POP UP RAMEN NIGHTS WITH MIKE SHEERIN. LETS DO THIS! @ TÊTE Charcuterie

Barrel aged Italian blue, Muffato. Til 1am. @ Rootstock

December Dark Matter Coffee Pourover + Pastry Pairing - Holiday Cake Donut, marinated dried fruit, rum + wine glaze @ Trencherman

We have cake and wine, and cake ... because, December. @ Vera

Here's the food porn that makes us want to venture out into the December dreariness. Fat Rice's namesake dish, cheesy French Onion soup at Bang Bang, and holiday treats like egg nog donuts from Beavers Donuts made this week's list of our favorite food porn.

Images from: Fat Rice, Bang Bang Pie Shop & Biscuits, Beavers Donuts, Billy Sunday, Blackbird, Cup and Spoon, Elizabeth Restaurant, Embeya, Gaslight, Mindful Indulgences,The Nosh, Rhine Hall, Birrieria Zaragoza, TÊTE Charcuterie (the Ramen night is Monday, December 22 starting at 6 p.m.), Rootstock, Trencherman, Vera

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