Who cares if they don’t tint beer green in Ireland?
I don’t know who first thought of green beer, but in a town that has — despite canceling one — still boasts two other St. Patrick’s Day parades, I shouldn’t have to tell you why green-tinted beer is a Chicago thing, or when and where [...]
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It’s been nearly four years since I first wrote about the sizzling trend of bacon, and presenting — only slightly tongue-in-cheek — my signature recipe for bacon-wrapped bacon. That was just after John Scalzi taped bacon to his cat. Here’s the best deal we’ve found in the Chicago area: Every Wednesday and Thursday night, from March 3 through April 29, Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen in Arlington Heights and Westmont will offer boiled mudbugs, served with potatoes and corn on the cob, for $3.95 per pound. The crawfish dinner deal is for dine-in customers only. “Cruella de Vil, Cruella de Vil, if she doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will….” You no longer need to be embarrassed by your puny hot dog, you can have the biggest wiener at the cookout! Christmas is tamale time. Local food blogger Titus Ruscitti recently put together an excellent round-up of where to get these holiday favorites. The handmade, steamed-in-cornhusks, Mexican masa treats he writes about, though, have little to do with the year-round hot-dog-stand staple most Chicagoans think of as “tamales.” All of us at Dining Chicago wish you a delicious holiday, a Thanksgiving full of joy, good things to eat and turkey carols.
What it is: A small, hard, tart, oval, red berry, Vaccinium macrocarpon, a relative of the blueberry. The early show is already sold out, bubelehs, so sign up quick so you shouldn’t miss the late show: Don Byron: The Music of Mickey Katz at 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Museum of Contemporary Art Theater in Streeterville. Tickets are $20. What it is: Guacamole is a thick, zesty, Mexican paste of avocados, typically mashed with tomatoes, onions, chilies and spices. The stuff is so popular that, according to the people who make up such things, it’s celebrated on two U.S. “national” holidays, Sept. 16 and Nov. 14, and even has its own song: Rhett & Link: [...] |
 
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