What it is: After shamrocks and leprechauns, the most distinctive icon of Ireland in the world may be a glass of Guinness stout, a rich, dark beer made with roasted, malted barley and hops, topped with a creamy white head.
Where it comes from: Guinness dates to 1759, when Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease [...]
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We have upped the ante in our Top Chef Masters contest. With a clash of cymbals and the bang of drums and firecrackers, as well as traditional dragon parades and lion dances, the Asian New Year will explode into the Chicago area on Sunday, Feb. 14, with a variety of events at restaurants and around town. Graham E. Bowles Today is Triple Points Day at Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises! Members the restaurant group’s Frequent Diners program will threefold points toward future meals if they dine at participating restaurants today. Chef John Coletta of River North’s Quartino has a new cookbook out, “250 True Italian Pasta Dishes: Easy and Authentic Recipes.” The recipes are wide ranging, and in fact, the book offers much more than pastas, and even he admits that the recipes aren’t all “true Italian” (although most of them are), but they [...] Feed your hangover and get a little of the hair of the dog that bit you at New Year’s Day brunch. 33 Club, Old Town, noon to 4 p.m. Dunlays on the Square, Logan [...] If you’ve been putting off making New Year’s Eve plans because funds are short, don’t worry. You don’t have to spend a fortune to celebrate the end of 2009. Although, sadly, big municipal celebrations have fallen victim to the economy this year, there are still plenty of low-cost options for Dec. 31. Here are 21 [...] You don’t have to eat Chinese food on Christmas. In the middle of a recession, Chicago restaurants experienced an astonishing upswing. The Trib called Chicago in 2008 a “chef magnet.” Travel + Leisure listed L2O, Perennial, The Publican and UrbanBelly in their “50 Best New American Restaurants.” |
 
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