The USDA will allow school districts to choose meats without “pink slime.” [ more › ] Continued here:  USDA Allows School Districts To Reject "Pink Slime"  Read More →

TruTV has made a reality television series based on the foul-mouthed hotdog stand Wiener’s Circle, and apparently it premieres on Tuesday, March 20. [ more › ] View original post here: This Exists: A Reality Show About Wiener’s Circle  Read More →

The Wicker Park-Bucktown Chamber of Commerce is hosting a ” mixologist mash-up ” 6-9 p.m. Thursday at Jackson Junge Gallery ( 1389 N. Milwaukee Ave. ). And here we thought the official drink of Wicker Park was a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon.... 

Chicago restaurants received seven of the 10 nominations and some of our best chefs are among the nominees. [ more › ] Go here to read the rest:  Chicago Dominates Food and Wine’s Best New Chef: Great Lakes List  Read More →

Want to be Safeway’s next chef? All is takes is a killer skillet recipe. [ more › ] The rest is here:  Safeway Hosts Competition To Be Next Corporate Chef  Read More →

It doesn’t matter if you are a metalhead. You can’t deny the beauty of Karen Carpenter’s voice. [ more › ] See the original post: Weekend Diversion: The Raw Beauty Of Karen Carpenter’s Voice  Read More →

          The death tolls from Friday’s severe tornadoes are currently 19 in Kentucky, 14 in Indiana, three in Ohio, and one each in Alabama and Georgia. [ more › ] Read more here:  Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Residents... 

In yesterday’s college games, Northwestern and DePaul were victorious, while Chicago State lost. [ more › ] View original here: Morning Box Score: Northwestern Squeezes Past Iowa, Blue Demons Top Seton Hall  Read More →

This isn’t a surprising development: the Munster-based brewery is held in equally high regard by both fellow brewers and beer geeks, and is routinely at or near the top of the list at both RateBeer and Beer Advocate . [ more › ] The rest is... 

On back-to-back nights, Chicago bar The Burlington will be hosting two different, but equally excellent genre revivalist acts from Minneapolis and Milwaukee, respectively. Gospel Gossip, a dream-pop trio from the City of Lakes, plays tonight, while Catacombz,...