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USDA Allows School Districts To Reject "Pink Slime"

admin — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0000

The USDA will allow school districts to choose meats without “pink slime.” [ more › ]

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USDA Allows School Districts To Reject "Pink Slime"

This Exists: A Reality Show About Wiener’s Circle

Will Guzzardi — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 23:20:00 +0000

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 › ]

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Pencil This In: Wicker Park-Bucktown Mixologist Mash-up

Nicole Campoy-Leffler — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:40:00 +0000

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. [ more › ]

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Chicago Dominates Food and Wine’s Best New Chef: Great Lakes List

AP — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:20:00 +0000

Chicago restaurants received seven of the 10 nominations and some of our best chefs are among the nominees. [ more › ]

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Safeway Hosts Competition To Be Next Corporate Chef

Nicole Campoy-Leffler — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:30:00 +0000

Want to be Safeway’s next chef? All is takes is a killer skillet recipe. [ more › ]

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Weekend Diversion: The Raw Beauty Of Karen Carpenter’s Voice

Jen Sabella — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:00:00 +0000

It doesn’t matter if you are a metalhead. You can’t deny the beauty of Karen Carpenter’s voice. [ more › ]

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Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Residents Dig Out From Severe Tornadoes

Will Guzzardi — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:30:00 +0000

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 › ]

Morning Box Score: Northwestern Squeezes Past Iowa, Blue Demons Top Seton Hall

Jen Sabella — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 15:30:00 +0000

In yesterday’s college games, Northwestern and DePaul were victorious, while Chicago State lost. [ more › ]

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Three Floyds Named World’s Best Brewery By RateBeer.com

Rickhouse — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:20:00 +0000

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 › ]

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Last Minute Plans: Gospel Gossip, Catacombz At The Burlington

Jen Sabella — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:00:00 +0000

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, the brew town’s answer to Cave, stops by on Saturday. [ more › ]

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