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The problem with restaurant reviews

The big girl shot

Hammered blonde: “It’sh my BIRTHDAY! I’m 24!!! Whooooooooooooo!. We want SHOTS! I want . . . I want . . . . I dunno what I want. What should we get? I want something that’sh, you know … for a 24-year-old! (Aside to friends: Whooooooooo!) Something hard-core. HARD-CORE. Like, a Jager Bomb. No — no Jager … Continued

Christmas for stray cats

1. Saffron-celery root soup a la Wilcox, topped with Greek yogurt and parsley. 2. Turkish salad foraged from Stanley’s. Mixed greens, spinach, peppers, cherry tomatoes, goat cheese, olives, balsamic. 3. Day-old bread de Logan Square 4. 2007 Domaine Frissant-Touraine Sauvignon Blanc, two bottles 5. Mashed sweet potatoes with molasses, jalapenos, and cumin. Ancient Kendrick family … Continued

Goat gets my. . . goat

TOC’s David Tamarkin  picks goat meat as the go-to protein of 2009. I would just like to gently point out that I totally called this a MONTH ago. Jeez . . . <grumble mumble> . .  no respect.

Get on the bus *

We’re goin’ to DC.   *Actually, I think the bus is sold out at this point. But if you’re headed to DC anyways, this is gonna be one perfect storm of a party. Tickets are going fast; you can get ’em online at the Black Cat site or at the bar (cash only, but, hey, … Continued

Hard times on Howard Street . . . and everywhere else

Passing this on from a friend: The Howard Area Community Center emergency food pantry is in desperate need of donations. According to the web site, requests for food assistance have tripled this winter, which is on par with reports from all over. And, of course, funding has simultaneously been cut. Any donations are welcome (see … Continued

Speaking of cheese

Picked up some luscious cheese p*rn yesterday in the form of the inaugural issue of “culture: the word on cheese.” And, I swear, I read it for the articles! It’s a glossy, slickly designed quarterly full of big color closeups of cheeses in intimate moments, split open and ready to be ravaged, but (and I’ll … Continued

The problem with restaurant reviews

Earlier this fall, thanks to a conflict of interest on Mike’s part, I snared the plum assignment of writing up Paul Kahan’s latest, the Publican, for the Reader. The review came out last week, and given the ridiculous amount of buzz the place has generated I was grateful to be given more than a month to … Continued