When I worked at the Reader it was often hard to find time to go to the grocery store, and in summer I envied my friends their leisurely trips to the weekday farmers’ markets and their hefty Angelic Organics boxes bursting with CSA bounty. Envied, that was, until Vera Videnovich stepped up to the plate. … Continued
Earlier today Hugh Amano — until recently executive sous chef at Uncommon Ground — shot me a link to his new blog, the engaging, self-explanatory, and very of-the-moment, Food on the Dole. Needless to say I signed him up to make soup.
Two home brewers and staffers at West Lakeview Liquors are off on my kind of sabbatical: a six-week internship at De Struise Brouwers, brewers of fine Belgian beer. In Belgium. They’re documenting the whole thing on the new Buckets to Barrels blog. It may not be Jamaica, but I can think of a lot worse ways … Continued
A few weeks ago I spent two hours wandering around an empty, unheated building with Handlebar owner Josh Deth. Luckily, he brought beer to stave off the chill. My article about his new venture, Revolution Brewing Company is in this week’s Reader.
Mike Gebert’s latest Sky Full of Bacon podcast explores the rising popularity of urban foraging. Check it out to hear chef Art Jackson and artist-gardener extraordinaire Nance Klehm discuss the food to be found beneath your feet–and to remember what the city looked like in September, before that bacon sky turned mud-grey and the streets filled up with … Continued
Behold–herewith one of the “new initiatives” referred to in the previous post. Cross-posting here for the sake of market saturation; in the future all soup-related posts will remain quarantined on the shiny new Soup and Bread blog. Soup and Bread Wednesdays* through April 1 5-8 PM at the Hideout 1354 W. Wabansia Cold? Hungry? Sad and lonely? We … Continued
It has come to our attention here at Martha Bayne, Inc., that our online brand identity may be a little muddy. After all, the name of the blog is not “WashingtonIslandsummer.com.” Nor is it “Links to my restaurant reviews,” “Half-baked thoughts on food politics,” “Chicago media death watch,” or “Funny things drunks say.” It’s “Martha Bayne.” What … Continued