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Year: 2009
Singled Out: Rare Bird Preserves
Oak Park’s Elizabeth Madden updates classic French methods of making preserves with novel flavor combinations
Dining Out—Spanish Steps: Best places to get pintxos in Chicago
In Basque Country, everyone has a handle on the latest bar-food trend, pintxos—tapas-like tidbits. Here, not so much
A Christmas Story: The Rehkemper brothers make toys in the West Loop
Q: Daddy, where do toys come from?
A: Two brothers in the West Loop
Weekend Photos: Black Wednesday @ Lottie's
Some folks saved the turkey for Thursday; others got a leg up, so to speak, with Black Wednesday specials at Lottie’s Pub in Bucktown: $5 turkey legs and domestic drafts. Our photographer stopped by to see the gobble-fest in all its glory.
Bohemian Boom: A guide to Pilsen
Planning a trip to Pilsen? If so, use this guide
Ale Lives: The making of a beer—Revolution Brewing's Cross of Gold
We quizzed Josh Deth of Revolution Brewing—the much-buzzed-about Logan Square brewpub that’s aiming for a November launch—on the full story, from first glimmer to final recipe, of one of the spot’s four permanent beers: a sunny ale called Cross of Gold. Here, a look at its evolution through gold-colored glasses. 1974 Josh Deth (right) is … Read more
Meet Mitchell Gold and Bob Williams
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On Wednesday from 6 to 9PM, these two home furnishings superstars will be signing copies of their new book, The Comfortable Home, at Jayson Home & Garden. The book is filled with tips (like “limit the number of colors in a room to four, with two used as accents”) and photos of homes furnished with Gold and Williams’s furniture.
—GINA BAZER
A Family Affair: On the Ponces' new project, On TV/Off TV
A mother-daugther team find inspiration in local TV personalities
Making History: How Anne Burke met Eunice Kennedy Shriver and the Special Olympics began
As a young PE teacher in 1968, the future state supreme court justice Anne Burke worked tirelessly to realize the first Special Olympics—opening a long and tangled relationship with Eunice Kennedy Shriver