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A potluck kind of year
![If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25 years ago closed its doors. Doughnuts became "a thing." Digging up mushrooms from the forest preserve took on high status.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2013-01/73864214-02140552.jpg "If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25 years ago closed its doors. Doughnuts became "a thing.\" Digging up mushrooms from the forest preserve took on high status.")
If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25...Tags: Ria, RPM Italian, Chuy Valencia, Rick Bayless, Everest
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Lady Gaga sightings in Chicago -- lots of restaurant visits but, curiously, not a lot of clubs
What do Chicago restaurants Spiaggia, Table Fifty-Two, Girl and the Goat and Topolobampo have in common? They all feature former “Top Chef” and “Top Chef Masters” contestants in their kitchens. And, not coincidentally, they’...
Tags: Dining and Drinking, Rick Bayless, Taylor Kinney, Chicago Restaurants, Stephanie Izard
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Off to a tasty start
Restaurant Week got off to a flying start with busy dining rooms (reservations for lunch and dinner were extremely limited), tantalizing menus and superb food. During Chicago's Restaurant Week, which actually lasts 10 days through Feb. 26, participating...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Spiaggia, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chicago Restaurants, Restaurants
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Top chefs have 'A Taste for the Arts'
Special to Tribune NewspapersStudent performances and Top Chef stations were the main attractions at "A Taste for the Arts" benefiting the Chicago Academy of the Arts. More than 350 attended the free performances by students and alumni May 10 at the Harris Theater. The show opened...Tags: Dale Levitski, Arts and Culture, Heather Terhune, Rick Bayless, Concerts
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Bar Toma: Italian fare inspires dreams of summertime dining
![<a class="runtimeTopic" href="#">Tony Mantuano</a> is on a roll. A local politician who flies on Air Force One these days calls him "my favorite chef." He's in the running — again — for the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef award. His executive chef at Spiaggia, Sarah Grueneberg, came thisclose to winning Top Chef a week ago. His star power is such that last year Levy Restaurants happily blew up their venerable Bistro 110 (which probably needed overhauling) to let Mantuano create Bar Toma (as in TOny MAntuano), a casual-yet-urbane food and wine bar that seems to be a physical incarnation of "Wine Bar Food," the appetizer and wine book Mantuano wrote with his wife, Cathy.](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/column/2012-03/68637762-07154304.jpg "<a class="runtimeTopic\" href=\"#\">Tony Mantuano</a> is on a roll. A local politician who flies on Air Force One these days calls him \"my favorite chef.\" He's in the running — again — for the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef award. His executive chef at Spiaggia, Sarah Grueneberg, came thisclose to winning Top Chef a week ago. His star power is such that last year Levy Restaurants happily blew up their venerable Bistro 110 (which probably needed overhauling) to let Mantuano create Bar Toma (as in TOny MAntuano), a casual-yet-urbane food and wine bar that seems to be a physical incarnation of \"Wine Bar Food,\" the appetizer and wine book Mantuano wrote with his wife, Cathy.")
Tony Mantuano is on a roll. A local politician who flies on Air Force One these days calls him "my favorite chef." He's in the running — again — for the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef award. His executive chef at Spiaggia, Sarah...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Bars and Clubs, James Beard, Restaurants, Foods and Beverages
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Chef Sarah Grueneberg of Spiaggia Shares Her Secrets
Chef Sarah Grueneberg of Spiaggia may have been born in Texas but her inspiration comes from Italy. As a participant in Top Chef season 9, Sarah used both her southern cooking roots and love for Italian food to make it to the finals. She shares one of her...
Tags: Almonds, Kale, Italy, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pasta
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Green City Market opens with chef demos, new additions
Hundreds of Chicagoans and restaurateurs supported local Midwest farmers and shopped for sustainable, organic produce and products at the opening day of Lincoln Park's Green City Market May 5. Although it was a bit rainy and cool, market visitors enjoyed...
Tags: Genesis (music group), Michele Smith, Labor Legislation, Consumers, St. Anne
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May 10: Lunchbreak - Korean Braised Goat and Dumplings
WGN NewsChef Chris Shepherd Underbelly 1100 Westheimer Houston TX www.underbellyhouston.com Chef Sarah Grueneberg Spiaggia 980 North Michigan Avenue Chicago www.spiaggiarestaurant.com Korean Braised Goat and Dumplings Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 oz. oil 4 oz....Tags: Onions, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pasta, Foods and Beverages, Butter
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Q&A: 'Top Chef: Texas' runner-up Sarah Grueneberg
RedEyeSpiaggia chef Sarah Grueneberg didn’t win the title on “Top Chef: Texas,” but she did make an impressive showing on last night’s finale. The judges said that her and winner Paul Qui’s food was perhaps the best in the show&...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Chicago Tribune, Concerts, Restaurants, Kevin Pang
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Top Chef Week 13 recap: Long Night's Journey into Day
Tribune reporterWe’ve reached the equivalent of Mile 22 in the Top Chef marathon. Vision gets blurry, the lactic acids are burning holes through our calves, and everything around you starts to feel ... weird. We know the show’s taping schedule is...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Beverly Kim, Charlize Theron, Salvador Dali, Kevin Pang
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Top Chef Week 14 Recap: Tragic Hero
Tribune reporterFor the first 11 episodes of Top Chef, Beverly Kim’s journey was a Greek tragedy. Castigated, chastised, verbally beaten down by fellow contestants, she was booted in an episode where no one deserved elimination. In that Charlize Theron-starred...Tags: Spiaggia, Beverly Kim, Charlize Theron, Kevin Pang, Tony Mantuano
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