LTH Forum Total Media Domination
LTH Forum Total Media Domination
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Post #661 - August 13th, 2009, 2:23 pmThe Local Beet, and nr706's beet beer, are on the local media radar in Kansas City.
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Post #662 - August 13th, 2009, 2:51 pm
Wow, thanks for letting us know.
Come try the beet beer at our farm dinner 9/20
http://www.thelocalbeet.com/2009/08/12/ ... rm-dinner/Think Yiddish, Dress British - Advice of Evil Ronnie to me.
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Post #663 - August 13th, 2009, 3:16 pmNot all networks, just networking in and of itself for career oriented purposes. Until baconfest, I would never have considered LTH participation networking, since networking was something I considered categorically unlikable, but liked participating in LTH. QED
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Post #664 - August 13th, 2009, 4:32 pmVital Information wrote:Come try the beet beer at our farm dinner 9/20
http://www.thelocalbeet.com/2009/08/12/ ... rm-dinner/
No guarantees. As I mentioned in the article, there are still plenty of opportunities for me to screw this up.
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Post #665 - August 20th, 2009, 4:54 pmIn this week's edition of Chicago Magazine's Dish, Penny Pollack and Jeff Ruby check in with LTHer Eddie Lakin (aka elakin) and preview his upcoming Edzo’s Burger Shop, which is scheduled to open in next month in Evanston.Dish wrote:Eddie Lakin: Who He Is and What He Plans to Do
“I’m a restaurant guy. I grew up in Buffalo Grove. Went to CHIC [Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago] in the early ’90s. Was an opening line cook at Tru. I worked in restaurants in Barcelona and Bologna. I was laid off in the fall, and I’ve been casting about for a good opportunity. The concept [Edzo’s Burger Shop, 1571 Sherman Ave., Evanston; 847-864-3396, opening in September] is my personal tribute to Chicago hot-dog stand food. We are going to grind our own beef every day and do two different kinds of burgers: a thick burger on the chargrill and a four-ounce burger on the griddle that we smash thin with a grill press. We’ll do standard Chicago hot dogs. We will hand-dip corn dogs in a fresh batter. Beer-battered onion rings to order. Hand-dipped milkshakes from one of those old-fashioned spindle milkshake machines. We’re doing it low-budget, so embracing the dive/joint look. We want it to have a well-worn, it’s-been-there-for-20-years kind of look. . . . Edzo is me. It’s a nickname that I never liked. But I liked it as the name of the restaurant.”
Nice 'ink,' Eddie!
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #666 - August 20th, 2009, 10:21 pmthanks!
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Post #667 - August 22nd, 2009, 7:10 amOur own G Wiv, AKA The BBQ Bear, has made an appearance in the august pages of Forbes http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0907/life-chicago-food-barbecue-hot-stuff.htmlSteve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #668 - August 22nd, 2009, 9:51 amstevez wrote:Our own G Wiv, AKA The BBQ Bear, has made an appearance in the august pages of Forbes http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0907/life-chicago-food-barbecue-hot-stuff.html
In a really nice story! I'm glad to see aquarium barbecue get some real coverage.
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Post #669 - August 22nd, 2009, 8:42 pmSomehow, it's hard to picture the typical Forbes reader at Uncle John's....
And I'm sure G Wiv didn't say there are only "two places in the city that proudly carry on the tradition," as this article implies.
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Post #670 - August 23rd, 2009, 7:47 amLAZ wrote:And I'm sure G Wiv didn't say there are only "two places in the city that proudly carry on the tradition," as this article implies.
Leah,
I don't see the word `only` anywhere in that paragraph.
Wiviott says the authentic Chicago-style of barbecue has been around since the 1950s, but ''it's a dying art.'' Thankfully there are two places in the city that proudly carry on the tradition.
What I meant, and you as a professional writer should know better than most exact meaning does not always translate to the finished article, is of Chicagoland* BBQ joints still using straight wood in an Aquarium Smoker Uncle John's and Honey 1 are the best/my two favorites. (YYMV)
I thought the article terrific and am very happy a non traditional, at least as far as BBQ is concerned, national spotlight was shined on Chicago's unique BBQ style and two of its best BBQ joints.
I should point out that Smoque BBQ was the third BBQ joint Colleen and I visited with Monte Burke as the best example of Modern BBQ in Chicagoland. Unfortunately both Smoque and Colleen were cut to do space constraints.
Enjoy,
Gary
*I am going to pass on the inevitable ~discussion~ using Chicagoland brings
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Post #671 - August 23rd, 2009, 11:39 amLAZ wrote:And I'm sure G Wiv didn't say there are only "two places in the city that proudly carry on the tradition," as this article implies.G Wiv wrote:I don't see the word `only` anywhere in that paragraph.
Wiviott says the authentic Chicago-style of barbecue has been around since the 1950s, but ''it's a dying art.'' Thankfully there are two places in the city that proudly carry on the tradition.
What I meant, and you as a professional writer should know better than most exact meaning does not always translate to the finished article, is of Chicagoland* BBQ joints still using straight wood in an Aquarium Smoker Uncle John's and Honey 1 are the best/my two favorites.
I used the word "implies" on purpose, Gary. As I wrote above, while I don't believe that's what you told the reporter -- since no one knows better than you how many aquarium smoking barbecue shacks the Chicago area still has -- the article doesn't say those two are your favorites. It says there are two. Period.
And although wood-cooked Chicago-style barbecue may be a dying art, new places with aquarium cookers do keep opening: Carter's, Big Ed's, even Uncle John's is only three years old -- it's not as if Barbara Ann's bought a Southern Pride when Mack Sevier moved on.
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Post #672 - August 23rd, 2009, 11:52 amLAZ wrote:-- the article doesn't say those two are your favorites. It says there are two. Period.
We could go around in parse parse who has the parse circles for a while or I could just go for a walk in the sunshine. I opt for a walk. Hope you have a nice day.
Regards,
Gary
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Post #673 - August 23rd, 2009, 3:09 pmGreat piece but it is unfortunate that the writer implied there were so few aquariums left in operation in town. It made it seem as if the aquarium smoker-based places are more 'fringe' than they really are, and that they are on the verge of extinction, which I don't believe is the case.
In any event, it's nice to see such a mainstream media outlet focus on this local, lesser-known school of bbq and even better to see Gary properly presented as a noted authority on the subject.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #674 - August 24th, 2009, 3:16 pm"BBQ Mecca" = white BBQ and/or competition BBQ to many if not most in the wide world of travel and food writing. Kudos to Forbes for at least opening a window onto this terrific, long-established regional style. As we all know here, any region that has that many BBQs burning wood on the same equipment and cooking the same meat (ribs, tips and links) has its own style. One of the first articles about The Chicago BBQ I can recall that might be read by someone on a plane.
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Post #675 - August 24th, 2009, 4:53 pmChicagoNow's Chicagosphere just did a nice write-up overview of Mike G's Sky Full of Bacon.
If you're not familiar with Mike's videos, this is a good introduction.
Best,
M
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Post #676 - August 25th, 2009, 8:17 amThis may be opening a whole new frontier, but I just noticed Hammond as a footnoted source in Wikipedia's entry on al pastor.
(If Hammond himself added this info, feel free to move this post to the "Will this Hammond ever shut up thread"
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Post #677 - August 25th, 2009, 11:01 amAaron Deacon wrote:This may be opening a whole new frontier, but I just noticed Hammond as a footnoted source in Wikipedia's entry on al pastor.
(If Hammond himself added this info, feel free to move this post to the "Will this Hammond ever shut up thread")
Ha! No, I didn't add that, though such suspicion is fully justified.
"Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #678 - August 26th, 2009, 3:09 pmThe daily email thing TastingTable also has a writeup about Sky Full of Bacon today.Watch Sky Full of Bacon, the Chicago food HD podcast!
New episode: Soil, Corn, Cows and Cheese
Watch the Reader's James Beard Award-winning Key Ingredient here.
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Post #679 - August 28th, 2009, 6:31 pmA very nice feature by Steve Paul, about a July culinary gathering that took place in KC -- organized by LTHer Aaron Deacon -- appears at the KC Star's web site:“You know a lot of stuff,” says Aaron Deacon, a Kansas City marketing consultant who co-organized the gathering.
The eGullet Society are gourmands on a mission, Photo Gallery from the event.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #680 - August 31st, 2009, 9:23 amGourmet's "Diary of a Foodie," featuring our own Louisa Chu, has won a Daytime Emmy. Congratulations Louisa!
(http://twitter.com/ruthreichl)"Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #681 - August 31st, 2009, 1:11 pmDavid Hammond wrote:Gourmet's "Diary of a Foodie," featuring our own Louisa Chu, has won a Daytime Emmy. Congratulations Louisa!
(http://twitter.com/ruthreichl)
Wootingly woot!Think Yiddish, Dress British - Advice of Evil Ronnie to me.
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Post #682 - August 31st, 2009, 6:18 pmVery well deserved.
I think the episode on Aromas, featuring Ms. Chu, deserved the Emmy all on its own.
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Post #683 - September 3rd, 2009, 3:10 pmA very nice piece by our own David Hammond, about the phenomenom that is Taste of Melrose Park, appears in today's Chicago Tribune:David Hammond at Chicago Tribune wrote:But it wasn't until the last five years or so that I started going to the Taste of Melrose Park, which is no Taste of Chicago: It's smaller (attendance in thousands, not millions) and less expensive (all tasting portions, priced at $2 to $3). Plus, it's, you know, in Melrose Park.
The most critical distinction, however, is that although each event has about 70 vendors, most Melrose Park vendors are not big commercial operations. Rather, the vendors are families making recipes they've had in their pockets since they arrived in this working-class suburb from places such as Naples and Palermo.
Family recipes star at Taste of Melrose Park
Congrats, David.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #684 - September 5th, 2009, 7:46 amDavid Hammond wrote:Gourmet's "Diary of a Foodie," featuring our own Louisa Chu, has won a Daytime Emmy. Congratulations Louisa!
Terrific! Wonderful! Well deserved!
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Post #685 - September 5th, 2009, 7:48 amronnie_suburban wrote:A very nice piece by our own David Hammond, about the phenomenom that is Taste of Melrose Park, appears in today's Chicago Tribune:
I can only hope this is the start of a landslide of Hammond Chicago Tribune articles. Well done Mr. Hammond.
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Post #686 - September 5th, 2009, 9:44 pmTalking Low & Slow BBQ with Nick Digilio on WGN AM 720 in 15-minutes.
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Post #687 - September 5th, 2009, 10:35 pmG Wiv wrote:Talking Low & Slow BBQ with Nick Digilio on WGN AM 720 in 15-minutes.
Nice job, Gary. Very entertaining.
=R=By protecting others, you save yourself. If you only think of yourself, you'll only destroy yourself. --Kambei Shimada
Every human interaction is an opportunity for disappointment --RS
There's a horse loose in a hospital --JM
That don't impress me much --Shania Twain
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Post #688 - September 6th, 2009, 1:46 amronnie_suburban wrote: Very entertaining.
As always.
"Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #689 - September 10th, 2009, 1:06 pmIronically, as I was driving to a Dr's appointment to get my high blood-pressure and excessive cholesterol checked-out this morning, I caught the always witty and vivacious Seth Zurer (creator of this thread) plugging Baconfest 2010 on WLUW's "Outside the Loop" program. He promised lots of cool awesomness (sp?). I say who needs the Olympics when you have Baconfest?
http://www.outsidetheloopradio.com/otl/ ... s-charity/
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Post #690 - September 18th, 2009, 12:38 pmI've got a piece on the Reader's food blog about Robert's Fish Market on Devon, whitefish and the making of gefilte fish for Jewish holidays like today. It uses, you will possibly not be surprised, outtakes from the new Sky Full of Bacon podcast about whitefish, which also has Robert and Robert's Fish Market in it.Watch Sky Full of Bacon, the Chicago food HD podcast!
New episode: Soil, Corn, Cows and Cheese
Watch the Reader's James Beard Award-winning Key Ingredient here.
