travel + culture
Dirty Water, Clean Fun
In Paris, Canal St. Martin is a magical place to drink. You take your wine out to the banks and join what amounts to a half-mile long party.
05.12.08
- Keywords
- julia langbein,
- paris,
- wine,
- restaurants
food + cooking
Sliding Toward Perfect Pizza
With a beautifully assembled raw pie ready to bake, how do you get it into the oven and onto the stone? This is when the pizza peel comes to the rescue.
03.06.08
- Keywords
- cooking + technique,
- pizza,
- food prep,
- italian,
- julia langbein
food + cooking
The Mug Metric
The best way to get an instant profile of a family at, say, a holiday or dinner party, is to locate the mug cupboard and take a good look.
01.10.08
- Keywords
- julia langbein,
- culinary culture,
- kitchen
wine + spirits + beer
When Tom Met Jerry
Maybe every other barfly around has heard of the Tom & Jerry cocktail,
but I’d never heard of it when I stumbled across a vat of it in the freezer.
01.07.08
- Keywords
- julia langbein,
- spirits,
- bars,
- cocktail,
- mixology
food + cooking
Delicious History
WTTW’s newest release, an ambitious documentary called Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History ultimately traces immigration history in Chicago through examining the culinary tracks it has left.
12.07.07
- Keywords
- julia langbein,
- culinary culture,
- chicago,
- film,
- restaurants
chefs + restaurants
Avec
Avec's pan-Mediterranean menu of small plates—everything from pasta to salumi—was a step above comfort food, and extremely affordable.
11.08.07
- Keywords
- restaurant notes,
- chicago,
- travel,
- mediterranean,
- julia langbein
food + cooking
Gambling is Better Than Sharing
Ah, community, togetherness, sharing: Isn't that what the potluck exemplifies? Well, yes and no.
10.18.07
- Keywords
- culinary culture,
- books,
- julia langbein
food + cooking
When Fruit Makes You Weak
Pick-your-own presents the daunting moral dilemma of being surrounded by fruit at its ripest, but having to wait until you’re done filling your basket before you can take
a single bite.
09.06.07
- Keywords
- ingredients,
- produce,
- fruit,
- julia langbein,
- berries
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