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travel + culture
Australia’s Tim Tam Slam
Hugh Jackman and Oprah start a craze for “bikkie.”
12.15.08
- Keywords
- pat nourse,
- cookies,
- culinary culture,
- hugh jackman,
- oprah winfrey
magazine
Steaking a Claim to the Best BBQ
A cameo in the movie Sideways may have made the Hitching Post II a household name, but the real star here is the sirloin.
October 2008
- Keywords
- colman andrews,
- beef,
- restaurants,
- frank ostini,
- gray hartley
wine + spirits + beer
The Hartley-Ostini Winery
A restaurateur and his partner prove that you don’t need formal training to make critically acclaimed wine.
09.12.08
- Keywords
- colman andrews,
- wine,
- film,
- frank ostini,
- gray hartley
food + cooking
Cooking Under Pressure
In a new film, three inner city teens transform themselves by mastering seven-sided potato tournées.
06.18.08
- Keywords
- margy rochlin,
- culinary culture,
- chefs,
- los angeles,
- film
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
magazine
Les Is More
From Louisiana Cajuns to Polish polka enthusiasts, filmmaker Les Blank uses cuisine as a backstage pass to other ethnic worlds.
September 2004
- Keywords
- margy rochlin,
- southern u.s.,
- travel,
- film,
- culinary culture
magazine
Cannes Game
It’s played out at the world’s most fabulous film festival, but, as movie critic John Powers knows, Cannes shines brightest after the stars go home.
April 2001
- Keywords
- john powers,
- travel,
- france,
- film
magazine
Starry Starry Night
What happened when two of the world’s most desirable women and their equally famous husbands shared a home-cooked meal?
February 2001
- Keywords
- elise pettus,
- film
magazine
I Like to Watch People Eat
A life in movies and food.
February 2000
- Keywords
- michael stern,
- film,
- chicago