Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, Chicago Chef Diana Dávila is sharing three authentic recipes that you can make at home. Dávila, executive chef and owner of Mi Tocaya Antojería in Logan Square, started working in her parent’s taqueria at the age of 10. Now, she is cooking up her native Mexican cuisine to […]
Just in time for Cinco de Mayo, Chicago Chef Diana Dávila is sharing three authentic recipes that you can make at home. Dávila, executive chef and owner of Mi Tocaya Antojería in Chicago’s Logan Square, started working in her parent’s taqueria at the age of 10. Now, she is cooking up her native Mexican cuisine […]
Mari Katsumura, executive chef at Chicago’s Michelin-starred Yūgen, grew up in a restaurant family. Her parents ran the lengendary Yoshi’s Café in Lakeview and Mari and her brother Ken grew up right above the restaurant. Here, Mari shares some of her favorite holiday food traditions and plans for Yūgen. What were some of your favorite childhood holiday meals? […]
Editor’s Note: The following interview ran in our January/February 2018 issue. As we were going to press, Curtis Duffy and partner Michael Muser announced they have stepped away from Grace, after a reported disagreement with their major investor. (You can read our exclusive post-exit interview here.) This interview provides a window into what makes Duffy […]
As we were going to press this week with our January/February issue of Make It Better, Curtis Duffy and business partner Michael Muser announced that they have stepped away from the three-star Michelin restaurant Grace after a reported disagreement with their major investor. This is huge news for Chicago — and beyond, as yesterday the […]
As we were going to press this week with our January/February issue of Make It Better, Curtis Duffy and business partner Michael Muser announced that they have stepped away from the three-star Michelin restaurant Grace after a reported disagreement with their major investor. This is huge news for Chicago — and beyond, as yesterday the […]
Editor’s Note: Our Digital Media Editor, Laura Levy Shatkin, has been writing about food, wine and spirits for more than a decade. She had the great pleasure of knowing Chef Homaro Cantu as he rose to culinary prominence in Chicago. She experienced his cuisine at his various restaurants, in addition to having had a friendly […]
If you had told me 22 years ago, back when I was managing Frontera Grill and Topolobampo, that in 2012 I would be writing a theatre review of Chef Rick Bayless starring in a Tony-winning theater production, I would have laughed. Sure, Rick is a fantastic chef. But can he act? Can he dance? Can […]
