Tag: chicago
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Top Dogs & Hotdog Soup at Chicago’s Cobra Lounge
They call it dragging it through the garden, this process by which Chicagoans turn the everyday hotdog into a thing of gastronomic wonder. The alchemy through which Windy City culinarians accomplish this is uncomplicated, but exact: they take a hotdog—boiled or grilled—and put it on a bun. Then they top that bun with celery salt, pickled sport peppers, white…
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The Revolution Starts Now – Tacos at Chicago’s Taqueria Chingon
These are not your father’s tacos. These are the tacos of revolution, the very apotheosis of a culinary uprising that seeks to ennoble and elevate the more traditional stalwarts of modern gastronomy through the ardent application of enhanced sourcing and technique, ultimately endeavoring to devise a new gustatory form wholly finer in function and flavor than…
