Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
-William Wirt
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Posted by chiclibrary on 2008/05/27
Seize the moment of excited curiosity on any subject to solve your doubts; for if you let it pass, the desire may never return, and you may remain in ignorance.
-William Wirt
For more quotes on curiosity, click here.
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Posted by chiclibrary on 2008/05/19
Don’t miss this opportunity to meet and talk with Chicago’s StarChefs Rising Star chefs & pastry chefs.
CHIC will host a Chef Panel tomorrow, Tuesday 5/20, in Chataigne from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Chefs include Kendal Duque (Sepia), Tim Graham (Tru), Bill Kim (Le Lan), Christopher Nugent (Les Nomades), Michael Sheerin (Blackbird), Giuseppe Tentori (Boka), Kristine Subido (Wave), Shawn McClain (Spring, Green Zebra, Custom House), Pastry Chef Elissa Narow (Custom House, Spring) Pastry Chef Tim Dahl (Blackbird, Avec), Sommelier Josh Kaplan (MK), and Mixologist Josh Kinder (MK).
More info on the Chicago chefs here.
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Posted by chiclibrary on 2008/05/14
France is taking steps to expand the Champagne region to include up to 40 additional villages. Any wine labelled and sold as Champagne must be produced in the Champagne region. This expansion would be the first since 1927.
France Champagne region set to expand – Avenue Vine
France to expand Champagne region – BBC
Champagne region set to expand – Wine Spectator
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Posted by chiclibrary on 2008/05/07
Grant Achatz, chef of Chicago’s Alinea restaurant, is currently profiled in The New Yorker.
Achatz, 34, underwent chemotherapy and radiation treatment for tongue cancer. His sense of taste, destroyed by the treatment, is slowly coming back. He relies on his sense of smell and the taste buds of his sous chefs to continue his work in the kitchen.
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Posted by chiclibrary on 2008/05/06
Food & Wine magazine has named Chicago the #8 best restaurant city of the world for 2008.
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