Tis the Season for Flavorful Brews
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Caroline L. Huftalen is the food editor at Third Coast Review and columnist behind Dear Cinnamon. Her reviews and interviews can also be seen on BuskingAtTheSeams.com. Huftalen is the founder of Survivors Project, Inc. which raises awareness for domestic violence by sharing stories of survival. A graduate of the University at Buffalo and the Savannah College of Art of Design. Huftalen lives in Chicago with her family and is currently writing a novel.
Review: Birdseed to Bus Gas, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus Is Filled with Good Natured Revelry
Now through December 31, Third Coast Review is raising money to support the diverse roster of writers you know and appreciate for their thoughtful, insightful arts and culture coverage in Chicago and beyond. […]
Dialogs: Five-Star Authors in a Five-Star City
The Chicago Humanities Festival brought two midwest authors to Northwestern’s campus last Saturday afternoon and a packed crowd of literature lovers. Rebecca Makkai and Indiana’s John Green had the audience […]
Essay: The Joy of Eating as the World Burns
When I was in first grade—the same age that my daughter is now—it for some reason was a part of our physical education to be weighed publicly. The number of […]
Events: Be Nobody’s Darling This Friday at Chateau Carbide
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Dear Cinnamon: The Sound of Yummy
Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]
Bites: What Author S.L. Wisenberg Eats in a Day
S.L. Wisenberg’s The Adventures of Cancer Bitch came out this month in paperback from Tortoise Books to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the original release. Her hilarious tackling of serious […]
Interview: Mike Bancroft on Crafting the Midwest Amari at Fractional Spirits
Move over Malort, Chicago has a new bitter buddy in town. Fractional Spirits, co-founded by Mike Bancroft of Co-op Sauce and Drew Fox of 18th Street Distillery have a new […]
Interview: The Oishii Berry—the Way Strawberries Were Meant to Taste—Makes Chicago Debut
Food innovation is an oftentimes frightening concept. Usually linked with processed foods, GMOs and pesticides, producing food differently doesn’t really seem that sweet. Until you meet the Oishii Berry. Oishii […]
The Thing: Hawksmoor’s Sunday Roast No Jacket Required
Tell anyone you’re from Chicago and they will immediately crack a joke about winter. You know what those mild temperate dwellers miss out on though? Meals that are better than […]
Interview: Tenzing Palden on Sake’s New Maturity on World Sake Day
October 1 is World Sake Day, marking the beginning of sake brewing season in Japan, and all month long at West Loop’s TenGoku Aburiya (owned by Michelin-starred Chef Sangtae Park […]
Dear Cinnamon: The Lost Art of Having Fun
Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]