The kind folks at Google / Zagat reached out to invite us to participate in our first blog hop – in which they’ve asked Chicago bloggers to write a little about good nights out in the city. They’re putting it together in honor of the release of their 2012 survey .
Here are the links to PDF downloads for the menus for yesterday’s fest: Shift 1 Shift 2 ADDENDUM: Daniel Zemans of SeriousEats.com took a look at our menus and cross-checked them against his reporter’s notebook. He let us know about a few changes that chefs made between when we went to print with the [Read More]
We’re super excited about the bacon cooking demos we’ve set up for the fest. In the first shift, Mike Gebert, king of Chicago’s spectacular food video podcast Sky Full of Bacon, will show attendees how to prepare a pork belly to make bacon at home. http://skyfullofbacon.com In the late shift, Gary [Read More]
Baconfest Chicago Cookoff Recap: Well, No One Died The Golden Rashers Baconfest Chicago proper won’t be for another six months, but if Saturday’s VIP pro cookoff is any indication organizers Seth Zurer, Michael Griggs and Andre Pluess might want to have some ambulances at the ready. Or at least some Lipitor. We won’t get into another debate about [Read More]
Baconfest Pro Cookoff: we have a winnah Posted by Mike Sula on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 12:20 PM Ron Kaplan Chris Pandel’s “breakfast braciole” In terms of attendance, Saturday’s Baconfest Chicago Pro Cookoff at the Publican (the precursor to the main event in April) was a bit of a sausagefest, with dudes (quite a few of them in matching meat [Read More]
Baconfest: An Ode to Pig Belly in Chicago Posted by Daniel Zemans , October 26, 2009 at 5:15 PM “If any attendees walked out of Baconfest disappointed, 100% of the blame falls on their defective palates.” Inside-out pig in a blanket from David Burke’s Primehouse. [Photographs: Daniel Zemans] You never know when inspiration is going to hit. For Michael Griggs [Read More]
Bacon reaches new heights of popularity By Rick Asa Special to the Tribune October 28, 2009 From the sublime to the ridiculous, bacon has the entire spectrum in tow these days. As cured pork belly reaches new heights of popularity, pop culture homages to this most tasty of treats are slamming head-on into parody. Bacon-flavored rolling [Read More]
Two top chefs bring home the bacon at Pro Bacon Cook-Off by Therese Ruiz Oct 28, 2009 Pan fried. Seared. Braised. Slow roasted. Deep fried. Sliced and served to perfection. Ten Chicago area chefs whipped up a variety of bacon dishes last Saturday, filling the lofty main room of The Publican with the meat’s smoky, distinct smell. It was the inaugural edition of [Read More]
At Saturday’s Pro Bacon Cook-off, we were lucky to eat ten outstanding bacon-centric dishes. During our video shoots, we tried to get the chefs to act macho and competitive about the Golden Rasher competition. We thought it would make good Baco-TV. But almost to a one, the chefs declined to [Read More]
