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Rick Bayless Garden Tour

If you’re excited about Rick Bayless and his restaurant empire, then you would probably get a kick out of tromping through his backyard kitchen, sniffing around his edible garden and sitting under his arbor. I like Rick just fine and in the interest of culinary discovery, I took the $20 tour of his back yard. [...]

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Time Out Chicago’s 2010 Eat Out Awards

Last night’s TOC EatOut Awards was a zippy overview of the Chicago dining scene, taking us through editor awards for everything from “Best Vehicle for Fennel” (Red Fennel cocktail at Prairie Fire) to the “Second Annual Viagra Award for Longevity” (Sun Wah Bar-B-Q Restaurant). Rick Bayless hosted the reader choice awards, which was amusing because [...]

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Xoco Cupcake Taste Test: Does it Make the Grade?

I returned to Xoco last week with fellow foodie @urbanmatt and was pleased to find peanut butter cupcakes available for dessert. I couldn’t resist ordering one to top off our meal because I wondered if Rick Bayless’ contribution to the national cupcake craze would match up to other cupcake delights throughout the city.  I also [...]

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Xoco – where fast food meets fine diners

Xoco, the new fast-food concept by Rick Bayless, has been open for a few weeks, and we couldn’t wait to try it. Fortunately, the arrival of Boston’s very own Food Monkey Mike Prerau provided us with a perfect excuse to go. We met up with Mike and his friend Nick around 5pm. It was a [...]

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