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Fab Review: Peckish Pig

January 26, 2016 by Contributing Writer

Over the past few years, Evanston has experienced an influx of restaurant openings from farm-to-table concepts, to gastropubs, and everything in between, but one stands out to me above the rest…Peckish Pig….

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Filed Under: {Fab Reviews}, {Restaurants: Chicago Suburbs}, {Restaurants} Tagged With: bacon fat popcorn, bacon wrapped dates, brewery, butty, comfort food, evanston restaurants, flatbread, fries, garlic mushrooms, gastropub, howard street, mashed potatoes, pasta, Peckish Pig, pork belly, sticky toffee pudding

Fab Happenings: Top 10 Most Photogenic Food in Chicago

January 25, 2016 by Contributing Writer

Photo by Rachel Bires

Photo by Rachel Bires

There’s a well-known saying that you eat with your eyes first, which is why when it comes to food, presentation is certainly a key factor. But as a lot of us know through social media, taking a visually appealing photo of our food is not quite as simple as pointing and shooting….

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Filed Under: {Fab Happenings}, {Top 10} Tagged With: avocado, avocado toast, burgers, carbs, Collaboration, desserts, donuts, eataly, evanston, food, gelato, gold coast, hot dogs, Lincoln Park, logan square, pasta, photography, pizza, river north, sandwiches, streeterville, sweets, toast, west loop

Fab Recipe: No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Energy Bites

January 20, 2016 by Contributing Writer

Who’s excited for No Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Energy Bites? I am!

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Filed Under: {Breakfast}, {Fab Recipes} Tagged With: almond butter, cashew butter, chia seeds, dried fruit, energy bites, fiber, flax seeds, healthy, healthy snacks, no bake treats, nuts, oats, peanut butter, protein, recipe, spices

Fab Happenings: Top 20 Things I Ate in Chicago 2015 by SherrieSavorsTheCity

January 14, 2016 by Contributing Writer

I’m almost ready to say hello to 2016!!! However, before I can properly welcome this year…I cannot help but reminisce on all the wonderful memories of the last year. 2015 was one heck of year and I could not be more grateful for everything that has happened to me. Food has always been a huge part of my life, both personally and professionally, but never in my wildest dreams did I predict that my hobby as an active foodie Instagrammer would lead to so many new friendships and exciting opportunities….

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Filed Under: {Fab Happenings}, {Top 20} Tagged With: Amy Arnold, andersonville, avocado toast, best of 2015, boudin balls, brisket hash, brutish-indian, burton's maple syrup, cantina 1910, cellar door provisions, cheeseburger, chicago restaurant, clam chowder, cochon volant, conchas, doughnut vault, dove's luncheonette, empanadas, favio vivianni, ferments, firecakes, fried chicken, girl and the goat, gt fish and oyster, Gus's Fried Chicken, Italian, Jam Butty, kai zan, la siren clandestina, lakeview, Naan Doughnut, peach bruschetta, Peckish Pig, Philippines longanisa sausage, Pub Royale, river north, runny egg, sawada coffee, siena tavern, stephanie izard, tete charcuterie, the allis, the biscuit man, the long room, the publican, thick cut bacon, top chef, uptown, west loop, yolk porn

Fab Happenings: Top 5 Things I Ate in 2015 by Chelsias

January 12, 2016 by Contributing Writer

Cho Sun Ok // Photo: @chelsiasNew year, new me. That’s how the saying goes right? Well, I’m not sure it will be a completely new me, but if there is change in the air then I owe it all to this past year. As I reflect back on 2015, all I can say is that it was truly a year of a food awakening. …

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Filed Under: {Fab Happenings}, {Top 5} Tagged With: chicago, dinner, favorite, hot dogs, humboldt park, Italian, Korean, Lincoln Park, lunch, pizza, restaurants, river north, sushi, top 5, uptown

Fab Happenings: Top 5 Things I Ate in 2015 by VansVentures

January 11, 2016 by Contributing Writer

Avocado Toast at Summer House Santa Monica // Photo: @vansventuresThe New Year has come so quickly. As I reflect back on moments from 2015, the year was filled many firsts. It was my first year becoming active in the Instagram community and it was the first year I encountered a whole new community of people. I am so grateful to have made many friends and I hope the trend continues in the new year. …

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Filed Under: {Fab Happenings}, {Top 5} Tagged With: antique taco, arlington heights, avocado toast, bread, cream corn, japanese food, Lincoln Park, mitsuwa, mott street, ramen, ramen takeya, summer house santa monica, sutadon, west loop, west town, wicker park

Fab Chef: Ched Pagtakhan from Triton College

January 8, 2016 by Contributing Writer

I was introduced to chef Ched Pagtakhan by his wife, Rosie. Rosie and I work together at the bakery. She would always bring amazing leftovers from the previous night’s dinner cooked by her husband, Ched, a Hospitality Program Coordinator at Triton College. She would always offer me a sample of his delicious creations. I knew he was someone that I wanted to meet and interview one day….

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Fab Recipe: Crawfish Etouffee by Ched Pagtakhan

January 6, 2016 by Contributing Writer

Crawfish Étouffée // Photo: @sherriesavorsthecityÉtouffée is one of the most popular and well loved dish of New Orleans. I was first introduced to Crawfish Étouffée by my co-worker Rosie who brought it work to share for lunch one day. Her husband, Ched Pagtakhan, is a chef instructor at Triton College in River Grove, Illinois. …

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Filed Under: {Fab Recipes}, {Main} Tagged With: appetizer, cajun, crawfish, creole, dinner, étouffée, holy trinity, lunch, new orleans, recipe, roux, soul food, southern cooking, tabasco sauce, white rice, worcestershire sauce

Fab Review: Jellyfish Chicago

January 5, 2016 by Contributing Writer

Jellyfish// Photo: @fabsooparkWith the constant opening and closing of restaurants in the Gold Coast, it is hard to keep track of which ones are still there. Jellyfish is a restaurant that was established in 2012 and has been a little gem in the neighborhood ever since.

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Filed Under: {Fab Reviews}, {Restaurants: Chicago}, {Restaurants} Tagged With: asian, avocado, beef bao, bread pudding, ceviche, cocktail, crab, donuts, fine dining, fried noodles, gold coast, green tea, jellyfish, maki, panna cotta, shishito peppers, sizzling, sorbet, stone, sushi, taro pudding, wagyu

Fab Review: CRĪO

December 29, 2015 by Contributing Writer

The word ‘Gastropub’ is defined as “a pub that specializes in serving high-quality food.” Well, if there is one place that truly embodies every aspect of that definition, it would be CRĪO. CRĪO is one of my favorite brunch and dinner gastropubs, and even better? It’s located right in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. …

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Filed Under: {Fab Reviews}, {Restaurants: Chicago}, {Restaurants} Tagged With: american, brunch, burger, cocktails, crio, dinner, drinks, gastropub, latin, Lincoln Park, mexican, Restaurant, tacos, torta

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