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An idiosyncratic pizza maker does things his way and produces one of the best pieces of pizza I've had
Jan 14
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How to Survive The Season
aka what a new Danish McMansion restaurant version of Warlord can teach us about how to handle the new year problem.
Jan 7
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Michael Nagrant
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Best Things I Ate and Drank in 2025
I hope you all have been having a great holiday season.
Jan 2
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Michael Nagrant
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The Best New(ish) Chicago Restaurants of 2025
One of the reasons I started The Hunger was so I didn’t have to write another listicle.
Dec 23, 2025
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Michael Nagrant
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Eat, Pay, Love!
A story of how food influencers are committing legal fraud
Dec 18, 2025
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Earnest Graham
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Eat, Pay, Love!
Dec 18, 2025
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The James Beard Awards Are Broken
Nov 2, 2025
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A Return to Feld
May 14, 2025
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Michael Nagrant
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Pizza City Fest Has No Sauce
Aug 27, 2023
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Michael Nagrant
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The Ultimate Holiday Gift Guide for Hungry and Thirsty People
Stupid pop culture references, vintage Chicago and Detroit food and drink advertising signs, the worst gas station snacks…these are, in the words of…
Dec 12, 2025
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Tacos and Resilience
For the second time in two years I find myself at a crossroads of day job uncertainty.
Dec 5, 2025
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Happy McRibsgiving
I’m a food critic with trash tastes.
Nov 26, 2025
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Michael Nagrant
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S.K.Y. Still The Limit?
An exploration of the second incarnation of Stephen Gillanders’ career-launching restaurant
Nov 19, 2025
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The Charms of Geriatric Beef
Familiar usually beats best.
Nov 14, 2025
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Michael Nagrant
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Started From The Bottom
According to Michelin and the NYT and the Chicago Tribune, Alinea is headed back to the bottom, but someone has to be lying...
Nov 13, 2025
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A Michelin-Starred Chef Aims to Build "The Best Casual Restaurant"
Plus an homage and revival of a legendary Chicago dish
Nov 11, 2025
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Michael Nagrant
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The James Beard Awards Are Broken
An extreme close-up of America's so-called "Food Oscars" from a former judge
Nov 2, 2025
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Rump Shaker
Sometimes Chicago’s greatest steakhouses aren’t really steakhouses at all
Oct 30, 2025
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The Hunger
Mike Nagrant, the last and former Chicago Sun-Times food critic and contributor to the James Beard-Winning Alinea cookbook writes about culture, life, food, cooking, restaurants, and food media.
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