Everybody’s yiayia makes gigantes plaki. “It is the quintessential Greek comfort food,” says Elizabeth Gartelos-Morris. “Everybody’s grandma makes these. super fat, broad beans—a butter bean—slow simmered in tomato sauce. The sauce gets kind of crusty, an... See more
Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Explore all of our favorites at chicagoreader.com/food/reader-bites. If one becomes what one eats, there might not be a more full-circle plate of food than the leniwe... See more
When Pastor Johnsong Lee bagged a moose, all the neighbors in Delta Junction, Alaska, turned out to help butcher the bull. “There’d be chainsaws to take apart this animal,” says his oldest son Sam Lee. “It’s pretty big. We’d bring it out to the front yard... See more
Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Have you had a recent food or drink experience that you can’t stop thinking about? Share it with us at fooddrink@chicagoreader.com. All this time, you assumed you w... See more
Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Have you had a recent food or drink experience that you can’t stop thinking about? Share it with us at fooddrink@chicagoreader.com. All this time, you assumed you wer... See more
