In the summer of 2007, Efrain Cuevos left his job as an engineering consultant in San Francisco and moved back to his hometown of Chicago. He’d already returned to the city on a dozen occasions to present the Chicago branch of Ghetto Gourmet, one of the first underground supper clubs to capitalize [...]
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Q & A: Efrain Cuevos*
Posted in Chicago, Interviews, tagged Alice Waters, C-CAP, Careers Through Culinary Arts Program, Clandestino, Edible Schoolyard, Efrain Cuevos, Ghetto Gourmet, Iron Chef, Pilsen, Simeon Career Academy, Underground Dinner PArties on September 18, 2008 | No Comments »
What is Vie Vying for?
Posted in Chicago, Reviews, tagged Alice Waters, bernaise, Canada, Chez Panisse, Chicago, chicken, Food & Wine, Gunthrop Farm, Nimma, Paul Virant, Phil Vettel, pommes frites, poutine, rainbow trout, sea bass, shrimp, Top Chef, Vie, Western Springs on March 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When asked by Food & Wine Magazine about his most memorable meal, Paul Virant, Executive Chef of Vie in Western Springs answered “Recently, my wife and I ate at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. I have to rank it at the top. Everything was so simple, it was all about the ingredients and the technique. [...]





