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What was the best Chicago Meal you had in 2007?
- www.charlietrotter.com/restaurant 5. Tru – Rick Tramonto – www.trurestaurant.com 6. NoMi – Christophe David – www.nomirestaurant.com 7. moto - Homaro Cantu - www.motorestaurant.com 8. Spiaggia – Tony...
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Extraordinary B-Day Dinner for my Husband's 33rd!
- Michael Carlson – www.schwarestaurant.com 8. moto - Homaro Cantu - www.motorestaurant.com 9. Spiaggia – Tony Mantuano – www.levyrestaurants.com However, Alinea, Tru, and Trotter’s would probably cost you...
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A Photo Essay from Moto
Many chefs, including Alinea’s Grant Achatz, eschew being labeled a child of molecular gastronomy; however, at least one chef embraces the title: Moto’s Homaro Cantu. Cantu has been called many things, from culinary...
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Moto - style over substance
and molecular gastronomy enthusiast Homaro Cantu, who started his career working for Charlie Trotter. The restaurant is located in Chicago’s trendy meatpacking district of Fulton Market, and we were reminded of this fact on our...
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Copyrighting recipes?
Edible inkjet printing is a new invention, the realization of which required a significant investment of time and money by Homaro Cantu. But existing patent law seems perfectly adequate to cover that. Seems to me that any recipe...
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We're coming to eat!
- www.schwarestaurant.com 8. moto - Homaro Cantu - www.motorestaurant.com 9. Spiaggia – Tony Mantuano – www.levyrestaurants.com If I had to go to only three, it would be Alinea, Everest, and Avenues, and I would skip...
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birthday dinner
Moto and North Pond are very different places; it just depends what you’re looking for. Moto, under Chef Homaro Cantu, specializes in the “molecular gastronomy” type of cooking, with unusual cooking techniques...
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retired cook in town for xmas-new year's--events?
of molecular gastronomy, Homaro Cantu at Moto and the mercurial Michael Carlson at Schwa. There are many, many more places around the city and suburbs. My favorite of all right now is Michael in Winnetka, run by Michael Lachowicz,...
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Wine Tasting/Wine Pairings
. Schwa – Michael Carlson – www.schwarestaurant.com 8. moto - Homaro Cantu - www.motorestaurant.com 9. Spiaggia – Tony Mantuano – www.levyrestaurants.com These are our most expensive, fanciest restaurants....
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One notch below Moto, Trotters, Avenues etc..?
.nomirestaurant.com 7. Schwa – Michael Carlson – www.schwarestaurant.com 8. moto - Homaro Cantu - www.motorestaurant.com 9. Spiaggia – Tony Mantuano – www.levyrestaurants.com Notable differences among them? If...
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Looking to Impress in Chicago
- Michael Carlson – www.schwarestaurant.com 8. moto - Homaro Cantu - www.motorestaurant.com 9. Spiaggia – Tony Mantuano – http://www.levyrestaurants.com/Levy/DiningExperiences/Restaurants/Group4/Spiaggia.htm along...
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Avenues is closed - what now?
.trurestaurant.com 6. NoMi – Christophe David – www.nomirestaurant.com 7. Schwa – Michael Carlson – www.schwarestaurant.com 8. moto - Homaro Cantu - www.motorestaurant.com 9. Spiaggia – Tony Mantuano...
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Suggestion Please, Top 3 in town
- Michael Carlson – www.schwarestaurant.com 8. moto - Homaro Cantu - www.motorestaurant.com 9. Spiaggia – Tony Mantuano – www.levyrestaurants.com However, I am also a huge fan of the “casual fine...
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Alinea is booked. Avenue, Spring, or Blackbird?
are opening high end famous restaurants to showcase food that doesn’t taste good. Homaro Cantu's cooking chops are right up there with the other guys. Your palate and brain would both be tickled, and if what you really want...
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Food as Art?
't start as a Cubist. After establishing a fluid and comfortable understanding of the ingredients and techniques, the chef would then, like the artist, find ways to distort and manipulate his medium. I think of Grant Echatz &...
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