Ameenah Rambus was living in a small apartment with her husband and two sons in “not the friendliest of neighborhoods” when they decided it was time to buy their first home. She was looking for a close-knit community where her sons could grow up safely. A place she could be […]
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2020, a nightmare for restaurants and food suppliers, may have permanently altered how and what we eat
There were moments, early in the pandemic, when Joseph Musillami wasn’t sure how the family business would make it. Purely Meat Co., a commercial butcher in Chicago’s West Humboldt Park neighborhood that supplies mostly high-end restaurants, saw sales plummet 75% when the state banned indoor dining in March. It halted […]
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Ask Amy: Chef whistling is a real kitchen nightmare
Dear Amy: I am a line cook in a restaurant kitchen. It is a loud, hot and dangerous environment. I like my job, though, and find satisfaction in prepping and preparing food. I like the owners and all my co-workers except for one. That one person is the chef of […]