Peter Michael

DOG GONE DELICIOUS

They say it all began with a pooped pooch. Who’s to say what percentage of the story is fact, fiction, or pure marketing brilliance? All I know is that’s it’s a charming little origin story that involves a dog named Mattie, a roaring fireplace and one of my favorite past times. Once you hear the

A MOVING EXPERIENCE

I have read of sushi masters, seafood gods living among us mere land-based mortals, who are so committed to their craft that the amount of rice packed into each of their creations never differs by more than a few grains. This is balance. I have experienced soul-piercing omakase dinners composed of seafood so rare and

CIAO, BELLA

The old Italian gent, his face looking slightly curdled, slowly hoisted his wobbly frame from his chair and clambered his way toward the back of the restaurant. Executive Chef Joe Dellacroce, who owns GP Italiano with his wife, Emily, was busy doing what he does every night: massaging well-hydrated bundles of dough into frisbee-sized pizzas

AN ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

Imagine, for a moment, that the Fates—pushy little deities that they are—somehow persuaded you to take a totally different career path. Let’s say that you, wholly ignoring common sense and financial prudence, decided you were born to cook and run restaurants for a living. And, by some miracle, you defied the odds and hit it

NOT YOUR AVERAGE BEER RUN

The American craft beer movement, delivered unto the world to rid us of those cheap, watered-down corporate brews that plagued American beer-drinkers the ’70s and ’80s, finds itself at a rather interesting crossroads. Sure, the good guys and gals—all those serious hop hunters and wort-obsessed wizards—seem to be winning the war, but has the movement

Through the Roof

Blame it on a summer spent watching too much baseball. Or the fact that every TV, on the particular night we visited The Elm, was tuned into a dominant White Sox victory. Good food—with a side of good baseball— still have a narcotic effect on me. They send my mind drifting, like a lazy fly

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