A deep dive into the life of Linda Taylor, a con artist who was villainized in the 1970s by Ronald Reagan as being a “welfare queen.” Her crimes were much worse than that: In another Tribune story, Bliss and Griffin noted that Linda Taylor had been arrested twice in the 1960s for absconding with children, […]
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But Never a Lovely So Real
On the life and career of writer Nelson Algren, one of the most prolific—yet underappreciated—writers of the last century: “For my money, no book more elegantly describes the world of men and women whom the boom years were designed to pass by. In the decades after Golden Arm, the country obsessed over the behaviors and […]
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Making Chicago's Top Chef
Making Chicago’s Top Chef With three Michelin stars to Grant Achatz’s name and many critics convinced that Alinea is now the best restaurant in the United States, Achatz and Kokonas are in an enviable position: They can do what they want. … Take, for instance, Next’s reservation system. There are no reservations. If you want […]
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Pastry Chef Natalie Zarzour Doesn't Tolerate People Who Cheapen Her Craft
Pastry Chef Natalie Zarzour Doesn’t Tolerate People Who Cheapen Her Craft To understand why customers disappeared, why she entered a self-described period of rage, why the cannoli now costs $9, why the Zarzours will close the shop when their lease runs out in September and how Natalie Zarzour became Chicago’s most provocative pastry chef in […]
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Making Chicago's Top Chef
Making Chicago’s Top Chef With three Michelin stars to Grant Achatz’s name and many critics convinced that Alinea is now the best restaurant in the United States, Achatz and Kokonas are in an enviable position: They can do what they want. … Take, for instance, Next’s reservation system. There are no reservations. If you want […]
