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Chad

Chad
Chad grew up in the southern part of Illinois but has worked his entire culinary career in Chicago, mostly in from scratch Italian kitchens. It was there that Chad started intermingling his love of using only seasonal, local produce with Italian cooking techniques. When not cooking, Chad can be found outside somewhere with his partner and their beagle.

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Smoke and the City

Food and fire. It’s primal; it’s a dance; it’s carbons bursting to life! It’s a skill. Taming live fire and manipulating it in such a way that the food you’ve placed on top of, beneath, or beside ...

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Bite Into a Good Book: The Ultimate Summer Reading List for Foodies

  Each summer, with nightly lesson planning not consuming my time, I put reading on my to-do...Read more

An Intro to the Green Papaya Salad World

  It’s been a hot summer so far, and when the heat rolls in, my family craves something...Read more

Walleye Catch and Cook

I recently went on a canoeing trip in the boundary waters of northern Minnesota. In addition to all...Read more

Experience a Multi-Course Filipino-Cuban Tasting Menu

Bayan Ko, featuring a Filipino-Cuban fusion tasting menu, sits just outside of the Montrose brown...Read more

Mother Nature Outshines Wine Rules

Growing up in the countryside, I learned a healthy respect for weather. We had galoshes for rain,...Read more

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