Arthur Mullen's blog
The photoshoot I had helped with at Chef Alfonso's restaurant, when I met the bruja, had been for the Chicago Tribune's forthcoming review of 5 Rabanitos. I have learned not to get too excited about a restaurant's first review: when a restaurant opens, that's when there's the most room for improvement. First reviews are notorious… Continue reading Rabanitos Style
Chef Jennifer Jones is one of my top all-time most loved former chefs: for her desserts, to be sure, don't even get me started, and somehow even more for her positive attitude and calm, focused energy. We are talking about some of the best desserts on planet Earth... I am just underlining how amazing Chef… Continue reading Dos Urban Cantina
Thanks to a large glass house (and Dutch technology) just outside Chicago, our restaurant was able to serve ripe locally grown tomatoes all winter. Chef Wil invited the managers and sous chefs to visit the facility, built and run by the company MightyVine. It must have been a tough weekend, because the only taker was… Continue reading The March of the Strandbeests