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It’s Give Away Time 🎉
To celebrate the launch of the Chicago Chefs Cookbook we are giving away 10, yes 10 x $100 PGC Gift Certificates!

HOW TO ENTER
1. Support -care and purchase the book!
2.Make Chef Sarah’s Creamy Mushroom toast recipe from the Chicago Chefs Cookbook
3. Take a 📸 and tag
3. Use the hashtag
4. DM us your contact details once done

We‘ll be picking 10 winners by June 17th 🤞🏻

Good luck and let’s get cooking

Fantastic feature in LuxuryFacts on the new Perry's Steakhouse & Grille in Vernon Hills, IL. Thank you to editor Soumya Jain Agarwal and to journalist Smitha Sadanandan for the fabulous reporting. Beautiful story!

Article: The Love for Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille Never Dwindles - LuxuryFacts: News, Reviews, Features on Luxury
https://luxuryfacts.com/the-love-for-perrys-steakhouse-grille-never-dwindles/

The Love for Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille Never Dwindles - LuxuryFacts: News, Reviews, Features on Luxury A fine establishment with a focus on precise yet soulful dining, the newly opened Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille in Vernon Hills, Illinois, continues the tradition of offering a gratifying experience.

Fabulous Mother's Day feature in the The Chicago Defender on Chesareé Rollins and daughter Chole and Chesaree's journey to opening CheSa’s Bistro & Bar in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood. Thank you to our friend and awesome journalist Marshelle Sanders for the great reporting!

Chesaree Rollins of Chicago: Balancing Motherhood, Business, and Culinary Excellence | Chicago Defender Chesaree Rollins is the creative force behind CheSa's Bistro & Bar. Her entrepreneurial journey is one of resilience and determination.

I have been inspired by Sebastian White and his work on his non-profit, .evolved.network The Evolved Network NFP, since I was introduced to him by Chef .stegner Sarah Stegner of Prairie Grass Cafe in October 2022. Now Sarah is co-host of Local Food Forum’s “Better” Dialogues webinar series, and Sebastian is one of the guest experts for our next outing, a week from today (May 13), which focuses on food education and school food.

Already making an impact by providing cooking lessons and food education to underprivileged youths in Chicago schools, Sebastian is raising money to pursue his vision of building a restaurant and urban food garden to provide young people with culinary, business, and food growing skills. He is also a clinical psychologist turned chef and plans to provide therapeutical services to participants in The Evolved Network who need him.

At a recent dinner fundraiser he presented, Sebastian movingly discussed an important person in his life who inspired him to dream big. Please read the story in today’s issue of Local Food Forum.

I hope it will make you want to know Sebastian better by attending the free May 13 webinar. Today’s issue has the link to register.

https://localfoodforum.substack.com/p/sebastian-white-inspiring-and-inspired

Tune in to today at 12:40 PM to catch .stegner from talking about the fabulous new cookbook  by "Chicago Chefs Cookbook," on sale May 13. On the menu today: Creamy Mushrom Toast and oh, what fantastic mushrooms: Lion's Mane, Hedge Hog, Morel, Maitake,Oyster, Trumpet, and King--all available at Mariano's.

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Today’s Local Food Forum provides multiple reasons why co-host Chef .stegner Sarah Stegner of Prairie Grass Cafe and I you should register now for our May 13 free webinar, Food Education and Its Impact: How Schools Inspire and Feed Our Youngest Eaters.

Perhaps the biggest reason is that our amazing guest speakers lineup includes Alexandra DeSorbo-Quinn of Pilot Light, Sebastian White of .evolved.network The Evolved Network NFP, who lead two of Chicago’s foremost food education programs, and Spence Medford and Christy Sherding of The Henry Ford located in metro Detroit, who will discuss the organization’s big farm-to-school push that will happen this October.

Also today, for the first time, there is a public link to a Local Food Forum “Better” Dialogues webinar recording — the premiere episode that focused on the important and timely topic of regenerative agriculture. If you haven’t seen it, or want to see it again, please click the link in today’s issue and also share with anyone you think would be interested.

Plus, more photos from my Saturday farmers market fun. Meet farmers market manager extraordinaire Elsa Jacobson of The Lincoln Park Farmers Market and local food community friends (including some who have big news).

Happy Sunday!

https://localfoodforum.substack.com/p/we-all-need-food-education

Thanks AXIOS for featuring Perry's Steakhouse & Grille Chicago sees opening of new exciting steakhouses - Axios Chicago

Photo of a porkchop on a plate
Perry's famous pork chop. Photo: Courtesy of Perry's Steakhouse and Grille

Perry's Steakhouse and Grille in Vernon Hills: Our third local iteration of this Houston-based chain opened last month in Vernon Hills following locations in Oak Brook and Schaumburg.

Beyond steak: Perry's is most famous for its "seven-finger high" pork chop and a new roasted black cod with a chorizo crisp.

https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2024/05/05/chicago-steak-steakhouse-restaurants-new

Thanks to the Mick Zawislak at the Daily Herald for the terrific feature on Perry's Steakhouse & Grille new restaurant in at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, Illinois

https://www.dailyherald.com/20240415/news/perrys-steakhouse-grille-opens-in-vernon-hills-as-key-component-of-hawthorn-2-0/

Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille opens in Vernon Hills as key component of Hawthorn 2.0 Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille, considered an important component in the ongoing evolution of Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills, officially opened for dine-in service Monday. Patrons had their first t...

Beautiful Sarah Stegner interview by Lisa Dent on WGN Radio AM 720
"Chef Sarah Stegner on the importance of regenerative agriculture"

Chef Sarah Stegner on the importance of regenerative agriculture Sarah Stegner, two-time James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Prairie Glass Café, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the importance of regenerative agriculture and how the chef community works wit…

Very nice preview look at Perry's Steakhouse & Grille Vernon Park opening Monday! Influencers Aaron
& Stella joined us this past Thursday for a sneek peak of the new fabulous restaurant!

TikTok · Aaron&Stella |Travel Blogger 32 likes, 4 comments. “’s Steakhouse new location opens in Vernon hills 4/15/24 📌 for later and follow for more ☺️ Disclaimer! The portion see in the video are just sample sizes.”

Chef Sarah Stegner on the importance of regenerative agriculture

Chef Sarah Stegner on the importance of regenerative agriculture Sarah Stegner, two-time James Beard Award-winning chef and owner of Prairie Glass Café, joins Lisa Dent to talk about the importance of regenerative agriculture and how the chef community works wit…

Tune in to Fox 32 Chicago today at 12:50 PM to catch Perry's Steakhouse & Grille Master Development Chef Rick Moonen showing Sylvia Perez some amazing dishes from Perry's new restaurant opening Monday, April 15 at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills!

Tune in to WGN TV this morning to catch Perry's Steakhouse & Grille Master Development Chef Rick Moonen at 12:40 PM to catch Rick show some amazing dishes from Perry's new restaurant opening Monday, April 15 at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills!

Lee and I joined my college roommate, Julie, and her husband, Edde, at the Kent Stage in Kent OH for The Dark Side of The Moon Pink Floyd Tribute Band 3/6/2024. So much fun and great to see Tom Simpson, The Kent Stage owner. We were both part of ACPB (All Campus Programming Board) at Kent State University back in the 70s. He was on the concert committee; I was the promoter, fancy that!

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More good client news. CheSa’s Bistro & Bar is listed in The Infatuation as one of the best places to dine in Chicago's Avondale neighborhood!

This gluten-free, Southern restaurant serves the kind of dishes that make us look forward to—or at least not hate—Chicago’s 30-degree days. Chesa's menu has short rib and grits, seafood gumbo with a gentle heat, and buttery wagyu sliders on buns that we wouldn’t know were gluten-free if it wasn’t our job to know these things. The space is bright and casual, with a few TVs over the bar and a hip-hop playlist that makes head-bobbing groups of friends remember just how catchy 2000’s Nelly is.

https://www.theinfatuation.com/chicago/guides/the-best-restaurants-in-avondale

Congratulations to our friend and client Tyris Bell for his Bell Heirs BBQ being listed among Chicago's Best BBQ restaurants by Time Out Chicago

https://www.timeout.com/chicago/restaurants/best-bbq-in-chicago

Bell Heir's BBQ
Former general manager of Luella’s Southern Kitchen Tyris Bell (and great-grandson to the restaurant’s namesake) transformed a Southern family tradition into a full-fledged barbecue concept in Canaryville. Priding itself on “BBQ with a twist,” Bell Heir’s specials range from buttermilk fried chicken wings, smothered fries topped with smoked brisket, pulled pork nachos and an unbeatable brisket mac and cheese sprinkled with bacon for good measure. For inventive barbecue that still tastes like a home-cooked meal, you can’t go wrong with Bell Heir’s.

The best barbecue restaurants in Chicago Sorry if you're already drooling.

Looking for a fun and tasty opportunity? Check out this Tortilla & Taco Making Class with La Luna Chicago chef Marco Colin. https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/learn-how-make-tortilla-taco-s-la-luna-chef-marco-colin-nodx

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Savor with Andrew Davis takes you to Green City Market in with a guided tour by Sarah Stegner, Prairie Grass Cafe , Arshiya Farheen, of Verzenay Chicago and Tigist Reda of Demera Ethiopian Restaurant

Going to market and French-inspired 'Un-Tea' time Going to Green City Market and the Sofitel Chicago reaped wonderful—and very different—rewards

Tune in to Fox 32 Chicago at 12:45 pm today to see Heather Bublick of Smoke and Soul and Sarah Stegner , of Prairie Grass Cafe interview with Sylvia Perez discussing Evanston's Soul & Smoke Community Fridge