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Finally, Louisa reveals details on the corned beef sandwich at John’s Food &amp; Wine, where they’re paying their cooks $36 an hour!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p id="docs-internal-guid-e73e5694-7fff-9101-0f2f-dc8471cc29eb" dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a style= "text-decoration: none;" href="http://chewing.xyz"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; chewing.xyz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a style= "text-decoration: none;" href= "http://chicagotribune.com/chewingpodcast"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; 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color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; @monicaengreporter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Links:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Order&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://cdcshoppingcart.uchicago.edu/Cart2/ChicagoBook?ISBN=978-0-252-08705-9&amp;press=illinois&amp;_ga=2.244882437.1459792560.1675444790-974159237.1675444790"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;  &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Music:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Theme music:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://maybemars.bandcamp.com/track/zhong-nan-hai"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; 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font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; “15 Minutes Older”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Carsick Cars&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Segments:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://youtu.be/uv5lHe14Dgk?si=Bd1lhyEemWLQPK1A"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;Mexicana Hermosa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;” (Versión Mariachi) by Natalia Lafourcade ft. Carlos Rivera&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a style= "text-decoration: none;" href= "https://youtu.be/4o0RTU6uvXE?si=AwifNsaSy-59S15u"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; “Logan’s Loop”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Andrew Bird&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a style= "text-decoration: none;" href= "https://youtu.be/oecHq2neweA?si=KfbODbeGUfq8ikcV"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; “Pulaski At Night”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Andrew Bird&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt;&lt;a style= "text-decoration: none;" href= "https://youtu.be/siO6dkqidc4?si=-XICqj629qzglx3D"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; “There Is A Light That Never Goes Out”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by The Smiths&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://youtu.be/2ZfcZEIo6Bw?si=X0hUJW53W1mWFmiN"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #1155cc; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; “Be Sweet”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Japanese Breakfast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Chewing

Chicago Tribune's Louisa Chu and Axios Chicago's Monica Eng

Episode 129: Chef Geno Bahena, La Grande Boucherie, John’s Food & Wine

MAR 11, 202448 MIN
Chewing

Episode 129: Chef Geno Bahena, La Grande Boucherie, John’s Food & Wine

MAR 11, 202448 MIN

Description

This week, Monica and Louisa talk about mole, French food, and corned beef. First, Monica talks to veteran chef Geno Bahena who’s now cooking at Manchamanteles. Then, Monica talks to Emil Stefkov, founder of La Grande Boucherie, which claims it’s the biggest restaurant in Chicago. Finally, Louisa reveals details on the corned beef sandwich at John’s Food & Wine, where they’re paying their cooks $36 an hour!

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Louisa Chu: Insta @louisachu1, Threads @louisachu Monica Eng: Insta @monicaengreporter

 

Links:

Order Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites 

 

Music:

Theme music: “Zhong Nan Hai” by Carsick Cars

Outro music: “15 Minutes Older” by Carsick Cars

Segments:

“Mexicana Hermosa” (Versión Mariachi) by Natalia Lafourcade ft. Carlos Rivera

“Logan’s Loop” by Andrew Bird

“Pulaski At Night” by Andrew Bird

“There Is A Light That Never Goes Out” by The Smiths

“Be Sweet” by Japanese Breakfast