<description>&lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; This week on Chewing, we talk about babes, pizza, and hot stuff. First, Monica talks to My Pi pizza founder Larry Aronson about his last pizzeria closing in Chicago after 54 years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Then, Professor Steve Balkin talks about the death of Maxwell Street as he makes Monica some homemade matzo brie. Lastly, James Park talks about his cookbook "Chili Crisp: 50+ Recipes to Satisfy Your Spicy, Crunchy, Garlicky Cravings."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style= "font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "http://chewing.xyz"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt;chewing.xyz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style= "text-decoration: none;" href= "http://chicagotribune.com/chewingpodcast"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; 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white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Insta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Louisa Chu&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/louisachu1/?hl=en"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; @louisachu1&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Monica Eng&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://www.instagram.com/monicaengreporter/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; @monicaengreporter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; 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-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Monica Eng and David Hammond&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Zhong Nan Hai"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; Outro music:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://carsickcars.bandcamp.com/track/15-minutes-older"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; 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-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf9MXeorVlk"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Be Sweet" (Korean Version)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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 feat. So!YoON! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7eB7Wns1-M"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Heart of Gold"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by Neil Young&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href= "https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZfgMOJ8tSlfbyHM0Icqer"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Look In My Eyes"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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 Chantels&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyGUyUgGF-8"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Life is but a Dream"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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 Harptones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p dir="ltr" style= "line-height: 1.656; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"&gt; &lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a style="text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkKnp4SdE-w"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; "Hot Sauce"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"&gt; by NCT Dream&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Chewing

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

Episode 136: Babes, Pizza and Hot Stuff

JUL 28, 202561 MIN
Chewing

Episode 136: Babes, Pizza and Hot Stuff

JUL 28, 202561 MIN

Description

This week on Chewing, we talk about babes, pizza, and hot stuff. First, Monica talks to My Pi pizza founder Larry Aronson about his last pizzeria closing in Chicago after 54 years. Then, Professor Steve Balkin talks about the death of Maxwell Street as he makes Monica some homemade matzo brie. Lastly, James Park talks about his cookbook "Chili Crisp: 50+ Recipes to Satisfy Your Spicy, Crunchy, Garlicky Cravings." chewing.xyz chicagotribune.com/chewingpodcast facebook.com/chewingpodcast Insta Louisa Chu @louisachu1 Monica Eng @monicaengreporter Links: Order Made in Chicago: Stories Behind 30 Great Hometown Bites by Monica Eng and David Hammond Music: Theme music: "Zhong Nan Hai" by Carsick Cars Outro music: "15 Minutes Older" by Carsick Cars Segments: "Be Sweet" (Korean Version) by Japanese Breakfast feat. So!YoON! "Heart of Gold" by Neil Young "Look In My Eyes" by The Chantels "Life is but a Dream" by The Harptones "Hot Sauce" by NCT Dream