Although there was disproportionately more beer than chili at Urbana's Annual International Beer Tasting & Chili Cook-Off (and why shouldn't there be), we had fun tasting the chili and meeting the few competing teams.
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Market Watch returns next week
After a long hiatus, Market Watch will be back in the food section next week to catch the last few weeks of the farmer’s market season! In the meantime, here’s a little video about this …
The strategy of sauce
Susanna breaks down the basics of what makes a sauce, and Chef Jessica Gorin of Big Grove Tavern and Chef Manny Martinez of Destihl Restaurant & Brew Works share some professional recipes to try at home.
Breakfast Club showing with Breakfast Stout
If you were a child of the 70s or 80s, and you love Molly Ringwald and Emilio Estevez as much as you love Founders Breakfast Stout, you’ll be in good company at Big Grove Tavern …
BGT hosts Local Flavors Dinner tonight
Big Grove Tavern will host a Local Flavors Dinner tonight, Thursday, September 20. Each dish from the prix fixe menu ($48), a “nose-to-tail” pork dinner, features part of the whole pig from Moore Family Farm. …
EIF hosts 6th Annual Hunger Symposium tonight
If you want to get more informed about hunger in the community and what the Eastern Illinois Foodbank is doing about it (or even what you can do about it), tonight, they’re hosting the Sixth …
4th Annual Gala Wine Tasting pours Friday
Friday night marks the 4th annual Corkscrew Gala Wine Tasting. We preview the event, and more importantly, the wine list.
Annual wine tasting gala next Friday
Join the annual Corkscrew Gala Wine Tasting next Friday (that’s one week from today), September 14, from 5:30–8:30 p.m., for samples of more than 200 different wines from 35 select vendors around the world. Proceeds …
Food and water watch kickoff meeting
From the Food and Water Watch Kickoff Meeting Press Release: Do you have a right to know what’s in your food? Our answer is yes. At Food and Water Watch, we’re launching the “Let Me …
A look back: Five years at the Urbana farmer’s market
Lisa Bralts-Kelly is leaving her position as the Market Director for the Urbana Market at the Square. We chatted with her about what coordinating the farmers’ market was like and how it changed since she started.