Sunday Dinner Club

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WTF sun golds? If you aren't on the market table this weekend, we will be very sad. (06/28/12)

Um. Everything? Except tomatoes...come on Sun Golds! (06/15/12)
Local asparagus and rhubarb. In March. In Chicago. Yay global warming! (03/23/12)
Yay global warming! (03/23/12)
We are pretty stoked about (03/12/12)
Pig, pig and more pig. What else are we gonna do in March? (03/02/12)
February brings Mexican food to our menu. Lime + Cilantro = Success. (02/17/12)
Meat. Seriously. It's the Midwest, it's sort of all we got in January. (01/26/12)
super serious about peaches right now (08/09/11)
super serious about peaches right now. (08/08/11)
Pickling cukes! (07/20/11)
omg. CHERRIES!!! Specifically, the sour variety. We have plans for cobblers and pickling. (07/12/11)
kinda obessed with Sungold tomatoes. Even though they aren't at market for another week or so. doesn't stop us from checking every single day. so you could say "this just in...soon." (06/24/11)
kinda obessed with sungold tomatoes. even though they aren't at market for another week or so. doesn't stop us from checking every single day. so you could say "this just in...soon." (06/23/11)
kinda obessed with sungold tomatoes. even though they aren't at market until. doesn't stop us from checking every single day. so you could say "this just in...soon." (06/23/11)
rhubarb! asparagus! green garlic! YES. (05/26/11)

1st course Tapas Plate + Pickled Summer Veggies and Olives with Chickpea Cream + Catalan Flatbread with Eggplant, Sun Gold Tomatoes and Zamorano Cheese + Tiny Market Salad with Sherry Date Vinaigrette 2nd course Tapas Plate + Slow-cooked Potatoes with Roasted Peppers, Wild Mushrooms and Eggs + Swiss Chard Croquetta with Caper Mayo + Charred Tropea Onions with Romesco Rossejat with Padron Peppers, Fried Squash Blossom and Zucchini, and Garlic Alioli Spanish Olive Oil Sorbet with Apricot Marcona Almond Custard Costrada with Fresh Cherries and Honeycomb (06/28/12)

Fried Calamari, Lemon Mayo, Zucchini Ribbons and Mint on Ciabatta Crab Cake, Green Goddess Dressing, Fresh Basil, Scallions, Sun Gold Tomatoes and Market Salad Greens Grilled Pork Loin, Black Olive Spicy-Tomato Relish and Red Potato Salad with Bacon and Parsley Blueberry Oatmeal Crumble Bar with Maple Ice Cream (06/15/12)
Platter of Green Garlic Biscuits Romaine Lettuces, Smoked Ham, Hard-Cooked Eggs, Shaved Breakfast Radish and Buttermilk Dill Dressing Fried Chicken with Honey Butter, Butterkase Mac-N-Cheese and Spring Asparagus Slaw with Lemon Pepper Vinaigrette. Vanilla Bean Pudding, Bananas, Homemade 'Nilla Wafers, Whipped Cream and Strawberries (04/26/12)
Smoked Trout Frittata, Fried Lemon and Ramp Aioli Morel Mushrooms, Aged Ash Goat Cheese on Toast, Basil, Market Greens and Sparkling Wine Vinaigrette Grilled Pork Ribs with Cumin Radish and Potato Chips Lamb, Red Chiles and Pistachios inside Squid with Toasted Cous Cous and Tahini Dressing Ricotta Blintzes with Rhubarb Jam and SarVecchio Crunchies (04/10/12)
Roasted Chicken Wings, Maitake Mushrooms, Sherry Gastrique and Fried Shallots Potato Gnocchi, Cauliflower, Bacon, Citrus Zest and Goat Cheese Sirloin Steak, Spinach, Shaved Watermelon Radish, Horseradish, French Lentils and Garlic Aioli Blood Orange Milk Shake with Homemade Graham Cracker and Dark Chocolate S'Mores (03/02/12)
Currently hosting Mexican dinners at the end of February. Here's da menu :Tostada: Homemade Tortilla, Duck Breast, Sweet Potatoes, Refried Black Beans, Red Cabbage and Pasilla Chiles Salsa Rich Chicken Broth with Summer Beans and Sweet Corn, Pepitas, Avocado and Cotija Cheese Enchilada of Woody Mushrooms and Poblano Peppers with House-Made Quesillo Oaxaqueno and Tomatillo Salsa Mole Rojo with Roasted Pork Loin, Peanuts and Cilantro Lime Rice Cakes Sweet Crema Fried Ice Cream with Peach Compote and Dulce de Leche (02/17/12)
Super-cute and super-tasty shishito peppers from Green Acres Farm on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/23. (07/28/11)
Spicy braised baby kale & goat munster cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/23. (07/22/11)
Spicy braised baby kale and goat munster cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/23. (07/20/11)
Spicy braised baby kale and goat munster cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/16. (07/20/11)
Spicy braised baby kale with a big shmear of smokey paprika aioli on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 7/16. (07/12/11)
Spicy braised baby kale & melty butterkaase cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 6/25. (06/24/11)
spicy braised baby kale and melty butterkaase cheese on the egg sandwich at our market booth this Saturday 6/25. (06/23/11)

The beer we are excited about right now is view archive

Is it wrong to shower while drinking Virtue Cider's Red Streak? (06/28/12)

Virtue Cider Red Streak. Cool, crisp, refreshing. (06/15/12)
Hamms. Yeah, that's right. We said it. (04/26/12)
Someone brought us Zombie Dust the other night...Thus, we are excited. (03/23/12)
Is it weird if we say Miller High Life? It's just so refreshing. (02/17/12)
It's it weird if we say Miller High Life? It's so refreshing. (02/17/12)
gumball head is pretty good. (01/26/12)
the coldest beer imaginable. (07/20/11)
cold beer. :) (07/12/11)
Just had Bridgeport Scotch ale. swoony. (06/24/11)
just had the bridgeport scotch ale. swoony. (06/23/11)
Oo-lovin Two Brothers Dog Days and Half Acre Daisy Cutter. Not that we drink much. (05/27/11)
Ooo-lovin' Two Brothers Dog Days and Half Acre Daisy Cutter. Not that we drink much. (05/26/11)

Our current inspiration — be it ingredient, weather, song or whatever — is view archive

We are inspired to cook without turning our oven on this week. Challenging. (06/28/12)

Honestly...burgers...we've been without our market burger since last year, we looks forward to making/eating them every week. (06/15/12)
Happily swimming in asparagus. (04/10/12)
Josh has been tinkering with Asian food lately. We needed the bright, spicy, fish saucy flavors after two months of cassoulet. (03/23/12)
Using our pickly and preserved foodstuffs from last season before the fresh ingredients come in season. It's like a great opening band before a greater headlining band. (03/02/12)
Bright, clean flavors to pep up the palette in winter - lime, cilantro, hot sauce, vinegars, pickly things. (02/17/12)
Cassoulet! (01/16/12)
Short ribs are a solid opening act for our headliner: cassoulet (12/26/11)
Vinejoy wines, aka big red juice bombs from small-batch CA central coast winemakers. (12/12/11)
Chicago Homegrown Cookbook (11/08/11)
Wisconsin! (10/03/11)
Getting closer to actually opening a restaurant: Honey Butter Fried Chicken! We've been keeping busy testing fried chicken recipes and looking at potential spaces. (09/23/11)
Getting closer to actually opening a restaurant someday... Stay tuned :) (08/09/11)
Getting closer to actually opening a restaurant someday... Stay tuned. :) (08/08/11)
Yep. Still working on actually opening a restaurant someday... Stay tuned. :) (07/12/11)
Still working on actually opening a restaurant someday... Stay tuned. :) (06/24/11)
still working on actually opening a restaurant someday. Stay tuned. :) (06/23/11)
working on actually opening a restaurant someday. Stay tuned. :) (05/26/11)
working on actually opening a resturant someday. Stay tuned. :) (05/26/11)

During prep, the kitchen was listening to view archive

Beastie Boys. Breaking it all down, kicking it Root Down. (06/28/12)

Oh Sherrie Radio on Pandora. Seriously. (06/15/12)
Journey. Toto. New Jack White album. (04/26/12)
SDC's event manager, Bridgette, made everyone mix tapes. So we listen to those now. (04/10/12)
Black Keys. New Delta Spirit. Rihana. (Yep.) (03/23/12)
Justin Timberlake. Don't judge. (03/12/12)
FLAMING LIPS! (03/02/12)
SDC event manager Bridgette just made our crew Valentine's Day mixed tapes. So our kitchen is currently filled with every sound from Justin Timberlake to The Outfield. (02/17/12)
Metallica + George Michael + LCD Soundsystem = Sunday Dinner kitchen music success. (01/30/12)
Oh you know...a little Beirut...a little Atmosphere...A little Delta Spirit (08/09/11)
Oh you know...a little Beirut...a little Atmosphere...A little Delta Spirit. (08/08/11)
Bon Iver and Other Lives on heavy rotation. (07/28/11)
It is wrong that we like to have Jay-Z dance parties in our kitchen? (07/20/11)
SDC senior management went to the U2 concert last week. Yeah- we know. Don't judge. But Bono and Boys still got it. And we got Achtung Baby on heavy rotation. (07/12/11)
New bon iver. black keys. roots. Until josh makes us turn it off. :) (06/24/11)
new bon iver. black keys. roots. until josh makes us turn it off. :) (06/23/11)
Lately, the Nationals, The Roots and a little Bonnie Price Billie for good measure. (05/27/11)
lately, The National, The Roots and a little Bonnie Price Billie for good measure. (05/26/11)

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Spanish food + vegetarian food = July Dinner Clubs! (06/28/12)

Just went on sale-- another series of cookbook dinners, featuring a cookbook written by our HBFC biz partner Jen Mayer. (06/15/12)
More Vinejoy dinners at the end of May. In June -- another series of cookbook dinners, featuring a cookbook written by our HBFC biz partner Jen Mayer. (04/26/12)
Our Honey Butter Fried Chicken will be available for purchase at this Sunday's Dose Market at the River East Arts Center. (04/10/12)
5 Vinejoy sparking wine dinners second half of April! (03/23/12)
Burger Dinners first half of April! Vinejoy wine dinners second half of April! (03/12/12)
Burger Dinners at the end of March and beginning of April. Let's usher in our spring properly with some fresh ground meat. (02/23/12)
Perhaps burger dinners in April? Stay tuned. (02/17/12)
We are frying chicken with Cleetus from City Provisions on Feb 13 and doing a V-day Dinner Club with Vinejoy Wines the next night. (02/06/12)
We are frying chicken with Cleetus from City Provisions on Feb 13 and hosting pig butchery demo dinners with Rob from Butcher and Larder and Virtue Cider in March. (01/26/12)
Cassoulet, our reigning heavy-weight champion, is back in January and February (01/09/12)
Menu and invite for cassoulet dinners going out the first week of January! (12/26/11)
Vinejoy wine dinners this week 12/14, 12/15, 12/16 (12/12/11)
Our Honey Butter Fried Chicken will be making its debut at Dose Market in December! (11/18/11)
Pizza dinner club this week Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, and the week after Thanksgiving, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (11/15/11)
Chicago Homegrown Cookbook dinner club this week, followed by pizza dinner club next week (11/08/11)
"Tribute to Wisconsin" October Dinner Clubs (10/03/11)
Two artist series dinner next week (9/28 and 9/29), featuring art by artists curated by Azimuth Projects (09/23/11)
Two winemaker dinners with the guys from Vinejoy at the beginning of September. Which basically means trouble (08/09/11)
Two winemaker dinners with the guys from Vinejoy at the beginning of September. Which basically means trouble. (08/08/11)
mostly likely.... vegetarian dinner in August! (07/22/11)
mostly likely...vegetarian dinner in August! (07/20/11)
Next month: maybe...vegetarian dinner? Here's hoping we can part with our beloved bacon. (07/12/11)
5-course whole red wattle pig dinner next week. (06/24/11)
5 course whole red wattle pig dinner next week. (06/23/11)
Burger dinner club will run several nights in June. Three-course menu for $45 per person. (05/26/11)

The latest product/ingredient/technique our bartenders are excited about is view archive

Japanese Eggplant spotted at the market this week. Get in our bellies! (06/28/12)

Sugar snap peas all up in our business. (06/15/12)
Pete Klein from Seedling told us strawberries will be ready in 30-ish days. So we are pretty excited about that. (04/26/12)
We are pretty excited about Majestic Nursery's spring greens and radishs. We were starved for good greens all winter - relief is a Saturday visit to the Green City Market away! (04/10/12)
We got in some Miitake mushrooms today from the Oregon. We are going to serve them tonight with roasted chicken wings and sherry gastrique. Thus, we are excited. (03/23/12)

The can't-miss food-beverage pairing of the night is view archive

anything cold that goes with hot. (06/15/12)

Vinejoy's Dry Rieslings with Fried Chicken. Specifically, Honey Butter Fried Chicken. (03/23/12)
If you haven't tried San Liege's The Offering with our cassoulet, you haven't truly lived. (02/17/12)
We don't typically do a lot of food-beverage parings BUT we are announcing a V-day Dinner Club with Vinejoy Wines today. Here is a sneak peek at the menu and pairings: Rabbit Fricassee with Homemade Puff Pastry Cerdon Sparkling Rose NV Mussels, Smoked Hocks, Pork Broth and Grilled Bread Field Recordings Fiction White Buckwheat Crepe with Wild Mushroom Ragout and Swiss Chard Folkway Bien Nacido Spiced Duck Breast, Chorizo, Figs and Parsley Field Recordings Fiction Red Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Frosting, Candied Black Olives and Marcona Almonds Sans Liege "The Offering" (01/26/12)
No food/bev pairings for us. BUT Christine had a lovely glass of whiskey last night w/ some beef fat fries at Longman and Eagle. It was pretty can't-miss. (08/09/11)
No food/bev pairings for us. BUT Christine had a lovely glass of whiskey last night with some beef fat fries at Longman and Eagle. It was pretty can't-miss. (08/08/11)

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Burgers at Green City Market! Every Saturday from 9am -1pm. (06/15/12)

Fried Chicken Dinner Club invite just went out. Too soon to tell if it will sell out. (04/26/12)
Burger dinner club seats. We just added an extra dinner on Tuesday 4/17! (04/10/12)
Burger dinner club seats. We may need to add an extra dinner! (03/23/12)
We don't know about early, but if you get here late we like bourbon. (02/17/12)
Egg Sandwich at Green City Market on Saturdays has been getting a lot of love lately (08/09/11)
Egg Sandwich at Green City Market on Saturdays has been getting a lot of love lately. (08/08/11)
Burgers at Green City Market on Saturdays. Seriously, who doesn't want a burger smothered with brunkow horserasdish cheddar in the morning?Get thee there! (06/24/11)
Burgers at Green City Market on Saturdays. Seriously- who doesn't want a burger smothered with brunkow horserasdish cheddar in the morning?Get thee there! (06/23/11)
Burgers at Green City Market on Saturdays. Get thee there! (05/27/11)
burgers at the Green City Market on Saturdays. Get thee there! (05/26/11)

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San Liege's Groundworks Rose. It's not your mother's rose. It's more like your bad boyfriend's rose. Wait. What? (06/15/12)

Illinois Sparkling Co.'s Franken's. It will melt your face. (04/10/12)
all wine? (03/23/12)
Vinejoy dry Rieslings. Just arrived in the market. Gonna pair 'em with our Honey Butter Fried Chicken at our tasting party on March 20th. (03/12/12)
Sans Liege "The Offering" Stupid good with chocolate and olives. And Cassoulet. (02/17/12)
Sans Liege "The Offering" Stupid good with chocolate and olives. At the same time. Trust us, it's rad. (01/26/12)
Sans Liege 2009 En Gnedi. When we tried “En Gedi” with Hook's creamy blue cheese, it left a distinct vanilla flavor on the palette. Which is something you need to experience in your life. After our minds were collectively blown, we opted to serve the wine with a cheese course AND a spiced, vanilla themed dessert. (12/12/11)
anything is that is chilled and rose. (07/20/11)
The Field Recordings wines that we're pairing with a 5 course meal in September- the wine maker is coming to the dinners too! Best part though- getting to taste the wines next month and make the menu. FUN! (06/24/11)
the Field Recordings wines that we are pairing with a 5 course meal in September- the wine maker is coming to the dinners too! Best part though- getting to taste the wines next month and make the menu. FUN! (06/23/11)

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We sent ourselves to Publican Quality Meats for their signature Olive Oil and Chris Bianco's Bianco di Napoli Tomatoes. (06/15/12)

We got our hands on some bourbon-barrel-aged fish sauce from JDY Meats. Bourbon, folks. Bourbon. (04/10/12)
Our favorite butcher lent us his dehyrdrator to make crispy pig skin. Does that count? (03/02/12)
Toulouse sausage from Butcher & Larder. It's in da cassoulet. (01/26/12)
Toulouse sausage from Butcher & Larder. (01/16/12)
Ordering hundreds of pounds of meat from six different local farmers/producers for cassoulet (01/09/12)

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Olive Oil Cake, Lemon Glaze, Strawberries and Basil:
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