Soup Miscellany

Still more soup

This just in: Rodan jumps on the soupwagon with . . . Soupline Cinema Sundays, 6-8PM. $3 bowl of Asian noodle soup with a free side of Asian cult cinema (subtitled). $3 draft beers special. Soupline […]

Mar, 01

Soup and Bread takes a field trip

Hideout co-owner Katie Tuten and I toured the Greater Chicago Food Depository yesterday, along with several of Katie’s coworkers from her day job at Catholic Charities. (Katie kept introducing me to people as a “miscellaneous do-gooder,” […]

Feb, 26

Shawn McClain’s Soup-Off

CUSTOM HOUSE TO HOST FIRST-EVER ‘SOUP OFF’ TO BENEFIT THE GREATER CHICAGO FOOD DEPOSITORY CHICAGO (February 20, 2009) – Spring Restaurant Group’s Executive Chef Shawn McClain is joining forces with Chicago’s top chefs for a Soup Off cook-off […]

Feb, 24

In case you were wondering where your money was going

“Newly Poor Swell Lines at Food Banks Nationwide” (NYT)

Feb, 19

Let there be bread

So, I’ve been trying to get together with Whole Foods for more than a month to negotiate some end-of-the-day bread donations. I even know someone in the bakery. But for some reason it just didn’t […]

Feb, 18

Soup is the medium

No soup today. Instead, here’s some supplemental reading. The other day someone from the DC trip was kind enough to send me a link to something she was talking about on the bus. Apparently Bill […]

Feb, 11

I continue to feel silly about Sam Kass

I have to go up to Evanston to babysit today, otherwise I would totally be skulking into Hull-House to scope out their Tuesday soup scene. Instead, here’s what the Tribune had to say last June. […]

Feb, 03

All about Soup & Bread

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