PLAY PODCASTS
Talking and Tasting Chi Foods That Aren’t Hot Dogs or Pizza

Talking and Tasting Chi Foods That Aren’t Hot Dogs or Pizza

Chicago's culinary contributions go beyond the basics.

City Cast Chicago

September 29, 202114m 11s

Audio is streamed directly from the publisher (pdst.fm) as published in their RSS feed. Play Podcasts does not host this file. Rights-holders can request removal through the copyright & takedown page.

Show Notes

We all know pizza and hot dogs are iconic Chicago foods. But the city’s culinary contributions don’t stop there. Some foods everyone knows have origin stories here, like the legendary Palmer House brownie. And there are some foods that just scream Chicago, like a well constructed pizza puff. And then there are some Chicago foods you may not even recognize depending on which side of the city you live on. We taste some of these lesser-known Chicago foods and talk about their origins with Chicago Tribune food critic Louisa Chu.


Guest: Louisa Chu — Food Critic, Chicago Tribune


Follow us on Twitter: @CityCastChicago

Sign up for our newsletter: chicago.citycast.fm


Some of the restaurants mentioned:

Column: Dave’s Red Hots, Chicago’s oldest hot dog stand, is even older than we thought

The Palmer House Brownie recipe

Home of the Hoagy

Italian Fiesta Pizza