Food Culture

4th International Critical Dietetics Conference

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Chicagoland Registered Dietitians You Are Invited to the 4th International Critical Dietetics Conference!  This conference is taking place this week starting August 14th and going through the 17th.  Critical dietetics was a movement that originally started in 2009 to “create a space for critical inquiry and dialogue to build on and broaden the body of knowledge in dietetics through collective […]

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Fountain Park Chautauqua: Cake Walk

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My family has been going to Fountain Park’s Chautauqua, since before I was born.  The idea of a Chautauqua was imagined back in 1874 in New York by John H. Vincent.  The Chautauqua movement brought education and culture to many cities across the United States until the Great Depression.  Now, there are only three left in the country and […]

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Chef the Movie

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If you love eating, are into social media, and are looking for a few good laughs you should go see the movie Chef!  Being a food truck fan, I was really excited to see this movie and was blown away.  Not only was this movie a foodie’s dream, it also contained a lot of great messages about […]

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Dim Sum = Yum

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I tried Dim Sum this past Sunday for the very first time.  My friends and I went to MingHin Cuisine in Chinatown.  I have wanted to try Dim Sum forever and was so happy to be finally enjoying it!  We tried so many delicious things including MingHin’s shrimp dumpling, stuffed sticky rice in lotus leaf, pan fried […]

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