112650 Wed Apr 23 13:53:42 -0700 2003 12 7 Chicago Area 0 611958 I'm certain that some of the people posting to this board are members of Slow Food, U.S.A. and are already aware of several upcoming events put on by the Chicago Convivium. For those who are not, there are three events in the next few months, which might be of interest to Chowhounds. First, SuperWhites is a tasting of 100 white wines from the Friuli Venezia Giulia regions in Italy to be held at the Newberry Library. Second, on May 4, Barbeque and Blues with the author of Barbeque: An American Art at Smoke Daddy. Finally, Slow Food is holding its annual Feast of the Senses on June 7. Many of you may have attended this event in the past. Several art galleries in River North open their doors for on a Saturday evening. Restaurants and food producers pair with wine/beer/spirit producers at each of the locales. It's a wandering party and a chance to see interesting art and taste various foods from within the city and without. Last year, it was a weekend of events in light of the presence of Alice Waters who is the leader of the Berkeley convivium, which began with a (fairly mediocre) dinner at Thyme. If anyone is interested in learning more about these events, you can either go to the Slow Food website or contact me at the e-mail listed above. Wed Apr 23 13:53:42 -0700 2003 0 MAG 1 611960 Your post reminds me that I have this desire of late to do some kind of grand Chicago foodie summit. I've talked with a chowhound who has nibbled at egullet, about some kind of chowhound-egullet meet (rather like Nixon going to Breshnev, no?). But why limit it to egullet. We've got the Culiniary Historians, ChicaGourmet, the above mentioned Slow Food, Cathy2's mushroom folks, Ultimo's BBQ list. I am sure there are many more. Hell, even the few real people left talking food on chi.eats. We all share basically the same interests. A lot of it, I believe stems to which forum we find more comfortable, or even which forum we found first. Would not we all benefit from meeting? Exhanging? Let me know what you think and who wants to participate in this. I will need willing liasons to the "other guys" to move this forward. Rob Wed Apr 23 14:26:31 -0700 2003 611958 0 Vital Information 2 611963 That sounds like a very intriguing proposal. It would be a great opportunity for people who share a great love for eating (and drinking) to get together on a larger scale. I know that for me this board has been for a me a wonderful outlet for discussion on topics that people in my everyday life (I'll admit it I'm probably one of the few attorneys posting on this site) often fail to understand. I would be happy to spread the word with the Slow Food folks. Another source of invitees would be the Friends of the Green City Market. I could contact them as well. Wed Apr 23 15:04:37 -0700 2003 611960 0 MAG 3 611965 MAG writes: "I'll admit it I'm probably one of the few attorneys posting on this site" Do not be so positive. I know a few other attorneys (besides yours truly) who are big time hounds on this board, and I've heard Leff or someone say that a chowhound survey once found the hightest concentration of lawyers and rock critics amongst chowhounder regulars. Rob Wed Apr 23 15:08:13 -0700 2003 611963 0 Vital Information 4 611966 My my, Chowhound, the secret passion of lawyers. Yes, I had seen that observation . . . I think I was probably thrown off by a comment in a post in the recent thread on potential contracts and contract violations based upon questionable or disagreed upon recommendations. Wed Apr 23 15:23:36 -0700 2003 611965 0 MAG 5 611967 I tracked down the lawyers and food thread. See link. The post explaining the similiarities between lawyers and rock critics is priceless. Rob Link: http://www.chowhound.com/boards/notfood/messages/13656.html Wed Apr 23 15:27:18 -0700 2003 611966 0 Vital Information 6 611977 I'm a first year law student and this page is my regular study break. I never have time to try the places on my ever-growing list, so haven't posted. Just wait til summer! Wed Apr 23 17:02:18 -0700 2003 611967 0 Tonya 6 611978 Jeez, the lawyer and contract schtick was just for grins - not meant to really convince anyone that there were or were not lawyers here. Trying to take the idea that we owe each other money for recommendations perceived as bad to some illogical, extreme conclusion. I suppose I should be flattered it made an impression, though. Interesting that participants were found to be disproportionately lawyers and rock critics, which implies a really high percentage of rock critics are chowhounds. Is that because they expect their careers to eventually turn them into some form of lifestyle reporters, which includes food writing, or something else? Just speculating. The other item that was interesting to me, was the point that this group is a selection of those who like their chow and like to be online. Obvious, now that I have read it. To get back on topic - I know nothing about any of these groups, though the events and summit sound interesting. Now I have to look up these groups. Do they all have self-evident Internet presences? d Wed Apr 23 17:16:44 -0700 2003 611967 0 dickson d 7 611980 I clearly misremembered your post as it was "Undoubtedly, there are lawyers and accountants who participate in these chats (so many gratuitous barbs as to why that would not be the case come to mind, but I consider myself a better person than one who would indulge) . . . " Instead, it was simply a comment on lawyer/accountant stereotypes . . . . As I'm certain no offense was intended, no offense was taken. In fact, a stereotype always begins with some sort of truth. As I work frequently with tax attorneys, I could say that the vast majority have very little interest in all things chowish. With regards to the various organizations. ChicaGourmets, Culinary Historians and Slow Food have some presence on the web. ChicagoCooks has an out of date discussion of the Friends of the Green City Market. If you haven't been there, it really is the best of the city's farmer's markets. Worth the trip. Wed Apr 23 17:39:29 -0700 2003 611978 0 MAG 4 612042 There is a reason for the high concentration of lawyers. They get tips on great out of the way places to eat from their clients. Some of these places are ones where you may find a policeman, sitting next to a junkie out on bond, who is sitting next to his previous attorney, and across from his bail bondsman who is having lunch with a court deputy. The judge and his secretary are smooching in the back corner. As a person involved in Social Work and some experience with sociology and food. I'm not far off. Peace Bruce Fri Apr 25 07:36:18 -0700 2003 611965 0 bdcbbq 5 612043 OK, Bruce, give us some of the places you are talking about, they sound like a lot of fun. One obvious choice would be Manny's. The other obvious choice is the departed Counselor's Row. Those (Seth?) interested in some good insight into the action at Counselor's Row should read Double Deal the memoir of Michael Corbitt, a police chief who spent his whole career in the embrace of the Outfit. Rob Fri Apr 25 09:10:45 -0700 2003 612042 0 Vital Information 6 612056 Unfortutnately I am not familiar enough with Chicago to provide this information. However, there are a couple of places in Detroit, I used to eat at that were like this. They are 2 coney islands in Detroit (American & Lafayatee Coney Island) that are right next to each other. No telling who you would see in there during lunch. During the night the attorneys and judges would not be there but the cops and robbers would. I know of a couple of other places but don't remember them. I haven't lived in Detroit in 13 years. Here in South Bend, The Lincolnway Grill is one place. They have great breakfasts and hamburgers. Another is called the G & H Grill or Gag & Heave. I love the hamburgers and the ambience of the place. It is a dive but good. Every local town has some place or places where there is a truce between the various clientele because of the food. They are usually Hamburger, BBQ, Hot Dog, or Breakfast "joints" with good food and a good price. Rarely are they upper crust type places. An example of a place that I have been to that I think has this type of atmosphere is Al's #1 Italian Beef on West Taylor. Although the judge and his GF won't be sitting down. They will carry out to the hotel Image: http://alscatering.com/ Fri Apr 25 11:58:20 -0700 2003 612043 0 bdcbbq 2 612326 rob, at culinary historians last week, i made a brief announcement about a possible food event that would be a collaborative effort between chowhounds and other groups. i said that barring objections(there were none), that culinary historians would be considered an interested participant if this ever gets to the planning stage......so, count culinary historians in. joan Thu May 01 21:25:40 -0700 2003 611960 0 joan