Description: The food that fuels Chicagoans needs to be hearty, portable, and inexpensive. The restaurants, bakeries, taverns and pushcarts cherished from one generation to the next offered iconic recipes that warmed us in the winter and refreshed us in the summer. Now Bizzarri examines the histories-- and shares the recipes-- of some of Chicago's homegrown culinary hits.
Brief description: Amy Bizzarri is an extreme Chicago history buff and freelance writer. She lives with her two children in a vintage 1910 home in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago. When she's not writing, you'll most likely find her swimming laps at Holstein Park pool, riding her bicycle around Humboldt Park or sharing an Atomic Sundae at Margie's Candies. Amy blogs at DiscoveringVintageChicago.com