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Distilled Strawberry Ice Cubes
Grant Achatz and Craig Schoettler are simply killing it on their YouTube channel discussing cocktail ideas for their upcoming bar Aviary. See also their gin and tonic, and my favorite the superchiller test.
Wanna make bigass cube-shaped ice cubes too? Behold the Tovolo Perfect Cube silicone ice tray.
City of Big Holes
The Chicago Spire designed by Santiago Calatrava was poised to rise and twist 360 degrees over 150 stories near Chicago's Navy Pier. However financial woes have almost certainly doomed the project and Chicago is left with an enormous hole just off Lake Shore Drive.
Early this year the Chicago Architectural Club saw an opportunity and held a global competition, Mine the Gap, in which it posed the question: What the hell should we do with this frigging massive hole? (paraphrased) From dozens of entries the results have been announced and below are some of the more intriguing and occasionally wacky submissions. The winner is the first image, called The Second Sun. Much more detailed imagery on their site.
Pigeon Posters
Jay Ryan at the Bird Machine has some sweet pigeon posters. Available individually or as a set.
Dip Cups by Susan Dwyer
The Hill
Great Lake, A Chicago Pizza Shop
Mr. Lessins makes every pizza by hand. “No man is slower,” wrote GQ’s food critic, Alan Richman. “He makes each as though it is his first, manipulating the dough until it appears flawless, putting on toppings one small bit after another. In the time he takes to create a pie, civilizations could rise and fall, not just crusts.” Mr. Richman declared the Great Lake Mortadella pie one of the best pizzas in America — and that is when the trouble started.
A Baconlight Dinner
Chef Rick Gresh at David Burke's Primehouse in Chicago is accompanying meals with bacon fat candles. As the candles melt they can be poured on dry-aged steaks and scallops. Glad to see there's still room for bacon innovation. (via yumsugar)
