The Best Italian Sub in Chicago: A Tour of Six Delis

Which Italian deli in Chicago makes the best subs?

We assembled at 11 a.m., seven hungry men, at J. P. Graziano's. This unadorned storefront in the restaurant supply district of Chicago's West Loop seemed like an odd place to begin a journey to find the best Italian sub in Chicago. The shop's exterior had no tell-tale signals that it made sandwiches--just a sign stating their business as wholesale importers. The interior contained no vine...

Serious Eats Roundup

Happy New Year!  We hope your holiday was as food-filled and fun as ours.  Lots of stories to tell, but for for now, here's a little roundup of what the two of us have written over on Serious Eats.

"Dinner Tonight" Column

Quick meals to your table five days a week.

• Spicy Spaghetti with Fennel and Herbs

• A "deconstructed" Italian sausage pasta, which has Nick raving about fiery chil...

2007 Wrap-Up: Writing Elsewhere, and The Paupered Chef in 2008

As a new year begins, we mostly try to think forward to what's to come.  But January is also the time for us to look fondly back, to two years ago this month, when we started this website with very little idea of what we were doing.  Though our last year-in-review-posts didn't make it up onto the site until March , this time we're on the ball.  It's been a very interesting year, with...