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Dining guides, recipes, hosting tips, and essays on food and community. Because the best stories begin around a table.

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A ripe tomato is a deadline

Recipe September 6, 2026

The tomato dinner party menu September was built for

Two courses of tomato, one pan, one market run. The menu to build around the last five weeks of peak season.

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🕯️ Dining Culture

Dining Culture

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Dining Culture June 12, 2026

The James Beard Awards are in Chicago. Here's how to eat like you're invited.

The biggest night in American food happens Monday at the Lyric. Collab dinners, the bar stool strategy, and the watch party that plans itself.

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Dining Culture June 2, 2026

Why supper clubs are having their biggest summer yet

How Chicago became ground zero for the supper club renaissance.

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Dining Culture June 23, 2026

How to find a supper club in Chicago (and actually get a seat)

The guest's guide to getting in the door — where to look and how to RSVP like a regular.

🗺️ City Dining Guides

City Dining Guides

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Chicago June 15, 2026

Chicago food festivals, June 19 to 21: four fests, one glorious weekend

How to eat your way through the biggest festival weekend of the summer.

🏡 Hosting Guides

Hosting Guides

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Hosting September 5, 2026

The dinner party kit: nine things you need, twelve you don't

Fall hosting season starts now. The whole kit, sized for a Chicago apartment, with the shopping list cut in half.

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Hosting June 12, 2026

8 things every first-time dinner party host gets wrong

The bar is lower than you think — and the mistakes that trip up new hosts have nothing to do with cooking.

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Hosting June 9, 2026

How to host your first backyard supper club

The complete Chicago guide — from the invite to the last candle.

🍓 Recipes

Recipes

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Recipe September 6, 2026

The tomato dinner party menu September was built for

Two courses of tomato, one pan, one market run.

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Recipe June 17, 2026

The strawberry dinner party menu June demands

A make-ahead menu built around peak-season strawberries.

✍️ Essays

Essays

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Essay June 30, 2026

The dinner that started TableFolk

The founder story — one table, one night, and the reason this exists.

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