Sarah Grueneberg

'Top Chef: Texas': Excellence rarer than hen's teeth

2011-12-22 16:36:02

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'Top Chef: Texas': Make your own tortillas, or else

2011-11-17 04:34:53

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Traveling on your stomach

2013-06-12 14:42:00

Many travel for business. Some travel for fun. Food people travel to eat. We asked our favorite eating enthusiasts the question "When you travel to eat, where do you go?" The delicious responses follow: Chef Bill Kim owns Chicago restaurants Urban...

A potluck kind of year

2013-01-03 00:00:00

If only it were so easy to pithily proclaim 2012 as the Year of the (fill-in-the-blank). But there's really no one thread that neatly ties together the Chicago restaurant scene these last 12 months. A restaurant that put Chicago on the culinary map 25...

Lady Gaga sightings in Chicago -- lots of restaurant visits but, curiously, not a lot of clubs

2012-08-12 13:20:00

What do Chicago restaurants Spiaggia, Table Fifty-Two, Girl and the Goat and Topolobampo have in common? They all feature former “Top Chef” and “Top Chef Masters” contestants in their kitchens. And, not coincidentally, they’...

Off to a tasty start

2012-02-17 19:36:00

Restaurant Week got off to a flying start with busy dining rooms (reservations for lunch and dinner were extremely limited), tantalizing menus and superb food. During Chicago's Restaurant Week, which actually lasts 10 days through Feb. 26, participating...

Top chefs have 'A Taste for the Arts'

2012-05-18 08:12:00

Student performances and Top Chef stations were the main attractions at "A Taste for the Arts" benefiting the Chicago Academy of the Arts. More than 350 attended the free performances by students and alumni May 10 at the Harris Theater. The show opened...

Bar Toma: Italian fare inspires dreams of summertime dining

2012-03-08 00:00:00

Tony Mantuano is on a roll. A local politician who flies on Air Force One these days calls him "my favorite chef." He's in the running — again — for the James Beard Foundation's Outstanding Chef award. His executive chef at Spiaggia, Sarah...

Chef Sarah Grueneberg of Spiaggia Shares Her Secrets

2012-04-12 00:00:00

Chef Sarah Grueneberg of Spiaggia may have been born in Texas but her inspiration comes from Italy. As a participant in Top Chef season 9, Sarah used both her southern cooking roots and love for Italian food to make it to the finals. She shares one of her...

Green City Market opens with chef demos, new additions

2012-05-07 08:11:00

Hundreds of Chicagoans and restaurateurs supported local Midwest farmers and shopped for sustainable, organic produce and products at the opening day of Lincoln Park's Green City Market May 5. Although it was a bit rainy and cool, market visitors enjoyed...

May 10: Lunchbreak - Korean Braised Goat and Dumplings

2012-05-10 11:34:00

Chef Chris Shepherd Underbelly 1100 Westheimer Houston TX www.underbellyhouston.com Chef Sarah Grueneberg Spiaggia 980 North Michigan Avenue Chicago www.spiaggiarestaurant.com Korean Braised Goat and Dumplings Serves 4 Ingredients: 2 oz. oil 4 oz....

Q&A: 'Top Chef: Texas' runner-up Sarah Grueneberg

2012-03-01 08:54:00

Spiaggia chef Sarah Grueneberg didn’t win the title on “Top Chef: Texas,” but she did make an impressive showing on last night’s finale. The judges said that her and winner Paul Qui’s food was perhaps the best in the show&...

Sarah Grueneberg, a "Top Chef" finalist and executive chef at Splaggia in Chicago, would fly to Hong Kong just to eat the roast goose at Yat Lok.

2013-06-12 13:54:48

Sarah Grueneberg, a "Top Chef" finalist, is executive chef at Splaggia in Chicago.

2013-06-12 13:52:00

Dining highlights: Chicago contestants dominated last season's "Top Chef": Chris Jones, from left, Sarah Grueneberg, Richie Farina, Heather Terhune (background), Beverly Kim (foreground), Chuy Valencia. Grueneberg finished in second place among the 16 finalists.

2013-01-02 14:09:15