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Podcast: City Cast Chicago
Episode: Why You Should Celebrate Chi’s B-Day With Onions
Description: Next Monday, Chicago celebrates its 187th birthday, and we’re celebrating with onions instead of cake. That’s because the city’s name comes from Indigenous words describing a type of wild, fragrant onion that used to be abundant in the area. Chicago’s birthday is a perfect time to revisit our conversation with Tribune food critic Louisa Chu about some of the best onion dishes you can find in the city.Some Good News: Rich Paul’s Lucky Me, Melissa Albert’s The Bad Ones, and Jenn Jackson’s Black Women Taught Us<...