{"id":5449,"date":"2023-12-31T17:23:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-31T23:23:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2023-12-31T17:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T23:23:03","slug":"best-bites-of-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/31\/best-bites-of-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Bites of 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here are 30 of my favorite things I ate this year \u2014 across 7 states and 2 countries, with friends, family, coworkers, and solo. I feel very fortunate to have another year of making delicious memories.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Seven-herb butter and white butter ribbon with black cypress salt
Ever<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Snack spread including a trifle and the famous kale-apple-Garlic Expressions salad
Bon Vivant Cakes<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Earl grey french toast
Lula Cafe<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Chilled and grilled oysters with grilled escarole and beet salad
Salt Wood Kitchen & Oysterette<\/a>, Marina, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The Kahala Koa Rum Barrel
Kahala Koa<\/a>, Arlington Heights, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Shrimp and grits
Big Bad Breakfast<\/a>, Birmingham, AL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Hanoi fries
Uptown & Humboldt at Cherry Creek Food Hall <\/a>(formerly Grange Hall), Greenwood Village, CO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ahi tuna tartare and tater tots
Quail + Crane at Grand Hyatt at SFO<\/a>, San Francisco, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Egg, meat, and cheese breakfast sandwich on Manchini’s raisin bread
DeLuca’s Diner<\/a>, Pittsburgh, PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Smoked & seared hangar steak, cauliflower steak, and potato puree
Smoque Steak<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Chicken and shrimp okonomiyaki
Gaijin<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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California Sunrise pizza with green goddess dressing, chicken, grape tomatoes, bacon, avocado, and spinach
Slackwater<\/a>, Sandy, UT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Butterscotch pudding
Purple Sage<\/a>, Park City, UT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Biscoff potato donut
Spudnik Donuts<\/a>, Provo, UT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lox toast, breakfast potatoes, and bruleed grapefruit
Scratchboard Kitchen<\/a>, Arlington Heights, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Tiramisu croffle (croissant waffle)
Straw and Bubbles Tea Bar, Mt. Prospect, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Acai bowl
Boa Acai Bowls food truck<\/a>, Mt. Prospect, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Blue crab claws
Bob Chinn’s Crab House<\/a>, Wheeling, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Creme fraiche scrambled eggs, s’mores crepes, and blueberry blue corn danish
Levain Cafe at Google MP2, Sunnyvale, CA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Assorted smoked meat and sides
Hard Eight BBQ<\/a>, Coppell, TX<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Flaming Turtle dessert fondue
The Melting Pot<\/a>, Schaumburg, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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“Deluxe” focaccia and chorizo-stuffed medjool dates
Avec River North<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Pomegranate glazed daikon with smoked cabbage, pear, and pork sung,
Txa Txa Club<\/a> pop-up at Hopewell Brewing<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Tamarind-guava glazed baby back ribs
Maxie’s<\/a>, San Pedro, Belize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Classic margarita and guacamole with chips
Caliente Restaurant<\/a>, San Pedro, Belize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Smoked chocolina old fashioned
The Purple Pelican<\/a>, San Pedro, Belize<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Red Sky at Night cocktail
The Foxtail on the Lake<\/a>, Des Plaines, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Homemade<\/a> sage, sausage, and apple Thanksgiving stuffing
Champaign, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Langoustine & sea urchin with sauternes glacage, lobster bottarga, and torched egg yolk, and pressed asian pear saison
The Dining Room at Moody Tongue<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Roasted squash and stracciatella salad
Cooper’s Hawk<\/a>, Arlington Heights, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Cheers to more dining adventures in 2024!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are 30 of my favorite things I ate this year \u2014 across 7 states and 2 countries, with friends, family, coworkers, and solo. I feel very fortunate to have another year of making delicious memories. Cheers to more dining adventures in 2024!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-bites-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5449"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5483,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions\/5483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}