{"id":5484,"date":"2024-12-28T17:51:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-28T23:51:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/?p=5484"},"modified":"2024-12-28T17:56:25","modified_gmt":"2024-12-28T23:56:25","slug":"best-bites-of-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/2024\/12\/28\/best-bites-of-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Bites of 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In chronological order, here are 40 of my favorite things I ate and drank this year \u2014 including especially memorable Michelin 1-star tastings at Kasama and Indienne in Chicago, as well as seafood-heavy vacations in Hawaii and Maine. A few other themes: ube-based beverages, piped swoops on bread, and decadence (lobster, truffle, oyster, cheese, or otherwise). Here’s to another year of savoring every delicious moment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Artisan bagel sandwich
Rise Bagel Co.<\/a>, Minneapolis, MN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Happy hour $1 oysters and Oaxacan pasilla old fashioned
Bar S\u00f3tano<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Forbidden Murasaki spirit-free cocktail
Momotaro<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Strawberry olive oil vegan soft-serve with miso caramel, chocolate shell, and peanuts
Vaca’s Creamery<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Vanilla churro
Xurro<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Japanese sweet potato and soup dumpling tortellini
Maxwell’s Trading<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Smoked cheddar and chicken manicotti “enchiladas”
from Anything’s Pastable<\/a><\/em> (signed by Dan Pashman after a live taping of The Sporkful podcast)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ahi poke nachos and mai tai
Magics Beach Grill<\/a>, Kona, HI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Dole whip with fresh pineapple
Dole Plantation<\/a>, Wahiawa, HI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Macadamia nut-crusted fish and pi\u00f1a colada
Monkeypod Kitchen<\/a>, Honolulu, HI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Passion fruit-orange-guava (POG) juice with brunch
Koko Head Cafe<\/a>, Honolulu, HI<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Guinness stout-infused brown bread
Guinness Open Gate Brewery<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ramp galette
Hewn<\/a>, Evanston, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Proper mac & cheese, creamed spinach, and roasted woodland mushrooms
Lago<\/a>, Lake Zurich, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Foie gras with Michigan cherries on challah (mezze course during tasting)
Galit<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Roasted bone marrow with bing bread
Juju<\/a>, Durham, NC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Broiled oysters, “Dragos style”
Seraphine<\/a>, Durham, NC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Coffee mochi donut and ube sparkling lemonade
Gaijin<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Breakfast tacos, banana granola almond crunch pancakes, and million dollar bacon
First Watch<\/a>, Schaumburg, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cavatelli with scallion butter, wild mushroom, and ricotta salata
The Prospect<\/a>, Mount Prospect, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Patatas bravas
Bar Mar by Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Sweet corn crepes
The Publican<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Blueberry grilled cheese
Scratchboard Kitchen<\/a>, Arlington Heights, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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BBQ spiced short ribs with smashed potatoes, succotash, and Cabernet Sauvignon glaze at Evening on the Ranch wine dinner
Cooper’s Hawk<\/a>, Arlington Heights, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Banana split Dippin’ Dots<\/a> during an Incubus concert
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Ube gin fizz
Kasama<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Kare-kare with lamb belly, peanut, and bagoong XO
Kasama<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Truffle croissants with D\u00e9lice de Bourgogne cheese and honey
Kasama<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Apple butter & goat cheese focaccia at summer menu party
Wooden Paddle<\/a>, Lemont, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lobster grilled cheese and super seafood chowder
Gilbert’s Chowder House<\/a>, Portland, ME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lobster roll
Sprague’s<\/a>, Wiscasset, ME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Farmer’s salad
Cushnoc Brewing Co.<\/a>, Augusta, ME<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Cookie butter semi freddo with hazelnut chantilly, marshmallow, cinnamon sugar churro, praline fudge, and candied hazelnuts
Eleven<\/a>, Pittsburgh, PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Egg coffee (traditional Viet Coffee with egg cream top)
Altea Cafe<\/a>, Mount Prospect, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Orange wine and fried chickpeas
Ladro Enoteca<\/a>, Champaign, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Korean BBQ pizza and chewy rice cakes & cheese
Young Joni<\/a>, Minneapolis, MN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Gooey pecan pie brownies from Half Baked Harvest<\/a> for Thanksgiving<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Yogurt chaat with tamarind, mint, carambola, and sweet potato
Indienne<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Lamb nihari with green peas, potato, black dairy dal, and garlic naan
Indienne<\/a>, Chicago, IL<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Mishti doi with jaggery, honeycomb, key lime ice cream, and gold
Indienne<\/a>, Chicago, IL
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In chronological order, here are 40 of my favorite things I ate and drank this year \u2014 including especially memorable Michelin 1-star tastings at Kasama and Indienne in Chicago, as well as seafood-heavy vacations in Hawaii and Maine. A few other themes: ube-based beverages, piped swoops on bread, and decadence (lobster, truffle, oyster, cheese, or […]<\/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-5484","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\/5484","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=5484"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5531,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5484\/revisions\/5531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.hillaryproctor.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}