His surname is unpronounceable, but his writing enables a Chicago grammar you won’t get from anywhere…
Author: Corey Nuffer
Forever scarred when she realized Seinfeld wasn’t just funny but familiar, Corey goes about her day gesturing like Kramer, hitting like Elaine, and when caffeine levels are too high, raging like George.
Corey grew up in rural Minnesota, studied philosophy and religion at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD, and decided that grad school would be too much academia too soon. And so, she wrote in her spare time while retreating full-time to the restaurant industry for years of forced exposure to amazing food, haunting drink and enough kitchen culture to be fluent in almost anything Urban Dictionary has to offer. Eventually, she turned to a darker side and decided to write full-time in one of the best cities on earth, Chicago. A fan of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, Christopher Hitchens, Harry S. Truman, Jeremy Begbie, Jonah Lehrer, Radiolab and Zelda, Corey is currently focusing her obsessions on the current state of food writing as she tries to understand why so much of it talks so little about food.
Simple Syrup Infusions: Basil and Lavender
This is the age of centrifuges in the kitchens and mixologists replacing bartenders. For those at…
A first-timer’s recap of Chicago’s Pride Parade 2012
Gozamos took to a float and marching this year. Corey shares and overshares her experience as…
Vino: An interview with Columbia Crest’s Juan Muñoz Oca
It’s not often one gets to meet someone whose job promotion is covered by Reuters. And…
Film Review: Contracorriente by Javier Fuentes-León
Art can be powerful because it makes out of the ugly, something beautiful, something worthy of…
Vino: What goes with Guac-Off?
Guacamole season is upon us, and this includes the contests. Yes, sometimes there can only be…
What Cannot Be Said: The Architecture of Stanley Tigerman
Sprawled out amidst the three floors of the Graham Foundation’s Madlener House is the newest exhibit…
CLFF Interview: Ventura Pons
Inspired by true events? Mayhem on the set? Director Ventura Pons gives us a piece of…
CLFF: Fat, Bald Short Man/Gordo, Calvo y Bajito
This is not a tale of carpe diem. Instead, it’s painfully quotidian, much like Harvey Pekar’s…