The Chicago Way Part 2

The Ones Who Disappeared

In the age of celebrity chefs, culinary historian David S. Shields has written The Culinarians. Kyle discusses the unknown American chefs of the 19th and early 20th century.   Classic Eats with Kyle Johnson Cherek is created and hosted by Kyle Johnson Cherek, and co-produced by a'point productions and WUWM. Executive producers are Kyle Johnson Cherek and Rob Schoonover. Audio editing and engineering by Brian Arkta and John Rymaszewski. Additional production by Valeria Navarro Villegas, Michelle Maternowski and Rob Larry, Special thanks to our guest David S. Sheilds.

The Chicago Way Part 2

The Chicago Way, the book, is an oral history of how Chicago’s culinary ascendancy transpired. Chef Carrie Nahabedian is our guest   Classic Eats with Kyle Johnson Cherek is created and hosted by Kyle Johnson Cherek, and co-produced by a'point productions and WUWM. Executive producers are Kyle Johnson Cherek and Rob Schoonover. Audio editing and engineering by Brian Arkta and John Rymaszewski. Additional production by Valeria Navarro Villegas, Michelle Maternowski and Rob Larry, Special thanks to our guest Bob Gebert.

The Chicago Way

The Chicago Way, the book, is an oral history of how Chicago’s culinary ascendancy transpired. Thoughtfully curated by culinary writer Bob Gebert, Kyle delves into some of the stories behind the stories.  Classic Eats with Kyle Johnson Cherek is created and hosted by Kyle Johnson Cherek, and co-produced by a'point productions and WUWM. Executive producers are Kyle Johnson Cherek and Rob Schoonover. Audio editing and engineering by Brian Arkta and John Rymaszewski. Additional production by Valeria Navarro Villegas, Michelle Maternowski and Rob Larry, Special thanks to our guest hamburger historian, Sef Gonzalez.

The Restaurant Critic

What role does the restaurant critic really play? For our culture, for communities, for the cities the restaurants they review? Former NY Magazine critic weights in. Classic Eats with Kyle Johnson Cherek is created and hosted by Kyle Johnson Cherek, and co-produced by a'point productions and WUWM. Executive producers are Kyle Johnson Cherek and Rob Schoonover. Audio editing and engineering by Brian Arkta and John Rymaszewski. Additional production by Valeria Navarro Villegas, Michelle Maternowski and Rob Larry, Special thanks to our guest Adrian Miller.

Black Chefs In the White House

The unsung and often pivotal role of the black chefs who have cooked for our presidents has historically been overlooked. Whether enslaved chefs cooking for the Founding Fathers or influential culinary cooks of the 20th century, historian Adrian Miller and Kyle discuss their crucial contributions. Classic Eats with Kyle Johnson Cherek is created and hosted by Kyle Johnson Cherek, and co-produced by a'point productions and WUWM. Executive producers are Kyle Johnson Cherek and Rob Schoonover. Audio editing and engineering by Brian Arkta and John Rymaszewski. Additional production by Valeria Navarro Villegas, Michelle Maternowski and Rob Larry, Special thanks to our guest author and renown podcaster, Andrew Friedman.