Last year, I visited Chicago and after eating around for three days, decided to compare some of the foods I ate with similar foods I have found in LA. One of the things I ate in Chicago was an Italian beef sandwich from Mr. Beef, which I compared in a WWF (world Wide Food) Smackdown to a French dip from Philippe the Original in LA.
Chicago's Italian beef won, and now, thanks to the Chicago Tribune I can try making it at home. Yesterday's Food section re-printed a copy of an Italian beef recipe from the book Two for the Road by Jane and Michael Stern. The article is worth a peek, since it also reprints recipes from a few other memoir-type food books.

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6-01-2006 @2:39PM Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said... Just about any grocery store will have giardiniera, but you might check the Sorrento Italian Market over on Sepulveda, or Bay Cities Italian Deli on Lincoln in Santa Monica.
Sorrento Italian Market
5518 S. Sepulveda Boulevard, 310-391-1155
Bay Cities Italian Deli
1517 Lincoln Boulevard, 310-395-8279
http://www.baycitiesitaliandeli.com/
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6-01-2006 @7:44PM Dr. Electro said... I love Italian Beef and Mr. Beef's is the best I've ever had. It's what I love best about Chicago. Trust me, there's a lot to love about Chicago!
The other place not to miss is Billy Goat's, of course.
Dr. "Pile on the pepperoncini" Electro
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6-02-2006 @1:29AM thegrizzle said... mmmmm...I just made these and had 'em for dinner. sooooooo goooooood.
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6-02-2006 @8:07AM siri said... You can't find good giardiniera at just any supermarket anywhere. I have a hell of a time trying to find any here in Atlanta, though it is at pretty much every supermarket in and around Chicago. Sort of like Vienna hot dogs, though maybe that might change now that Target is starting to serve them at their in-store cafeterias.
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6-07-2006 @3:11PM Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said... Well, maybe not GOOD giardiniera, but most grocers I've been to carry SOMETHING.
Of course, you can always roll your own:
http://www.fatfree.com/recipes/salads/giardiniera
http://www.crinellawinery.com/cookbook/pages/giardiniera.shtml
http://sidedish.allrecipes.com/az/81581.asp
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