The Live Rose

10/11/2026

Trading school milk for Seoul street food is a hell of an origin story. Caught up with Chef Ji Hye Kim of Miss Kim and Little Kim Korean Restaurant to talk Korean roots, Michigan ingredients, and taking care of the people behind the plate. Full Q&A on Substack. Link in bio. Photo credit: Gerard + Belevender and Emily Berger

10/07/2026

Hawksmoor is incredible and a dope welcome to the city. Some of the best food in he city but somehow everyone working looks like they do their thing so effortlessly. These Charcoal roasted scallops are next level.

Fluffernutter Sundae with peanut butter ice cream, marshmallow fluff, graham crackers, peanut sauce, and whipped cream

Berkshire pork belly with Carolina spices and vinegar slaw

Roasted Dover Sole with brown butter, capers, lemon, and shallots

Dry aged rib eye with bone marrow

Heritage tomato salad

Steelhead carpaccio with citrus, ginger, chili, and cilantro

St James Salad

Charcoal chicken Ana Mari with roast garlic and shmaltz croutons

Hawksmoor smoked salmon with Guinness bread and herbed cream cheese

Fort Point Burger with dill pickle, spiked mayo Ogleshield or New School American Cheese

Spiced pineapple & mango pavlova

Warm Beef Dripping Doughnuts with maple bacon and custard

10/04/2026

Ostra is by far one of the best restaurants in the city of Boston and probably my favorite of all of the CHG restaurants. Just unreal service and of course the food is ridiculous. They had a special going for the snapper crudo but of course I keep going back for the hamachi crudo and the branzino. Blueberry tart to top it off.

09/30/2026

The real deal Holyfield.

Mr. Beef has been holding it down on Orleans Street since 1979 and delivering pure heat. Nothing fancy, no reinvention, just thin sliced beef, gravy, peppers and generations of Chicago history.

Funny how a little neighborhood beef spot ended up becoming part of Chicago food history and pop culture at the same time.

09/27/2026

Sant Ambroeus might’ve climbed to one of my top Italian dinners I’ve been to. Pasta was on point, the branzino was delicious, and the Sant Ambroeus burger was one of the best I’ve had.

09/25/2026

I got a thing for cafes that got some sauce to it. Not just good coffee and a pastry sitting pretty on a plate. I mean the whole thing gotta feel right. The room. The people. The clothes. The energy. Like somebody really cares about the details.

Everything was cool at Atelier Prato but that savory danish and that banana bread was next level.

There’s something about Milano that makes even grabbing a bite feel like you stepped into somebody’s moodboard. Just good food. Good design. Good people looking like they got somewhere to be.

09/23/2026

09/18/2026

Somewhere between coffee, design, and Italian good taste.

LOAFT + WOLFOX in Como is the kind of spot you stumble into and immediately understand why you’re there. Good coffee, fresh pastries, beautiful objects, and enough design inspiration to have you rethinking your whole apartment.

Came for the coffee. Left with some goodies.

09/14/2026

Hello from Como

09/11/2026

A few days in Zurich will have you contemplating a move over there. If peace was a place.