Ryan Jacobs

The Devil in the White City, by Erik Larson tells the parallel tales of Chicago winning and developing the site for the 1893 World’s Fair and the tale of a serial murder who utilized the fair as a tool to lure his victims. On the one hand we have Daniel Burnham struggling to make his [...]

I don’t think I have ever written about food before, but I confess that I have been on a bit of a quest to perfect ricotta pancakes ever since I snagged a bite of Rebecca’s at Bin 36 while we were last in Chicago. I rarely order pancakes out and was quite surprised at just [...]