Although Eric Larson has left the building, the spirit is still there behind the cheese counter, at the registers and in the café. I'm sorry to see him go, but I'm very glad that the market and café looks like it will be around a while.

Every year for the past five years or so, I've gone to the National Restaurant Association show at McCormick Place. I enjoy it for a lot of reasons.

At restaurants all over Chicagoland, you can buy Caesar Salads, pot pies and, at Winberie's, a Shrimp DeJonghe that, for better or worse, are not quite in line with classical requirements.