Giardiniera sounds kind of like a made-up dish that would be served at a nationwide chain of Italian-American restaurants. To the best of our knowledge, it is not. It is, however, a food with Italian ...

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Everyone understands the risk of handing a Chicagoan ketchup, so what’s the right condiment to pass? That’s easy. Giardiniera. (Say it with me, “jar-din-air-ah.”) It’s the quintessential Chicago ...

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On this week’s podcast, Curious City answers a question from St. Louis native Clare Fauke. She came to Chicago 20 years ago and fell in love with her now-husband, Scott, and a condiment found all over ...

Chicago didn't invent giardiniera. "Italy has been doing this forever," says Howey, whose grandmother would make a giardiniera with eggplant and zucchini, "and Italian families would serve it with ...