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Vichyssoise (/ ˌ v ɪ ʃ i ˈ s w ɑː z / VISH-ee-SWAHZ, French: ⓘ) is a soup made of cooked and puréed leeks, potatoes, onions and cream. It is served chilled and garnished with chopped chives. It was invented in the first quarter of the 20th century by Louis Diat, a French-born cook working as head chef of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York.
In 1917, [13] [note 1] seeking to "invent some new and startling cold soup" for the menu at the Ritz-Carlton, he recalled his mother's soup. [24] His experimenting soon led to a combination of "leeks, onions, potatoes, butter, milk, cream and other seasonings". [ 6 ]
Potbelly was founded in 1977 in Chicago, [3] and its name refers to the potbelly stove. Potbelly's menu features a variety of sandwiches that are all served hot, and the menu includes soup, shakes, smoothies, potato chips and cookies. Some locations formerly presented live music from local musicians during the lunch hours.
Chicken Soup Ujházi – said to have been made of rooster originally, this soup was the creation of amateur chef and well-known Hungarian actor Ede Ujházi c. 1900. [citation needed] Cases of squabs Umberto – Umberto I (1844–1900), king of Italy and husband of pizza's Queen Margherita, has this Delmonico's dish by Ranhofer named after him.
Condensed soup (invented in 1897 by John T. Dorrance, a chemist with the Campbell Soup Company [10] [11]) allows soup to be packaged into a smaller can and sold at a lower price than other canned soups. The soup is usually doubled in volume by adding a "can full" of water or milk, about 10 US fluid ounces (300 ml).
Sign inside the tavern Door to the tavern. The first location, at 1855 W. Madison St., opened in 1934 when William "Billy Goat" Sianis bought the Lincoln Tavern, near Chicago Stadium, for $205 with a bounced check (the proceeds from the first weekend they were open were used to fulfill the payment).
Known for its bitter taste, it can be found in some Chicago-area taverns and liquor stores, but is seldom seen elsewhere in the country. The Carl Jeppson Company was founded in Chicago in the 1930s. [97] Malört was made in Chicago until the mid-'70s, when the Mar-Salle distillery that produced it for the Carl Jeppson Company closed.
Café Brauer was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, [1] and it received Chicago Landmark status on February 5, 2003. [8] The building is located on the site of the South Pond Refectory, a wood-frame boathouse and restaurant designed by William Le Baron Jenney which was open from 1882 until 1908. [2]