Michael Gebert, author of THE CHICAGO WAY - a Boswell Event

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Fri May 15 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:30 pm

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Boswell Book Company | Milwaukee, WI

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James Beard Award-winning food writer Michael Gebert chats with Milwaukee culinary historian Kyle Johnson Cherek at Boswell.
About this Event

Boswell hosts James Beard Award-winning food writer Michael Gebert for a conversation about his new book, The Chicago Way: An Oral History of Chicago Dining, with Milwaukee-area culinary historian Kyle Johnson Cherek. Gebert reveals the untold stories behind Chicago's globally celebrated culinary scene, from revolutionary chefs to kitchen disasters to public uproars to Michelin stars, as told by the cooks, servers, restaurateurs, critics, dreamers, and rebels who built America's fearless food city.

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Michael Gebert is Editor of Fooditor, has been Editor of Grub Street Chicago, and has contributed to publications such as Chicago magazine and the Chicago Reader. Gebert has covered the food scene in Chicago in depth for nearly two decades.

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Boswell Book Company, 2559 North Downer Avenue, Milwaukee, United States

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