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Between Bites is a new food-related storytelling series featuring local writers or personalities and benefiting a local cause—in this case Un86’d, which helps hospitality professionals with medical bills or other needs. The theme of the first event is Food Firsts; the writers reading will be Anthony Todd (Chicagoist), Ari Bendersky (Crain‘s), Chandra Ram (Plate), Heather Sperling (Tasting Table Chicago), Joe Campagna (Chicago Food Snob) and Kiki Luthringshausen (Beautyandherfeast.com). It’s at Two restaurant tonight and starts at 6:30 PM; tickets are $20 here and include appetizers and wine, plus a cash bar.
Little Market Brasserie has been raising money for Meals on Wheels with its Melts for Meals campaign, featuring celebrity-designed grilled cheese sandwiches whose sale benefits the organization. You’ve got a few days left to try Chandra Ram’s (her again!) southern-style grilled cheese with bacon, pimento cheese, tomatoes, and arugula; then on October 1 it’s Sepia chef Andrew Zimmerman’s ham and gjetost grilled cheese for the rest of the month.
