At the West Loop Whole Foods over the weekend, I saw a name that stopped me cold: Charlie Trotter. The name, with that unmistakable serif-T logo, came on a package of smoked salmon in the ...

The shocking death of famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter brought out fond remembrances from the food world as news of the 54-year-old's passing spread nationwide.

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There are thousands of ways to remember Charlie Trotter, the celebrated Chicago chef who passed away suddenly at the age of 54 this week. But even those who never had the chance to meet Trotter or ...

Charlie Trotter put Chicago on the map for food, just as Oprah did for TV talk shows and Michael Jordan did for basketball. Chicago was in its heyday in the 90s — it felt like it was the center ...

August 17th is not a day that goes unnoticed in Chicago, and for the community of chefs there. It’s the day that Charlie Trotter opened his epononymous restaurant 27 years ago, forever changing ...

Not long after Charlie Trotter received the James Beard Foundation's Humanitarian of the Year Award, at the foundation's 25th anniversary celebration at Lincoln Center this spring, he was ...

Charlie Trotter’s closed in 2012, but not before sparking a fine dining revolution in Chicago. When Trotter’s arrived in 1987, white tablecloth whims, the kind of luxurious tasting menus ...