Next's latest menu—a recreation of Grant Achatz's time at Trio—is underway and the team celebrated with a star-studded party on Tuesday. The Evanston restaurant most famously put Achatz and other Chicago chefs on the map and he invited former alums and friends like Curtis Duffy, Michael Carlson and David Posey for a class reunion. Michael Gebert has all the details and photos of the event that included tasty bites of olive oil-parmesan ice cream cookies and of course, the signature Black Truffle Explosion. [Reader]
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