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Daily Mirror
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'I tried The Bear's viral dishes and had to see what all the fuss was about'
FX and Disney+'s The Bear is back for a fourth season and foodies will be treated to more delightful looking dishes as well as hard-hitting stories in the psychological comedy-drama Food fans get ready as the psychological comedy-drama The Bear series four hits our screens today. After breaking global streaming records, the hit Disney+ offering will get straight into it with the fallout from the Chicago Tribune's review of eatery. And while the show starring Jeremy Allen White is certainly about more than just culinary delights, the chance for this always-hungry reporter to try some of the viral sensations from the hit series was something my belly couldn't say no to. In the FX and Disney+ show, viewers watch White portray the role of a young chef called Carmy come from the fine dining world and return home to Chicago following a death to run his family sandwich shop. And it was one of those dishes that allowed me to tickle my taste buds. Carmy may be a world away from what he is used to by running his business in the drama, but let's just say cooking isn't my forte either. And while an award-winning chef I am most certainly not, I was left craving a trip to Chicago to try the real deal after the three dishes I whipped up. For this extremely basic cook, a Chicago-Style Steak Sandwich and Fries was the clear winner. As part of Gousto's The Bare limited edition package, which helps recreate the show's most viral dishes, I knew I was onto a winner when I first saw it. "Can't handle the heat? Go easy!" was the warning on the handy step-by-step guide. Challenge accepted! In it all went to hopefully pack a punch. While there was definitely a kick, it was just right - without sounding like one of the three bears. TikTok feeds have been overflowing with takes on this iconic Chicago Beef Sandwich and it's clear to see why. Recreating the Italian beef sandwich by moodily frying tender steak with green peppers and smothering in a savoury jus reduction left little to be desired. Loading it handsomely into a soft baguette and serve with home-cooked fries and dip. Let's just say it's a big fat yes from me. The other dishes up for grabs were THAT Crispy Omelette that got viewers drooling. It might have divided viewers in episode nine, but it got an impressive thumbs up from yours truly. Stuffed full of garlic and herb soft cheese and topped with crisps for crunch, it's safe to see why viewers became obsessed. To finish on a hat-trick of culinary delights (not all in one sitting!) was a family spaghetti with cheesy garlic bread. While I might not have had the presentation of a well-run Chicago restaurant, I was able to capture the spirit and soul of Chicago cooking right here in my North East home. And let's face it, it all went down the gullet in prompt fashion anyway! It's safe to that while a career change is definitely not on the horizon, these dishes were a huge success and left me wondering what delicacies might come from season four. Exclusively available until 15th July, 'The Bare' range includes three limited-edition recipes and also helps Trussell support families who'd otherwise go without the bare essentials this summer.
Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'DA POPE!' Leo XIV's Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor
A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV's election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago's pizza and more loaded than its hot dog, seemingly irresistible to comics and commoners alike. Stained-glass windows depicting a dunking Michael Jordan? A change in canon law to make ketchup-topped frankfurters a sin? Cameos in 'The Bear'? All of it apparently as tempting as the forbidden fruit. 'You just saw a billion jokes,' says Chad Nackers, who was raised Catholic and now presides as editor-in-chief of The Onion, the satirical site that heralded Robert Prevost's elevation with an image of the smiling pontiff encased in a poppyseed-dotted bun. 'Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope,' read the headline. The pageantry of the church and the idea of a man who acts as a voice for God, Nackers says, combine for fertile humorous ground no matter the pontiff. Having him hail from the U.S., though, and a city as distinct as Chicago, opens up a whole new world of funny. 'It's just kind of ripe for humor,' Nackers says. 'DA POPE!' blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city's unique accent, immortalized in 'Saturday Night Live' sketches. No matter how Pope Leo XIV actually appears, in this realm of humor, he's a mustachioed everyman who swaps his Ts for Ds and his zucchetto for a Bears cap. With the Second City in the spotlight, more Chicago tropes were trotted out than even the famed namesake improv troupe could dream up. The popemobile traded for the Dodge Monaco made famous in 'The Blues Brothers'? Check. Twists on city-set shows and movies like 'Chicago Hope,' er, 'Chicago Pope'? Yup. Dreams of Portillo's Italian beef sandwiches and the Chicago liqueur Malört taking the place of the bread and wine of communion? Yes, chef. Over and over again. In sports-loving Chicago, city teams were spun in a swell of papal humor. Initial belief that the pope's baseball loyalties were with the Cubs led content creator Caitlin Hendricks to muse that Leo ironically hates the Cardinals. As it turns out, though, it appears the man in white roots for the White Sox. It didn't stop those in Wrigleyville from eating up pope memes and feeling hometown pride. At the Sports World shop, one woman came in asking for a Cubs jersey with Pope Leo XIV's name splayed across the back. Down the street at Wrigleyville Sports, Chad Grant said he wouldn't hate Leo for rooting for the Sox, but that 'I just feel bad, because he's been used to losing for a little while.' Late-night hosts, too, had a ball with an American's ascension. Jimmy Fallon mused of 'deep-dish communion wafers' from a pope known as 'Bobby Bratwurst.' Stephen Colbert, a devout Catholic who performs in a studio with nearly as much stained glass to rival St. Patrick's Cathedral, offered patriotic 'Pope-S-A' chants and mentions of 'da prayers' in thick Chicago tongue. 'I'm actually surprised by how excited I am,' Jimmy Kimmel said in his first monologue after the news. 'An American who grew up here, watched all the shows we watched, rooted for teams, is now in Rome at the head of the church … this must have been what it felt like when they opened the first Olive Garden.' More will come, a cascade of Ferris Bueller jokes and asides on canonizing Mike Ditka. There will be Oprah exuberantly shouting 'You get a new pope! And you get a new pope!' And more memes of the pope in a dyed-green Chicago River or atop its shiny 'Cloud Gate' bean than anyone can count. 'There's just a lot of joy in the city right now,' says Ashley Lenz, a theologian in Chicago who works for the Catholic prayer app Hallow. 'There's a certain delight of seeing something sacred break into the ordinary. The idea of a pope who's stood in line at Portillo's or cheered on the Sox makes it all feel closer to home. It makes the papacy feel human again.' ___ Associated Press writer Melina Walling contributed to this report from Chicago. ___ Matt Sedensky can be reached at msedensky@ and Matt Sedensky, The Associated Press Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Boston Globe
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
‘DA POPE!' Leo XIV's Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor
'You just saw a billion jokes,' says Chad Nackers, who was raised Catholic and now presides as editor-in-chief of The Onion, the satirical site that heralded Robert Prevost's elevation with an image of the smiling pontiff encased in a poppyseed-dotted bun. 'Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope,' read the headline. Advertisement The pageantry of the church and the idea of a man who acts as a voice for God, Nackers says, combine for fertile humorous ground no matter the pontiff. Having him hail from the United States, though, and a city as distinct as Chicago, opens up a whole new world of funny. Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'It's just kind of ripe for humor,' Nackers says. 'DA POPE!' blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city's unique accent, immortalized in 'Saturday Night Live' sketches. No matter how Pope Leo XIV actually appears, in this realm of humor, he's a mustachioed everyman who swaps his Ts for Ds and his zucchetto for a Bears cap. With the Second City in the spotlight, more Chicago tropes were trotted out than even the famed namesake improv troupe could dream up. The popemobile traded for the Dodge Monaco made famous in 'The Blues Brothers'? Check. Twists on city-set shows and movies like 'Chicago Hope,' er, 'Chicago Pope'? Yup. Dreams of Portillo's Italian beef sandwiches and the Chicago liqueur Malört taking the place of the bread and wine of Communion? Yes, chef. Over and over again. Advertisement In sports-loving Chicago, city teams were spun in a swell of papal humor. Initial belief that the pope's baseball loyalties were with the Cubs led content creator Caitlin Hendricks to muse that Leo ironically hates the Cardinals. As it turns out, though, it appears the man in white roots for the White Sox. It didn't stop those in Wrigleyville from eating up pope memes and feeling hometown pride. At the Sports World shop, one woman came in asking for a Cubs jersey with Pope Leo XIV's name splayed across the back. Down the street at Wrigleyville Sports, Chad Grant said he wouldn't hate Leo for rooting for the Sox, but that 'I just feel bad, because he's been used to losing for a little while.' Late-night hosts, too, had a ball with an American's ascension. Jimmy Fallon mused of 'deep-dish Communion wafers' from a pope known as 'Bobby Bratwurst.' Stephen Colbert, a devout Catholic who performs in a studio with nearly as much stained glass to rival St. Patrick's Cathedral, offered patriotic 'Pope-S-A' chants and mentions of 'da prayers' in thick Chicago tongue. 'I'm actually surprised by how excited I am,' Jimmy Kimmel said in his first monologue after the news. 'An American who grew up here, watched all the shows we watched, rooted for teams, is now in Rome at the head of the church … this must have been what it felt like when they opened the first Olive Garden.' Advertisement More will come, a cascade of Ferris Bueller jokes and asides on canonizing Mike Ditka. There will be Oprah exuberantly shouting 'You get a new pope! And you get a new pope!' And more memes of the pope in a dyed-green Chicago River or atop its shiny 'Cloud Gate' bean than anyone can count. 'There's just a lot of joy in the city right now,' says Ashley Lenz, a theologian in Chicago who works for the Catholic prayer app Hallow. 'There's a certain delight of seeing something sacred break into the ordinary. The idea of a pope who's stood in line at Portillo's or cheered on the Sox makes it all feel closer to home. It makes the papacy feel human again.' Associated Press writer Melina Walling contributed to this report from Chicago.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'DA POPE!' Leo XIV's Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor
A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV's election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago's pizza and more loaded than its hot dog, seemingly irresistible to comics and commoners alike. Stained-glass windows depicting a dunking Michael Jordan? A change in canon law to make ketchup-topped frankfurters a sin? Cameos in 'The Bear'? All of it apparently as tempting as the forbidden fruit. 'You just saw a billion jokes,' says Chad Nackers, who was raised Catholic and now presides as editor-in-chief of The Onion, the satirical site that heralded Robert Prevost's elevation with an image of the smiling pontiff encased in a poppyseed-dotted bun. 'Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope,' read the headline. The pageantry of the church and the idea of a man who acts as a voice for God, Nackers says, combine for fertile humorous ground no matter the pontiff. Having him hail from the U.S., though, and a city as distinct as Chicago, opens up a whole new world of funny. 'It's just kind of ripe for humor,' Nackers says. 'DA POPE!' blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city's unique accent, immortalized in 'Saturday Night Live' sketches. No matter how Pope Leo XIV actually appears, in this realm of humor, he's a mustachioed everyman who swaps his Ts for Ds and his zucchetto for a Bears cap. With the Second City in the spotlight, more Chicago tropes were trotted out than even the famed namesake improv troupe could dream up. The popemobile traded for the Dodge Monaco made famous in 'The Blues Brothers'? Check. Twists on city-set shows and movies like 'Chicago Hope,' er, 'Chicago Pope'? Yup. Dreams of Portillo's Italian beef sandwiches and the Chicago liqueur Malört taking the place of the bread and wine of communion? Yes, chef. Over and over again. In sports-loving Chicago, city teams were spun in a swell of papal humor. Initial belief that the pope's baseball loyalties were with the Cubs led content creator Caitlin Hendricks to muse that Leo ironically hates the Cardinals. As it turns out, though, it appears the man in white roots for the White Sox. It didn't stop those in Wrigleyville from eating up pope memes and feeling hometown pride. At the Sports World shop, one woman came in asking for a Cubs jersey with Pope Leo XIV's name splayed across the back. Down the street at Wrigleyville Sports, Chad Grant said he wouldn't hate Leo for rooting for the Sox, but that 'I just feel bad, because he's been used to losing for a little while.' Late-night hosts, too, had a ball with an American's ascension. Jimmy Fallon mused of 'deep-dish communion wafers' from a pope known as 'Bobby Bratwurst.' Stephen Colbert, a devout Catholic who performs in a studio with nearly as much stained glass to rival St. Patrick's Cathedral, offered patriotic 'Pope-S-A' chants and mentions of 'da prayers' in thick Chicago tongue. 'I'm actually surprised by how excited I am,' Jimmy Kimmel said in his first monologue after the news. 'An American who grew up here, watched all the shows we watched, rooted for teams, is now in Rome at the head of the church … this must have been what it felt like when they opened the first Olive Garden.' More will come, a cascade of Ferris Bueller jokes and asides on canonizing Mike Ditka. There will be Oprah exuberantly shouting 'You get a new pope! And you get a new pope!' And more memes of the pope in a dyed-green Chicago River or atop its shiny 'Cloud Gate' bean than anyone can count. 'There's just a lot of joy in the city right now,' says Ashley Lenz, a theologian in Chicago who works for the Catholic prayer app Hallow. 'There's a certain delight of seeing something sacred break into the ordinary. The idea of a pope who's stood in line at Portillo's or cheered on the Sox makes it all feel closer to home. It makes the papacy feel human again.' ___ Associated Press writer Melina Walling contributed to this report from Chicago. ___ Matt Sedensky can be reached at msedensky@ and
Toronto Star
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
‘DA POPE!' Leo XIV's Chicago roots unleash spate of holy humor
A Chicago-born cardinal walks into a conclave. The rest of the joke tells itself. In the breathless day since Pope Leo XIV's election as the first American pontiff, the memes, doctored images and tongue-in-cheek references have piled up deeper than Chicago's pizza and more loaded than its hot dog, seemingly irresistible to comics and commoners alike. Stained-glass windows depicting a dunking Michael Jordan? A change in canon law to make ketchup-topped frankfurters a sin? Cameos in 'The Bear'? All of it apparently as tempting as the forbidden fruit. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW 'You just saw a billion jokes,' says Chad Nackers, who was raised Catholic and now presides as editor-in-chief of The Onion, the satirical site that heralded Robert Prevost's elevation with an image of the smiling pontiff encased in a poppyseed-dotted bun. 'Conclave Selects First Chicago-Style Pope,' read the headline. The pageantry of the church and the idea of a man who acts as a voice for God, Nackers says, combine for fertile humorous ground no matter the pontiff. Having him hail from the U.S., though, and a city as distinct as Chicago, opens up a whole new world of funny. 'It's just kind of ripe for humor,' Nackers says. 'DA POPE!' blared the front of the Chicago Sun-Times on Friday, one of countless spins on the city's unique accent, immortalized in 'Saturday Night Live' sketches. No matter how Pope Leo XIV actually appears, in this realm of humor, he's a mustachioed everyman who swaps his Ts for Ds and his zucchetto for a Bears cap. With the Second City in the spotlight, more Chicago tropes were trotted out than even the famed namesake improv troupe could dream up. The popemobile traded for the Dodge Monaco made famous in 'The Blues Brothers'? Check. Twists on city-set shows and movies like 'Chicago Hope,' er, 'Chicago Pope'? Yup. Dreams of Portillo's Italian beef sandwiches and the Chicago liqueur Malört taking the place of the bread and wine of communion? Yes, chef. Over and over again. In sports-loving Chicago, city teams were spun in a swell of papal humor. Initial belief that the pope's baseball loyalties were with the Cubs led content creator Caitlin Hendricks to muse that Leo ironically hates the Cardinals. As it turns out, though, it appears the man in white roots for the White Sox. It didn't stop those in Wrigleyville from eating up pope memes and feeling hometown pride. At the Sports World shop, one woman came in asking for a Cubs jersey with Pope Leo XIV's name splayed across the back. Down the street at Wrigleyville Sports, Chad Grant said he wouldn't hate Leo for rooting for the Sox, but that 'I just feel bad, because he's been used to losing for a little while.' ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW Late-night hosts, too, had a ball with an American's ascension. Jimmy Fallon mused of 'deep-dish communion wafers' from a pope known as 'Bobby Bratwurst.' Stephen Colbert, a devout Catholic who performs in a studio with nearly as much stained glass to rival St. Patrick's Cathedral, offered patriotic 'Pope-S-A' chants and mentions of 'da prayers' in thick Chicago tongue. 'I'm actually surprised by how excited I am,' Jimmy Kimmel said in his first monologue after the news. 'An American who grew up here, watched all the shows we watched, rooted for teams, is now in Rome at the head of the church … this must have been what it felt like when they opened the first Olive Garden.' More will come, a cascade of Ferris Bueller jokes and asides on canonizing Mike Ditka. There will be Oprah exuberantly shouting 'You get a new pope! And you get a new pope!' And more memes of the pope in a dyed-green Chicago River or atop its shiny 'Cloud Gate' bean than anyone can count. 'There's just a lot of joy in the city right now,' says Ashley Lenz, a theologian in Chicago who works for the Catholic prayer app Hallow. 'There's a certain delight of seeing something sacred break into the ordinary. The idea of a pope who's stood in line at Portillo's or cheered on the Sox makes it all feel closer to home. It makes the papacy feel human again.' ___ Associated Press writer Melina Walling contributed to this report from Chicago. ___ Matt Sedensky can be reached at msedensky@ and
