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[READER]( [Food & Drink]( Graveyards have sprouted on the parkway in my neighborhood. Towering statuary werewolves, skeletons, and zombies menace the sidewalks. Walgreens's shelves overflow with bulging bags of [Brach’s Turkey Dinner Candy Corn.]( And then, last night, came the fly, laying its eggs on the walking corpse Kamala Harris debated. David Cronenberg couldn’t have directed the scene any better. Right now, costume makers, as battered by this economy as any of us, are seizing the moment, rushing to market with a character as foul, rotten, and corrupt on the inside as it looks onscreen. On any other Halloween I’d be thrilled to see the sidewalks crowded with this incarnation of lies personified, but it’s not going to be so crowded this year, is it? Still, I bet we don’t see anything more gruesome and horrifying than that this Halloween season. Yet it seems I say that about something new every day. Be afraid. Be very afraid. Sincerely, [Fill up with Pat Badani’s Comestible 7-Day Meal Plan]( It’s a manifesto of ecological cooking. By [Mike Sula]( [@MikeSula]( [Rachel Kimura goes all in on Japanese farming]( He lets his whole grain, naturally leavened, slavishly local dough stand up for itself. By [Mike Sula]( [@MikeSula]( [Jennifer Kim's pojangmacha and more food and drink to look forward to in the fall]( Everything is terrible, but we're not starving. Yet. By [Mike Sula]( [@MikeSula]( 2012 [The person behind the person behind the bar]( Some of Chicago's savviest bartenders detail their favorite drinks, hangover cures, pit stops, and more. By [Mike Sula]( [@MikeSula]( [Issue of Oct 1-14, 2020 Vol. 50, No. 1]( [Fall Arts Preview]( [Note from an editor]( [From the publisher]( [Download Issue]( (PDF) [View this e-mail as a web page]( [DONATE]( [@chicago_reader]( [/chicagoreader]( [@chicago_reader]( [Chicago Reader on LinkedIn]( [/chicagoreader]( [chicagoreader.com]( [Forward this e-mail to a friend](. Want to change how you receive these e-mails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. Copyright © 2020 Chicago Reader Store, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from Chicago Reader Store Our mailing address is: Chicago Reader Store 2930 S. Michigan Ave.Chicago, IL 60616 [Add us to your address book](