Winter 2019 ILLINOIS MEETINGS + EVENTS MAGAZINE: IN THIS ISSUE
FEATURES
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Chefs Tell All
From interactive F&B ideas to clever ways for introducing bold flavors to picky palettes, start here to reinvent your culinary strategy for 2019. By Melissa Sersland
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Budget-Minded Menus
Think creative F&B always has to be expensive? Think again. By Brittany Trevick
DEPARTMENTS 6 EDITOR’S LETTER 20 TREND REPORT DMCs share their most innovative ideas for cocktail parties. By Brittany Trevick
By Melissa Sersland
BLIND DRAGON’S MIDNIGHT WARLOCK COCKTAIL pg 20
26 DESTINATION If you’ve never heard of Alton, it’s time to put this southwest Illinois town on your radar. By Belinda Lichty Clarke 48 PEOPLE PROFILE Get to know Jill Torke. By Kelsey Ogletree
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P H OTO : G A L D O N E S P H OTO G R A P H Y
22 MEET & EAT Food halls are the perfect venues to satisfy a group with wide ranging tastes: Here’s why.
