Cooking up a Culture

David Schneider vs Cat Cora in Iron Chef Battle Leg of Lamb

100 Best Greek Restaurants

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Best New Dish, Wood-Grilled Octopus

StarChefs.com, the magazine for culinary insiders features Taxim's Chef/Owner David Schneider

Best Bites of 2009 And a few sips too

Six great Greek restaurants

2009's best and biggest moments in dining

100 best things we ate in 2009

The Food Issue: The Best New Restaurants of 2009 From Browntrout to Zebda

Greek food with a twist in Chicago

Taxim is memorable because of a commitment to solid, old-school ways....Silky, house-made pastries and pita; creamy, fresh-made yogurt; piquant marinades; expert roasting; and delicate grillsmanship are the real hallmarks of Taxim.

Taxim's David Schneider wanted to know what his people ate before bechamel sauce.

Against the odds, a young Wicker Park crowd has stormed the new Greek/ Asia Minor restaurant for vegetable-centric mezedes and big meaty entrées served by an enthusiastic waitstaff.

Taxim makes a splash with a no-usual-suspects Greek menu. - Phil Vettel

...Wicker Park has nothing like it. In fact, Chicago has nothing like it.

The Melitzanosalata at Taxim, Chicago’s new gourmet Greek spot ... is more like the kind of velvety purée you’d find at The French Laundry..

Greek yogurt yields thick rewards....

There are certain food trends that seem to skip right over Chicago. Until Taxim opened, Nuevo-Greek appeared to be one of them.

Taxim (pronounced tak-SEEM) specializes in Greek fare, but don't expect Greektown cliches like flaming saganaki from this Wicker Park spot.

8 New Venues for Chicago Holiday Parties

Chef/owner David Schneider puts a contemporary twist on traditional Greek food, and you'll get much more than you bargained for

Taxim offers a refreshing trip through Greek fare

And the runaway hit at Wicker Park's Taxim is no doubt the duck gyro entree

Stuffing your facebook: The kitchen is open online.
Chefs take to Twitter and other social media to connect with diners beyond restaurant walls

Making a Phyllo Pie on "For the Love of Cooking" with Jane Monzures