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Christina Tkacik

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Christina Tkacik is the food reporter for The Baltimore Banner. She joined the staff of The Baltimore Banner in August of 2022 to cover all things food. Prior to that, she spent more than six years at The Baltimore Sun, including three years as the newspaper's dining reporter and restaurant critic. After all this time in Charm City, she can pick a crab but still can't shuck an oyster.

Latest content by Christina Tkacik

Fuzzies Burgers, which specializes in smashburgers, will no longer partner with Peabody Heights Brewery.
After backlash over pro-Trump post, Fuzzies says business was misrepresented
After Peabody Heights Brewery ended its partnership with Fuzzies Burgers over a pro-Trump post, the eatery said its founder’s views don’t reflect its business.
Dutch Courage: Brussels sprout salad
Recipe: Make the Brussels sprout salad from Dutch Courage
Love Dutch Courage? Try its recipe for Brussels sprout salad this Thanksgiving.
Rooted Rotisserie: Macaroni and cheese
Recipe: Make the macaroni and cheese from Rooted Rotisserie
Love Rooted Rotisserie? Try their recipe for macaroni and cheese this Thanksgiving.
The mushroom stew from Foraged.
Recipe: Make the mushroom stew from Foraged
Love Foraged? Try their recipe for mushroom stew this Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Recipes
The Dish: Thanksgiving recipes from our favorite Baltimore restaurants
Chefs at some of my favorite Baltimore restaurants — Dutch Courage, Little Donna’s, Rooted Rotisserie and Foraged — shared with Baltimore Banner readers the recipes for some of their most beloved dishes.
Little Donna’s: Sausage and sauerkraut
Recipe: Make the sausage and sauerkraut from Little Donna’s
Love Little Donna’s? Try their recipe for sausage and sauerkraut this Thanksgiving.
Fuzzies will no longer serve food at Peabody Heights Brewery.
Peabody Heights Brewery ends partnership with Fuzzies after Trump post
“We have heard our community’s feedback,” owners of Peabody Heights Brewery wrote on Facebook Tuesday about its decision to cut ties with Fuzzies burgers.
5 gifts under $30 for foodies and (non) drinkers
A few trendy, story-worth stocking stuffers for the discriminating foodie or drink lover on your list.
Jean Diep, center, tries different dishes with her daughters Sophia, 6, and Frankie, 3, during a taste test of the Howard County Public School System’s school lunch menu at the Guilford Park High School cafeteria
Howard County schools let us taste test new lunch options. Here’s what we thought.
Complaining about school lunches is an American tradition, but the Howard County school system is looking to make improvements.
A meal to linger over will be the theme for Thursday's Thanksgiving dinner family gathering dinner party based around the turkey.
You have enough on your plate. Where to order from — or dine out — on Thanksgiving
Some things, like properly roasting a turkey, are best left to the professionals. Here are local places to order your Thanksgiving meal (or grab a reservation).
Phoebe Dunkle, 10, prepares a meal at home last week.
The Dish: When a Howard County mom asked for help, local restaurants offered a hand
A budding young chef battling cancer will get her first chance to cook in a professional kitchen.
After years of outsourcing its whiskey production to a Midwestern firm, Sagamore Distillery is finally moving toward “100% Maryland-made” whiskey.
That Sagamore rye you’re drinking is now actually made in Baltimore
For the past seven years, much of the rye whiskey Sagamore Spirit sells under its name has actually been made in Indiana. Not anymore.
Food from Angeli’s Pizzeria.
Need a bite before going to The Lyric? Angeli’s Pizzeria to replace former Noona’s
Noona’s Pizza has shut its doors in a Bolton Hill apartment complex, but residents won’t be pizza-less for long with the planned arrival of Angeli’s Pizzeria.
The Dish: Here’s why you’re seeing so many dang chicken restaurants
From Dave’s Hot Chicken to Zaxby’s to Ekiben to Rooted Rotisserie, in the food world these days, it seems like it’s chicken, chicken and more chicken.
Tom Pagano, owner of Mystique Barrel Brewing and Lager House, plans to open his business this week in Pigtown.
When one brewery closes, another opens (and the first one relocates)
Mystique Barrel Brewing and Lager House opens this week in Pigtown in the former home of Suspended Brewing Company, which has plans of its own in Hampden.

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