Blood Appétit: To spotlight its new exhibition, Field Museum partners with Chicago chefs to create dishes with blood
by Lisa Shames, Chicago Tribune
Mar 01, 2024
4 minutes
CHICAGO -- As cooking ingredients go, blood does not come to mind first for many people. A new limited-time collaboration between the Field Museum and eight Chicago restaurants, including Frontier, Celeste, The Wieners Circle and Webster’s Wine Bar, hopes to change that.
Blood Appétit, running through March 8, is a celebration of the Field Museum’s “Bloodsuckers: Legends to Leeches” exhibition and gives diners the opportunity to try dishes that incorporate blood as an ingredient. From pizza and tacos to chocolate cake, the end results just might surprise you.
“It’s pretty cool showcasing how versatile an ingredient blood can be,” said Maggie Holcomb, marketing and advertising director for
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