In the Colonial Room of the Drake Hotel in Oak Brook, Illinois, near Chicago, there’s a soup – not just any soup. Its price alone sets it apart. It costs around $1,900 to take part in the Bookbinder Soup experience. On this episode of “Something Offbeat” we have a reservation with Chef Colleen Garcia, director of curriculum and content development for the Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, to learn more about big ticket menu items. Are they worth the hype, or the price? The answer is complicated.

<p>In the<a href="https://www.thedrakeoakbrookhotel.com/colonial-room.htm"> Colonial Room of the Drake Hotel</a> in Oak Brook, Illinois, near Chicago, <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2024/03/10/1-893-for-soup-the-drake-oak-brook-has-a-bowl-waiting-for-you">there’s a soup</a> – not just any soup. Its price alone sets it apart. It costs around $1,900 to take part in the Bookbinder Soup experience. On this episode of “Something Offbeat” we have a reservation <a href="https://www.escoffier.edu/about/chef-instructors/colleen-garcia/">with Chef Colleen Garcia</a>, director of curriculum and content development for the <a href="https://www.escoffier.edu/">Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts</a>, to learn more about big ticket menu items. Are they worth the hype, or the price? The answer is complicated.</p>

What’s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.

<p>What&rsquo;s the deeper story behind that weird headline you forwarded to your friends or shared at the watercooler? We ask questions to gain grounded insight into the stranger news of the week.</p>

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