Chatting with chef Marcus Samuelsson

When he’s not holding down the fort at his New York City restaurants, Aquavit and Riingo, Chef Marcus Samuelsson’s hanging at his new Windy City eateries, C-House in the Affinia Hotel and Marc Burger at Macy’s. When I met up with him at C-House this week, he told me he plans to spend a lot of time in Chicago this fall, and then proceeded to ask me when it really starts to get cold. I quickly told him, “Oh, you know, like February.” Hey, whatever keeps him cooking here as long as possible. Check out what the esteemed James Beard Award-winning chef had to say about C-House. A full report and food pics to come.