I've been eating a lot of Polish sausages over the past month. Here are my favorites.

What have I been doing since leaving the food writing world? Just the obvious stuff like studying to become cicerone and learning every single Radiohead song on guitar.

What do you want to know?.

Let's go. Got a question for me? I'm starting an AMA over on r/chicagofood.

Hello. Yes, it��s been a bit. I promise I’m still alive. In fact, I’ll be doing a Reddit AMA on r/chicagofood tomorrow (Wednesday) starting at 3 p.m.

RT @WBEZreset: .@nickdk shares takeaways from his seven years covering food for the Chicago Tribune.

Thanks to @WBEZ for having me on.

RT @natalieymoore: we're talking FOOD today on @WBEZreset w/ @nickdk and then #highonthehog with @77flavorschi and @cheferick. you'll see u….

Thanks to @fooditor for the mention. His weekly recaps are an indispensable look at the Chicago restaurant scene. I'll miss seeing my name mentioned, but look forward to reading about everyone else. (Though I have a few last posts saved for the Tribune to use if it wants.).

Today is my last day at Tribune. Thanks to everyone for reading along.

For the R.E.M. obsessives out there. This episode digs into the magnificent incomprehensibility of the band's early work.

Here's the story behind the Polish taco at Sawa’s Old Warsaw. It starts with a flour tortilla topped with a potato pancake, Polish sausage, sauerkraut, and spicy mustard.

This is a remarkably sane choice for the worst song by The Beatles.

Fantastic, if frightening story by @jrbullington about a botulism outbreak from 40 years ago. Turns out botulism "has no taste or smell, so diners had no way of detecting it until it began attacking their nervous system."

RT @WLSPMChicago: Should burritos contain lettuce? This is a hot topic among Chicagoans. Hear our own Jonathan Bregman's chat with Nick Kin….

RT @rumormill: Since today is the 75th anniversary of Chicago Tribune’s infamous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline, you might be wondering -….

RT @chicagotribune: Beans, lettuce, cheese and tomato are the most common burrito fillings in Chicago, and Tribune food critic @nickdk has….

Because I'm awesome and love lengthy spreadsheets, I also cataloged the standard burrito fillings for many of the largest cities. More findings in the article.

To find the most common burrito ingredients in Chicago, I cataloged the standard fillings at 100 restaurants. One very, very contentious green vegetable showed up the most. Why do Chicagoans love lettuce in burritos more than the rest of the US?

Sometimes it's good to wait. I enjoyed Boonie’s Filipino Restaurant when I visited it earlier this year, but it's gotten significantly more daring since then.

Want to read more about potentially bad tacos in the West Loop? @infatuation put together a fun guide of all the options a few months ago. (I just focused on newly opened chain spots.) Looks like we both feel the same about Bodega.

"But what I hate the most are the tacos. These are thoughtless creations with brittle tortillas, weak salsas and mushy meat." Which national taco chain did I write this about? Read to find out.