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Best Bets: ‘Too Hot to Handel: The Jazz-Gospel Messiah’ returns to Chicago’s Auditorium

By Barbara Vitello
Jan 07, 2025 10:17 am - The jazz-infused “Too Hot to Handel” reimagining of Handel’s oratorio returns to Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre, and author Jenniffer Weigel performs her solo stage show in Highland Park.
Thermal drone locates Charlie, a dog from Crystal Lake who was missing for a week

By Janelle Walker
Jan 07, 2025 9:00 am - Charlie, a missing Bernese mountain dog, was found after a week using a thermal imaging drone that detected his heat signature. He was injured but will fully recover.
These savory pancakes can be made with just about any vegetable

By G. Daniela Galarza
Jan 07, 2025 5:35 am - Way back in March, one dreary, drizzly morning, I made buttermilk pancakes. That’s how our rainy-day pancake tradition began. If this was a tradition we’d keep, the pancakes would have to be savory sometimes, too.
What’s on the table in 2025? Some predicted trends in food

By KATIE WORKMAN
Jan 07, 2025 5:17 am - What’s in the cards for foodies in 2025? Some predict passions for Korean flavors, crunchy textures, international snacking, exotic fruit, aquatic (seaweed and such) ingredients and sustainability.
How much protein do you really need?

Ellie Krieger
Jan 07, 2025 5:01 am - A trip around the grocery store shows the word “protein” slapped on practically everything — protein potato chips, protein waffles, protein cookies and protein snack bars galore. But while the protein marketing push may be getting out of hand, there is solid evidence that we may benefit from getting more than the recommended dietary allowance (RDA).
Elgin church celebrates music heritage in hymn festival Jan. 19

Submitted by Carla Vanatta
Jan 07, 2025 12:13 am - Christ the Lord Lutheran Church in Elgin is hosting the first of three 2025 Hymn Festivals on Jan. 19, tracing church music from the Reformation to the present.
Asbestos insulation not disclosed to buyers

By Barry Stone
Jan 06, 2025 10:09 pm - New owners are dismayed to discover asbestos insulation on the air ducts. They’re worried about their health and want to know if the home inspector or sellers are liable for nondisclosure.
After 16 years of writing about wine, columnist says farewell

Dave McIntyre
Jan 06, 2025 11:22 am - Columnist Dave McIntyre reflects on how wine and our perspective of it have changed in the 16 years he’s been writing for the The Washington Post.
The dill of a lifetime? In a nation that’s enduring its own sour patch, the pickle dominated 2024

By TED ANTHONY
Jan 06, 2025 11:20 am - At the intersection of health and edginess, traditionalism and hipsterism, the pickle in 2024 found itself at the center of the American culinary scene.
Carolyn Hax: Does friendship trump political differences?

By Carolyn Hax
Jan 06, 2025 10:38 am - Political differences have shown longtime friends’ true colors and have caused ugly arguments over their racist views. Should the friendships be dissolved over this? Carolyn Hax says misogyny and racism are not “political disagreements,” they’re terrible values.

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