Food
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Valentine's Day 2023: 90 suburban restaurants serving up sweet specialsFeb 08, 2023 10:00 pm - Whether you feel like going fancy or more low-key for Valentine's Day this year, there's a suburban restaurant special out there to fit the bill. And with the sweet day ...
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Dad's favorite split pea soup is a cure for what ails youFeb 08, 2023 5:00 am - This recipe for Vegetarian Split Pea Soup with Dill is my dad's favorite soup, and I love making it for him. He requests it for all occasions. After surgery, people sent...
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Creamy cauliflower with Gruyere is a side worthy of ribsFeb 08, 2023 5:00 am - Now is the perfect time to slow-simmer beef short ribs. I'm lucky to have a farmers market source that raises grass-fed cattle. When I ask if he's got any short ribs and...
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Wild Fork bringing its flash-frozen meat, seafood concept to GlenviewFeb 08, 2023 12:00 am - Florida-based Wild Fork, a modern butcher with both in-store and online shopping options, will open its 37th location at 1401 Waukegan Road in Glenview. A "soft opening"...
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Great Chili Cook Off of Palatine set for Feb. 26Feb 06, 2023 12:00 am - The Great Chili Cook Off of Palatine will take place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 26, at Durty Nellie's, 180 N. Smith St., Palatine. Palatine restaurants will comp...
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Hearty, winter-friendly soups needn't add to your waistlineFeb 02, 2023 10:00 pm - We're in the thick of it now. It's the dead of winter, and we soup lovers need something with a little more staying power. And, while I love a good creamy or cheesy bowl...
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It's time to make chardonnay your winter white wineFeb 01, 2023 5:00 am - There's a good reason to make chardonnay your winter white wine, and that reason is butter. Butter as in lobster dipped in butter, poultry and seafood sauteed in butter,...
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Dining out: O'Toole's Wing Fest, Krafted opens in Elmhurst, Catch 35 hosts Toasting for a CauseFeb 01, 2023 5:00 am - Wing Fest! Prepare your taste buds for Timothy O'Toole's Wing Fest happening from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, at the Libertyville location. Here's the plan: Culinary teams ...
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India meets East Africa in 1-skillet curried salmon filets
Feb 01, 2023 5:00 am - For centuries, the channel of ocean running between Mozambique and Madagascar provided passage and port to ships during the height of the spice trade. The results were d...
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A dozen cookbooks perfect for kids who love to cook, and some for picky eaters, tooJan 25, 2023 5:00 am - If you have a child in your life who loves to cook, is a picky eater, enjoys digging in the garden, or just likes to giggle, I have the perfect book for you. There are c...