Food
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Tips to help you celebrate with sparkling wine
Dec 13, 2019 5:00 am - The holidays are for celebration. With joy in our hearts and our smiles, we raise our glasses to toast friendships old and new, the accomplishments of the year now endin...
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Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties taking over suburban bars, restaurantsDec 11, 2019 9:00 am - You know that gaudy, embarrassing holiday sweater that you were gifted eons ago that's buried in your closet? Get it out and don it with pride at one of the many Ugly Ho...
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Sponsors serve up sweet treats, flavorful experiencesDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - For the past six years, the Daily Herald Cook of the Week Challenge Finale has brought food lovers and some of the area's tastiest food and beverage restaurants, food tr...
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Meredith's Indian curry duo dish wows the judgesDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - When Cook of the Week Challenge winner Leslie Meredith arrived at the Westin Chicago Northwest hotel ballroom for the Daily Herald's annual competition, she already had ...
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Don't underestimate your hand mixer. Here's how to put it to work for you.
Dec 11, 2019 5:04 am - There are few pieces of kitchen equipment with as much prestige and cachet as the stand mixer. If you're a serious baker, you should have one, the conventional wisdom go...
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A simple soup for all seasons needed most as we indulgeDec 11, 2019 5:02 am - By M. Eileen Brown ebrown@dailyherald.com Writing about a healthy soup during the holiday season seems, well, it seems a bit misguided, if not downright hopeless. To put...
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Cook of the Week Finale offers food, drink, prizes and moreDec 11, 2019 5:00 am - After weeks of intense battle and a final cooking showdown, Leslie Meredith of Arlington Heights won the Daily Herald Cook of the Week Challenge and the coveted giant wo...
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For an edible gift that's fabulously festive, whip up a holiday batch of nougat
Dec 11, 2019 5:00 am - Edible gifts are my favorite to give - and to get. Among those I like to make around the holidays, candies are at the very top of the list. Most have a longer shelf life...
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Less-than-$50 gift ideas for those who love to cookDec 11, 2019 5:00 am - I am wondering what a better-than-average home cook might want for a holiday gift? Here's some less-than-$50 suggestions; some used in my kitchen. I'll tell you the bran...
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FORKK TV debuts at Friendship VillageDec 10, 2019 10:00 pm - Gordan Ramsey, Rachel Ray, Wolfgang Puck, and Kurt Schroeder. These four people have something in common; they are all talented and passionate culinarians. The first thr...