Caroline L. Huftalen is the food editor at Third Coast Review and columnist behind Dear Cinnamon. Her reviews and interviews can also be seen on BuskingAtTheSeams.com. Huftalen is the founder of Survivors Project, Inc. which raises awareness for domestic violence by sharing stories of survival. A graduate of the University at Buffalo and the Savannah College of Art of Design. Huftalen lives in Chicago with her family and is currently writing a novel.
The Chicago Humanities Festival brought two midwest authors to Northwestern’s campus last Saturday afternoon and a packed crowd of literature lovers. Rebecca Makkai and Indiana’s John Green had the audience […]
When I was in first grade—the same age that my daughter is now—it for some reason was a part of our physical education to be weighed publicly. The number of […]
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Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]
S.L. Wisenberg’s The Adventures of Cancer Bitch came out this month in paperback from Tortoise Books to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the original release. Her hilarious tackling of serious […]
Move over Malort, Chicago has a new bitter buddy in town. Fractional Spirits, co-founded by Mike Bancroft of Co-op Sauce and Drew Fox of 18th Street Distillery have a new […]
Food innovation is an oftentimes frightening concept. Usually linked with processed foods, GMOs and pesticides, producing food differently doesn’t really seem that sweet. Until you meet the Oishii Berry. Oishii […]
Tell anyone you’re from Chicago and they will immediately crack a joke about winter. You know what those mild temperate dwellers miss out on though? Meals that are better than […]
October 1 is World Sake Day, marking the beginning of sake brewing season in Japan, and all month long at West Loop’s TenGoku Aburiya (owned by Michelin-starred Chef Sangtae Park […]
Dear Cinnamon is a monthly column based on the idea that all of life’s questions can be answered by art, because, after all, art is the spice of life. To […]
On opening Jason Hammel’s The Lula Cafe Cookbook, it is beautiful. The images are sparse except the detail of the food. All simple dishes, solely attention to detail plating. It […]
Summer may be Chicago’s peak season, but fall is where we get to drive just outside the city in our green barn jackets and Hunter boots, sip on a PSL […]