Caroline L. Huftalen is a food, arts and culture writer. Her reviews and interviews can be seen on BuskingAtTheSeams.com. 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.
Although already sold out with a growing waitlist, two Chicago culinary icons, Chef Jesse Valenciana and Rick Bayless, will be in conversation Sunday, Sept. 21, at 11am at the National […]
Ryan Castelaz isn’t one to do things along a projected plan or path. All about playfulness, passion, and creating story, Discourse Coffee’s CEO gave me, and the patrons coming up […]
It’s hard to believe that Filipino bakery Del Sur has only been open for five months. Helmed by Chef Justin Tiu Lerias, Del Sur earned rapid, and well deserved, name […]
I own a car (don’t tell anyone). I live a very car-free life and promote a car-free existence to the point that my children at the age of two were […]
The Sushi Rolling Class at Sunda New Asian returns the first Saturday of every month from 4 – 5pm starting September 6 at both their River North and Fulton Market […]
The kids are going back to school and it’s time for some much needed quality time with your best friend. They have been patiently waiting for their time in the […]
As my household library shifts from Brown Bear and Pig the Pug into Harry Potter, Unicorn Academy, and various heavy tomes about dinosaurs, there is one constant that remains, books […]
If you’re already on the list, your email should have arrived in the last few weeks to purchase your tickets to what most consider the event of the summer. Le […]
Inside the InterContinental Chicago is cocktail-forward Nikkei lounge Casa Chi by Chef Richard Sandoval. Amongst the happy hours and night caps though, Casa Chi offers a classy take on afternoon […]
Amelie is one of the most beloved, fanciful and visionary films set in Paris. For those, like me, who rewatch the movie over and over, Kokandy Productions is bringing all […]
This August Cornerstone Restaurant Group (CRG) opens their new Chicago-Italian neighborhood restaurant Dimmi Dimmi under the culinary leadership of executive chef Matt Eckfeld. Eckfeld, who previously worked under CRG’s Chef […]
While everyone else spent their summers bopping from patio to patio sipping spritz’ and margs, I jumped from bakery to bakery in search of the best of the best when […]