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.
Last night was Andersonville Chamber of Commerce’s annual event, Taste of Andersonville. This year there were three route options. The Nibble route, which featured Penelope’s Vegan Taqueria, Andale Market, and […]
Eileen Tull is a multi-hyphenate actor, writer, director, teacher, comedian, and founder of Fat Theatre Project which tells stories by/for/about/with fat people to disengage from the usual fatphobic narratives and […]
Dear Cinnamon is a new 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. […]
Anna Castellani, founder of Local Culture Management, is known for seeing what a city has to offer, seeing what the city needs, and creating spaces that enhance and reflect the […]
I’m not a tomato lover. I can’t pluck a cherry tomato off the vine and eat it raw and undressed. I used to tell my mom, no tomatoes, please. But […]
Rogers Park is very much a vibe. A vibe that consists of neighbors who know each other’s names and always say hello, a global community, and of course really great […]
Picture this: it’s 9pm on a Sunday night, all is quiet and closed, and everyone else has popped their edible to lull themselves into a deep enough sleep to forget […]
Dear Cinnamon is our 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 […]
Chef and co-owner Zachary Engel of Lincoln Park’s Galit is cooking up their number one crowd pleaser (hummus!) for No Kid Hungry’s Taste of the Nation event to help raise […]
Iliana Regan is a Michelin-starred chef and owner of Milkweed Inn deep in the Hiawatha Forest. Regan’s memoir, Fieldwork, recently celebrated its paperback release. It couldn’t have come at a […]
Ananda Lima’s fiction debut, Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil, launches at Women and Children First this Friday, June 21. Filled with double meanings, a very meta perspective, rebellions […]
Meat-free since 1983 in a city filled with hotdog stands and beef sandwiches is reason enough to know the flavor is there to keep The Chicago Diner the long-lasting vegan […]