By Angela Allyn Angela is an artist, cultural observer and a community arts program coordinator and she has always wanted to write about food. This article is adapted from a post that […]
Gefilte Fish vs. Cream-Filled Eggs: The Spring Conundrum
Irie Bar & Grille Brings Jerk Chicken to Wrigleyville
Irie Bar & Grille, Wrigleyville’s new Jerk chicken paradise, is hosting a grand opening this Saturday, April 1. Get your jerk on! Chicago only houses a few Jerk restaurants, and this new […]
Five Minutes With Mauro: 3CR Interviews Jeff Mauro at IHHS 2017
As we mentioned in our IHHS 2017 wrap-up, there’s a lot going on during the International Home and Housewares Show. With 2,200 exhibitors and 5 separate expos, at any moment you can […]
The Top 10 Things to See at the 2017 International Home and Housewares Show
This time last week, over 62,000 people were participating in a massive meeting of minds at McCormick Place. The topic? Housewares. Each year, our behemoth of a convention center houses the world’s […]
Chicago’s Eight Best Baguettes
What constitutes a good baguette? Physically: crusty exterior, soft interior. Internally: flour, salt, yeast, and water. Simplicity is key. Yet, to separate the best from the great, there has to be something […]
The Art of Cake Decorating @ Elysia Root Cakes
One of the defining characteristics of contemporary art is the wide range of media used by its practitioners. In addition to paint, marble, and other more traditional materials, today’s artists use photography, […]
Chicago Restaurant Week: An Eater’s Diary
I love eating and am obsessed with looking at menus online. So when Chicago Restaurant Week approaches, I spend hours poring over menus and making reservations to try as many new foods […]
Best of 2016: Our Favorite Food Stories—Hot Dogs, Empanadas, Kimchi Fries and Strange Foods
Four Food stories resonated with our readers this year. Two of the posts with the most reader visits for our entire website were on the Food page. Hot Dog Chicago The […]
Deck the Holidays: How Chicagoans Are Creating the Season
With the holiday season comes a bounty of things to celebrate: good will, love, merriment, peace, not to mention festivities associated with major holidays such as Hanukkah, Kwanza, Christmas and New Year’s. Whether we’re decorating a […]
Celebrating Repeal Day in 2016: The Old Time Saloon and Donald Trump
Our guest author is Bill Savage, who teaches Chicago culture at Northwestern University and the Newberry Library. His essays, articles, and reviews have run in the Chicago Tribune, ESPN.go.com, and the Chicago […]
First Annual Strange Foods Chicago Festival Celebrates Multicultural Local Eats
There are food festivals in Chicago every weekend. Usually there are more than one on any given day. Some center around a certain dish like macaroni and cheese, chili, bacon, sausage, […]
Feasting on Fat Rice: A Conversation in Review
If you had asked me a week ago if I knew what Macanese and Polynesian fusion cuisine was, I would have ZERO clue what to tell you. Not only have I not visited […]
