Snow Dragon Shavery joins the dining upgrades at Navy Pier
Snow Dragon Shavery has brought its line of shaved snow dessert treats to Navy Pier's renovated food court. The store, which opened Sunday, is the third location for Snow Dragon...
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Original Rainbow Cone opening second location at Navy Pier
Original Rainbow Cone is coming to Navy Pier next month, according to a post on the popular ice cream shop's Facebook page. "Make sure you mark this on your calendar!"...
Summer sizzler
Does grilling the first steak of the season trigger your cowboy-on-the-open-range fantasies? Know that you can still have a barbecue as big and outsized as your dreams, whether your version...
Queen’s birthday gifts for you
Queen Elizabeth II turns 90 Thursday, and the celebrations range from lighting bonfires across Britain to a royal walkabout to greetings from schoolchildren (my favorite, reported in the Eastern Daily...
Why is pot so stinky?
Walk around Chicago, and you're bound to quickly cross a funky, skunky line of invisible phew still pungent even though whoever puffed it is out of sight. The pot on...
How to buy a puppy
How to buy a puppy? Very carefully and with much forethought, the experts all agree. After all, you're considering the purchase of a living being, an animal that will need...
Chefs, customers pay respects to Jean-Claude Poilevey
La Sardine restaurant became a culinary Field of Dreams on Thursday, as chefs throughout the area came to pay their respects to a fallen comrade. Jean-Claude Poilevey, who owned the...
Mediterranean meatball recipes for Passover from new Jewish cookbook
Joyce Goldstein wants you to put down the brisket and latkes, dishes that have long defined Jewish cooking in the United States. "Move into the sunlight of the Mediterranean and...
What’s your brisket secret? Go pure and simple, or jazz it up for Passover
Amelia Saltsman's brisket is, to put it simply, the "anti-Lipton soup version" of the beloved classic. The Santa Monica, Calif., cookbook author has been making it "pure and simple" for...
LGBT faith community voices disappointment over ‘Joy of Love’
Pope Francis' document on marriage and family was described as a "game changer" by Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich, but some prominent in LGBT faith circles say they are disappointed though...