Tips for avoiding a New Year’s hangover, and what to do if you get one
New Year’s Eve is a time to tie one on, and that’s all well and good. But, really, you don’t want to drag a nasty hangover into the new year....
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Puffed up for New Year’s Eve: Pastry bites for your big party
If your New Year’s Eve parties can use a lift, reach for puff pastry. The dough, which rises spectacularly as thin leaves of delicate pastry, can be used for everything...
Get cozy with our favorite teapots, cups and infusers
Tea is so much more than the drink. Tea is an experience, visual, sensory, spiritual, whether you’re at an afternoon reception for 50 — don’t forget the cucumber sandwich —...
Pegasus Restaurant closing Saturday in Greektown after 27 years
Pegasus Restaurant and Taverna is closing at midnight Saturday after the dinner service, bringing an end to its 27-year presence in Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood. “It was a pleasure serving our...
In ‘France Is a Feast,’ Paul Child steps out from Julia’s shadow
Now it is Paul Child’s turn. The man best known today for his marriage to Julia Child (and his portrayal by Stanley Tucci in the 2009 hit move “Julie &...
Santa’s milk and cookies gets a new (boozy) twist
Santa has it rough. Not only does he have to circle the globe dropping off all kinds of toys, he has to chug countless gallons of milk and gobble dozens...
Bacon? Moss? 5 quirky subscriptions that keep on giving
Gifts that keep on giving beyond the holidays can be much more than the usual magazine subscriptions, monthly fruit baskets, season tickets and bunches of fresh flowers. Consider subscription services...
Eat This: Burrata with Broccolini at Coalfire
Burrata may not be the first thing you think of when considering a meal at Coalfire, the Lakeview restaurant noted for thin-crust pizzas cooked in coal-fired ovens. But do try...
‘Ugly’ fruits and vegetables home delivery service coming to Chicago
Beauty is only skin deep, especially with fruits and vegetables that can be delicious no matter what they look like. But most Americans have been reluctant to swallow so-called ugly...
Snaggletooth’s Jennifer Kim opening Passerotto — Korean but with Italian inspiration
Chef Jennifer Kim says Passerotto, her new restaurant coming to Andersonville, will be “at heart Korean” with “a little bit of inspiration from central Italy and definitely the Midwest.” Kim,...