Carol Mighton Haddix

Buttermilk is good for you. And author Lee Edwards Benning makes no bones about it. In her new "Better with Buttermilk" (Henry Holt, $25), Benning admits that she is not...

Buttermilk is good for you. And author Lee Edwards Benning makes no bones about it. In her new "Better with Buttermilk" (Henry Holt, $25), Benning admits that she is not...

The odd location simply adds to the charm of La Borsa (literally translated, it means "the bag"), an almost 1-year-old Italian restaurant in River West. It is nestled into one...

At year's end, it is natural to stop and reflect. Although it's a time for looking ahead, it also may be worth spending time looking back. Members of the Good...

Located just across from a cemetery on Kedzie Avenue, Burke's comes as a surprise. It's a spacious, clean, two-room combination cafeteria-takeout enterprise in the middle of a stretch of Evergreen...

The well-known Oberweis Dairy, based in Aurora, opened another store a year ago in Rolling Meadows. With about 40 seats, it's a sparkling locale in which to sample the rich,...

What type of restaurant would call itself Palette's? It brings to mind an artist's hangout, or perhaps a coffeehouse. and then there is the homonym. Only those with good palates...

Theatergoers have a new option in the Halsted Street and North Avenue area: Adagio, a 6-month-old informal Italian-American eatery, is a good choice for a quick, light pasta or salad...

Here is your first edition of Good Eating, a new, lively look at the pleasures of eating-with a healthy dose of information on nutrition, fitness, shopping and cooking thrown in....

The verdict is in. After a year of travel and research, the restaurant critic of the International Herald-Tribune in Paris, Patricia Wells, has named the world's best restaurants. On assignment...