12 home-delivered meal kits tested and ranked to find the best for your money
Meal kits hold such promise, particularly as we all stay home to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. Pay the fee, and a box of food will appear...
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Chicago bookstores offer curbside pick-up, cheap shipping during coronavirus lockdown
Need to stock up your bookshelves? Due to the CDC's social distancing guidelines, several Chicago-area bookstores have temporarily closed, but they're continuing to sell books online for home delivery or...
Authors, ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ creators cancel Chicago bookstore appearances
Due to circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, several authors as well as the creators of the musical "Dear Evan Hansen" have canceled appearances at Chicago-area bookstores. These cancellations include: At...
Ta-Nehisi Coates to headline 2020 Printers Row Lit Fest as Harold Washington Literary Award winner
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates will headline the 2020 Printers Row Lit Fest in June as the winner of the Harold Washington Literary Award. The 36-year-old festival draws about 100,000 people each...
Restaurant reviews speed-round: Quick looks at seven Chicago spots we couldn’t get to in 2019
In a year notable for dozens of restaurant openings — from the much-hyped and splashy (Cabra and Cira in the Hoxton and Time Out Market Chicago) to the quieter yet...
Best cookbooks of 2019: ‘Indian-ish’ to ‘Joy of Cooking’ to ‘Ruffage,’ these titles inspire us most
In a publishing year crowded with gear books (Instant Pot, Air Fryers, sous vide) and diet books (Keto, plant-based), it's got to be hard for authors to stand out. As...
Craving: Side dishes — from mashed potatoes to collard greens to refried beans, we’re celebrating the best
At the Thanksgiving table, the turkey is fine and all, but everyone's really there for the sides. Mashed potatoes, collard greens, dressing, whatever your favorite, it shines brighter than that...
How ‘Joy of Cooking,’ rereleased this month, teaches us to conjure a meal from a daydream
I discovered "Joy of Cooking" when I was 12 or maybe 13 — it was a half-day off from school — and I noticed a recipe for chicken Kiev. It...
10 gifts for young bookworms
Books are excellent gifts for kids: For little ones, they cut through the toy noise; for older ones, they may open minds to new worlds — and reverberate long after...
Henry Louis Gates Jr. accepts Tribune Literary Award
Henry Louis Gates Jr. appeared at the Chicago Humanities Festival Sunday to accept the Tribune's 2019 Literary Award, recognizing his lifetime of accomplishment as a literary critic, historian and filmmaker....