Market-fresh holiday
For 128 years, we have been celebrating — or lamenting — the unofficial end of summer with the Labor Day holiday and parades, picnics and patio parties. If you have...
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A survival guide for parents with kids in college
Harlan Cohen is a serious guy. Yes, advice columnist Cohen (Help Me, Harlan!) — the same guy who wrote "The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into...
Urban tranquility
Chicago's often raucous, rollicking personality seems, at first glance, to deny the possibility of serenity, anywhere, anytime. Yet for such a complex city, especially one with a nod-to-nature motto of...
Urban tranquility
Chicago's often raucous, rollicking personality seems, at first glance, to deny the possibility of serenity, anywhere, anytime. Yet for such a complex city, especially one with a nod-to-nature motto of...
Urban tranquility
Garden Walk wonders Chicago's often raucous, rollicking personality seems, at first glance, to deny the possibility of serenity, anywhere, anytime. Yet for such a complex city, especially one with a...
Place-setting decoder
When you dine with (pick one) a potential employer/boss/love interest/betrothed/betrothed's parental unit, you don't want to look like an escapee from bad reality TV. A well-set table is a roadmap...
Hot toppings
You've been grilling burgers for a couple weeks now, and you're thinking it's about time to up your game, to move beyond the ketchup-relish-mustard rut. It's time to strut your...
Burger toppers with style
With high-profile chefs headlining burger eateries (Hubert Keller in Las Vegas, St. Louis and San Francisco, plus Spike Mendelsohn in D.C., to name two) and new burger cookbooks on the...
Double meals mean quick ‘seconds’
Doubling up on cooking — that is, preparing one meal with plans for a second on the program — is a smart move whenever busy schedules crush kitchen time. But...
Once upon a time…
It's summertime and the livin' is easy. So why in George Washington's name should you bring up the subject of dusty, musty history with your kids? Because it will be...