Judy Hevrdejs

It's a tiny book, this "Small Change*" by Susan & Larry Terkel. But the asterisk in the title neatly sums up the premise: "It's the Little Things in Life That...

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear, when souvenirs were something other than a bawdy T-shirt. Retro-mementos are the inspiration for whimsical towels and drinking glasses. Part...

We have a soft spot in our culinary heart for hot turkey sandwiches, those gravy-drenched stacks of bread and meat. That's one reason we're hooked on torta ahogada, a sauce-smothered...

This weekend, the Chicago Sun-Times workers will move out of the 47-year-old building that soon will be demolished to make way for Donald Trump's new tower. On Monday, the newspaper...

Thanks to the dozens of bandages on store shelves these days, deciding what to stick on a skinned knee, a nicked knuckle or a new-shoe blister is no simple matter....

Hey, there. Yes, you, the one sniveling about some slight and wallowing in self-pity. Get over it! That kind of negative thinking is at the root of many of our...

Once you swallow the concept of mixing beer with a carbonated lemon beverage, sipping a shandy on a steamy hot summer afternoon sounds perfectly sensible. Beating the heat with this...

Tucked away in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood near Midway Airport, a Mexican folk art tradition lives on in the papier-mache, tissue-papered heads of Spider-Man and Shrek. This is where Jesus...

QC loves the pairing of uber-hip Paul Frank and home-state icon John Deere. Yep, the tractor-making team from Moline has hooked up with a designer favored by figures from bands...

Few parenting books address the challenges of raising a child in the U.S. while retaining a connection to one's cultural roots. "Parenting With Pride Latino Style: How to Help Your...