Judy Hevrdejs

Despite heartfelt intentions, Valentine's Day gifts often translate to heartache--or at least headaches--for the giver and the recipient. To spare others the public humiliation of doing so in print, a...

So how does a food like koprova omacka fit in Pilsen? Especially since the neighborhood is known more these days for its savory Mexican moles than it is for this...

After munching on sugary New Orleans kings' cake and the barely sweet Mexican rosca des reyes in years past, we felt that the French version of this Epiphany cake would...

Forget the Weather Channel. We get our weather cues in a much more pleasurable way: by eyeballing department-store traffic. Take the case of a recent snowstorm. A hardy (and multi-layered)...

(2 forks) 1700 N. Damen Ave. 773-489-6212 Kitchen hours: 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon.-Thurs., 11:30 a.m.-midnight Fri., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (brunch) and 4 p.m.-midnight Sat., 10 a.m.-4 p.m. (brunch) and 4-11...

Can you hear me now? Unless you like having your kissing encounters broadcast for all the world, steer clear of the dark-haired, leather-jacketed Casanova we overheard--without much difficulty--shouting into his...

For a couple of years, some of the city's haute-est restaurants--Spring, one sixtyblue and Fortunato among them--have placed oxtails on their menu in such upscale presentations as risotto and ravioli....

Seeing snow on the roof and in the front yard of a home in Chicago is not the sort of vision one would expect--not when the mercury is tickling 50...

Not all big pumpkins go to gourd heaven after Halloween. Some, like the 1,049-pound behemoth recently on display at foodlife in Water Tower Place, stick around awhile. Or, at least...

Voting records and position papers on education are important for politicians, but so is their hair. We asked three Chicago stylists -- Truefitt & Hill's Georg Adamson (GA), Leigh Jones...