Kevin Pang

NEW YORK — Observations from a really long evening at Avery Fisher Hall for the 2012 James Beard Foundation Awards. *** Just how long? Chefs serving food at the post-ceremony...

"People are too well-dressed here," opined my brother-in-law Nick. Three things about this statement, uttered halfway through Wisconsin Fridays at L. Woods Tap & Pine Lodge. First, we're talking sports...

As a neutral Chicago fan, I plead indifference to both Cubs and White Sox, but I've enjoyed enough games at each ballpark to judge its food experience. I will sayU.S....

Because my middle name is "Adventure," I seek out like-minded restaurateurs who walk the knife's edge of culinary thrill. But let's not mistake The Silo with the foamers, offal pushers...

"Knowledge is power," read my prescient fortune cookie. In ways good and bad, knowledge alters the way your brain interprets food. If presented with two identical dishes, one labeled "pork...

The man might not have blinked. Byung Park, known to friends by the harder-sounding BK, was a chef of silent intensity behind the sushi counter at Arami a few Saturdays...

If you've ever seen hot sauce from the Southeast Side of Chicago, you know it's a color not found in nature. It's a synthetic orange, existing in traffic cones and...

The upside of the night-life transformation along Division Street is the boon for Wicker Park's economy — if you can hold your breath at all the newly migrated bros. (No...