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Plear sach koh is thinly sliced sirloin steak tossed with prahok or tuk trei, lime juice, palm sugar, green peppers, fresno, mushrooms, cucumbers, bean sprout, radish
and cabbage and topped with fresh herbs and roasted peanuts at Khmai Cambodian Fine Dining Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, in Rogers Park in Chicago. Sarom Sieng fled Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge genocide, but lost two sons and her husband. Her daughter, Mona Sang, was born in a Thailand refugee camp. Sieng supported her family by working as a private caterer in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Eat. Watch. Do. — Flawless Cambodian food, pumpkin patches, plus ‘South Side’ preview

October 6, 2022 at 3:10 p.m.

It's Thursday, Chicago. We're deep into fall and spooky season is well underway. Take advantage with our appropriately themed weekend activities these next few weeks — pumpkin patch plundering, cemetery...

La panadería virtual Masa Madre entrelaza las herencias mexicana y judía de los propietarios con churro babka y challah conchas

September 30, 2022 at 1:23 p.m.

Chicago tiene una buena cantidad de panaderías mexicanas y judías, un testimonio de las comunidades vibrantes que se han asentado aquí a lo largo de los años. Pero una panadería...

From left, Kathy Najimyin, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker in "Hocus Pocus 2," directed by Anne Fletcher.

Eat. Watch. Do. — Haunted Midwest sites, ‘Bros’ review, plus Chicago’s best Oktoberfest beer

September 29, 2022 at 4:14 p.m.

It's Thursday, Chicago. Perhaps we're jumping the gun a little in these final days of September, but indulge us in calling this the official kickoff to spooky season (Halloween is...

Virtual bakery Masa Madre intertwines owners’ Mexican and Jewish heritages with churro babka and challah conchas

September 29, 2022 at 1:21 p.m.

Chicago has its fair share of Mexican panaderias and Jewish bakeries, a testament to the vibrant communities that have settled here over the years. But one East Garfield Park bakery...

Alicia Morales, 10, picks apples with her family at Royal Oak Farm Orchard on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Harvard.

Eat. Watch. Do. — Chicago apple picking guide, ‘Abbott Elementary’ review, plus Rosh Hashana specials

September 22, 2022 at 12:47 p.m.

It's Thursday, Chicago. It's also officially fall starting today — perhaps you'd like to bask in the crisp weather at an apple orchard within driving distance of Chicago. But it's...

Andrew Smith, left, and other men practice yoga at Y7 Studio North in Chicago on Sept. 10, 2021. The sponsoring organization, The Healing, gives Black men an outlet from the stresses of the pandemic and racial trauma.

‘I didn’t know I needed this’: New nonprofit uses yoga to address Black men’s mental health.

September 13, 2021 at 11:23 p.m.

A group of Black men in Chicago are bending over backward to create community with one another after a year and a half of isolation, grief and trauma. At least,...

Estella Valdez is seen at her home in Chicago on July 22, 2021. Valdez has an international trip to Aruba in August and is the only person in her bridal party who still needs their passport.

Unprecedented passport application delays stifle Chicago-area travelers. ‘How many times do they have to keep postponing their honeymoon?’

July 27, 2021 at 1:02 p.m.

As a pandemic newlywed, all Estella Valdez wants to do is join her new husband, family and friends for the Aruba honeymoon they rescheduled for August. But Valdez, 46, can't...

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