Rick Bayless in Cascabel: Star Chef Steps into New Role
AND FOR HIS NEXT ACT...: In March, Rick Bayless steps into a new role, playing the romantic lead in a dramatic production that includes a three-course meal, plus dancing and...
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12 Things You Didn't Know About Rick Bayless
Learn about his first chef job, what genre of books he likes to read, why there was backlash over one of his TV ads, and more
Quintessential Designs of Norman Norell, Up for Bid
Chicago style goes front and center in the fashion world, as 140 items by Norman Norell, drawn from the collection of local socialite Beverly Dowis Blettner, go up for auction.
HGTV 'Design Star' Meg Caswell Renovates a Chicago Kitchen
The reality-show winner and Design Shoppe owner does a local kitchen art deco-style for tomorrow night's episode of HGTV's "Great Rooms."
Mark Rothko at the Goodman Theatre and the Art Institute
"RED," a play about Mark Rothko by former Chicagoan Josh Logan, opens tonight at the Goodman. Here's where you can see Rothko's paintings in person in Chicago and throughout the...
Scott Harris: the Most Underrated Restaurateur in the Country?
LET THEM EAT CARPACCIO: On the back of Mia Francesca, the modest Italian restaurant in Lake View, Harris has built a dining empire now on the brink of expanding to...
Celebrate Talk Like Shakespeare Day, and the Royal Wedding, With "The Madness of George III"
Today is Shakespeare's birthday, and lots of people will be talking in iambic pentameter to celebrate. But if the play's the thing for you, check out Alan Bennett's play at...
A Brief Beekeeping How-To for Hobbyists
Want to join the ranks of Chicago's amateur beekeepers? Start with a beekeeping class. Then buying your own bees. Then get the right equipment... and think one step ahead of...
On the Menu at Obama's Chicago Fundraiser: Bill Kurtis's Tallgrass Beef
Michael Kornick and Erick Williams of mk restaurant are serving up state tartare from the Kansas ranch of Independence native and local CBS anchor Bill Kurtis.
The Last Oprah Winfrey Show: As Secretive As the Star
The Queen of Media was social media before Facebook ever existed, giving us permission to be our authentic selves before we had even realized we weren't being either authentic or...