Margaret Sheridan

There's nothing like a little glass of coquito to send a tropical breeze through a Chicago winter. This Puerto Rican coconut milk eggnog is a staple of late-night, house-to-house caroling...

Long before purveyors of pricey, icy coffee drinks began selling billions of gallons of the frappeed stuff, folks in Southeast Asia were beating the heat with iced coffee. We first...

Forget toe shoes and exercise equipment. Get the smooth moves of a dancer in the privacy of your home with "The New York City Ballet Workout" video. The New York-based...

Tamales, those Latin American classics, are pretty common these days, especially if you're content to enjoy only the versions that pair the ground corn mixture known as masa with meat...

Knowing your heart rate is invaluable when you're beginning or changing a fitness program. It lets you know if you're working hard enough or how your body reacts to a...

Smelly, gas-producing and often very spicy, kim chee tends to get a bad rap. But that's usually by people who haven't tried it. We, however, couldn't imagine a Korean meal...

As police and stunned hospital officials looked on helplessly, a distraught gunman unplugged the life-support equipment attached to his comatose infant son Wednesday, then cradled the baby until he died,...

Here is a good-for-you rice pudding that uses only egg whites to cut down on cholesterol. Try it topped with low-cholesterol yogurt cheese (recipe follows). A HEALTHY RICE PUDDING Preparation...

A Coast Guard helicopter crew rescued a 28-year-old man from an ice floe in Lake Michigan near Waukegan Tuesday after two teenagers walking on the beach noticed the stranded man...

Edward Murnane, newly appointed regional administrator of the Small Business Administration here, sought protection in bankruptcy proceedings in 1983 when his own small business, a publicity firm, could not pay...