Kitchen aids
As these times find us reaching for more dried beans, whole grains and secondary cuts of meat, they don't always give us enough kitchen time to cook them. Maybe that's...
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Schools manage to fit in fitness
Anyone who has tried to control a single first-grader can develop a deep admiration for Michelle Glick. On a recent morning at Armstrong Elementary School in Rogers Park, she led...
Schools find ways to fit in fitness
Anyone who has tried to control a single first-grader can develop a deep admiration for Michelle Glick. On a recent morning at Armstrong Elementary School in Rogers Park, she led...
Lunar parade gets its bang back
The firecrackers are back. Argyle Street Lunar New Year Parade committee members this week received permits to restore the use of tiny explosives during their New Year's procession Saturday. Lunar...
Schools’ lunch waste piles up
If you want to know what led a bunch of shivering teenagers to sort through the trash behind Prosser Career Academy one recent, icy day, try to get your head...
Schools’ lunch waste piles up
If you want to know what led a bunch of shivering teenagers to sort through the trash behind Prosser Career Academy one recent, icy day, try to get your head...
Green beer — no, the other kind
Green beer in Chicago has long been associated with gimmicky March 17 antics. Now Chicago's own Goose Island has launched Green Line, a pale ale designed to have a lower...
Meat safety: How well done?
Recent outbreaks of food-borne illnesses linked to contaminated meat — followed by massive recalls and pledges of cleaner processing — have proved eye-opening for many consumers. Dangerous pathogens cause 76...
School lunches: Push for healthier foods faces barriers
On a frigid February day last year, Michele Hays filed into Evanston Township High School with other concerned parents to talk with district administrators about school lunches. One specific target...
Review: ‘Eating Animals’ by Jonathan Safran Foer
"Eating Animals"By Jonathan Safran Foer Little Brown, 352 pages $25.99 Americans spend less of their income on food than any other civilization in history. We demanded cheap food. And we've...