Monica Eng

My sister and I were recently in the market for a Mexican lunch on Randolph Street, but she wanted to go trendy at De Cero (814 W. Randolph St.; 312-455-8114)...

Navigating the menu at the local coffee shop is perplexing enough. But now most of us face no less than five sweeteners at the condiment counter. Which are we supposed...

ACTUALLY, WE WERE SEEKING TO PROVIDE THE SENSORY EQUIVALENT OF ONE OF OUR JAMS ... While crossing the Kinzie Street Bridge in August, the Dave Matthews Band's bus allegedly dumped...

SEPTEMBER 7 Just before Chicago Public Schools opened their doors last fall, we called upon Donna LoCoco's 2nd-grade class at Washington Irving Elementary School in Oak Park to offer advice...

"Oldster foreign policy group lures a hipster crowd" -- July 23 This summer we were startled to find that the famously mature Chicago Council on Foreign Relations had begun a...

"Praise the lard: The 'Polish Atkins diet' recommends eating prodigious amounts of animal fat. Can this possibly be good for you?" -- June 9 On the Northwest Side we came...

"Korean soaps lure unlikely audiences." -- July 9 Last summer we reported on a growing number of non-Korean speakers getting hooked on the Korean soap operas (particularly "The Great Jang...

After years of hunting down ethnic specialties, we've discovered a phenomenon that occurs when a super popular dish is dismissed as so mundane, so humble--or occasionally so complex--that no one...

Mag Mile shoppers looking to splurge on a festive holiday drink with a view and soft couch can skip high tea and just get high on eggnog cocktails ($12.75) at...

A friend recently pointed out a line on the Mas menu: "Please do not be offended if we ask you to move to the bar when you have finished eating;...