Monica Eng

I still haven't been able to pin down the origins of the Thai beef dish called Tiger Cry, but I should have trusted my waitress when she told me that...

The LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon will start at 7:30 a.m. Sunday near Monroe Street and Columbus Drive in Grant Park. More than 37,000 folks are expected to take on the...

More and more Ecuadoran eateries have popped up in Chicago in the last few years, and each time I've cracked open a menu, a tiny part of me has hoped...

Now that the days are growing cooler and those skimpy summer outfits can be replaced by our big bulky, fat-hiding fall apparel, it's a fine time to indulge in that...

Initially, pickle soup might sound like a punishment meal -- a hot bowl of the murky stuff left in the jar after the last spear is grabbed. But your first...

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While backpacking one spring in college, I met a Lebanese-Australian guy who generously shared a little stack of lahmacun with me on a ferry from Turkey and Greece. As we...

Before Bangkok Cafe in River North closed about a year ago, one of my greatest summer pleasures was diving into a cool crunchy plate of their wonderful chicken yum. The...

While interviewing a bunch of Indian film and music stars for a story recently, I polled each on what they like to eat while watching movies. Most came up with...

It takes brains to make certain dishes. For instance, mughuz masala. This South Asian dish is often made with mutton and goat brains in India, and with cow brains in...