Monica Eng

No celebration in Puerto Rico would be complete without a little lechon (roast pork) and pasteles. And although "pasteles" technically means cakes in Spanish, these banana-leaf-wrapped delights are more like...

We have a friend who insists that the secret ingredient for her mother's pelmeni is a bit of freshly fallen snow. Our own recipe for this Russian dumpling involves good...

Between all the chocolates, candies and depression it can bring, Valentine's Day is no time to start a diet. This makes it the perfect time, however, to start an appreciation...

Few of our childhood culinary memories can match those of biting into a big, warm, fluffy dumpling known as char siu bao (a.k.a. pork bun). When steamed to perfection (there...

Anyone who knows this column knows we are extraordinarily fond of all things wrapped in dough. So when we heard about the new addition to the James R. Thompson Center's...

Pumpkinhead Daley In a city that hosted 1.3 million Grant Park revelers for the July 3 fireworks, Mayor Richard M. Daley nixed a free Grant Park concert by the Smashing...

Classical: Usher in 1999 with the CSO's annual New Year's Eve celebration, 9 p.m. Wednesday at Symphony Center. Soprano Sylvia McNair will perform Gershwin favorites with conductor David Alan Miller....

Last week brought you the first part of our Memorable Moments of 1998 series in Arts Watch. Having weighed in on the world of classical music last Thursday, Sunday through...

It's hard not to make a powerful film about the war in the former Yugoslavia. From "Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" to "Vukovar" to "Welcome to Sarajevo" to the 10 o'clock...

In the lists that follow, the Tribune's movie reviewers take on a sometimes delightful, sometimes daunting task: picking our Favorite Christmas Movies. That's not as merry an occupation as it...