Patricia Tennison

Not only are all pizzas not created equal, all sausage-and-cheese pizzas coming-from-the-same-restaurant-kitchen-within-the-same-hour are not created equal. And there are few pizzas to equal those of Alice Mae Redmond. ''It`s hard...

America seems to be taking a breather when it comes to new products for microwave cooking. Walking through miles of aisles at the 89th International Housewares Exposition at McCormick Place...

Ideally, a finished loaf of bread should have a uniform texture, fine grain and a light and evenly browned, rounded top crust. Here are some tips from ''The 60-Minute Bread...

If you need hands-on experience with bread dough, one of the following breadmaking courses may be of help: - Nicole`s Bake Shop, 2113 W. Touhy Ave., 743-8883. Intense, hands-on classes...

As the crowd moved slowly up the aisles of McCormick Place, after a matinee of ''The Nutcracker,'' one little boy choked with sobs. ''I knew I shouldn`t have brought you...

Armed with a list and a fistful of cash, Joe Seeger, 15, cruises the aisles of a Jewel Food store near his Evanston home. When the weekly shopping is done,...

If you want to keep tomatoes tasting their best, keep them out of the refrigerator. Storing tomatoes in the refrigerator inhibits their flavor. Fresh tomatoes reach their flavor peak when...

Opening an outdoor cafe in Chicago depends as much on political science as on meteorology. Chicago first allowed restaurants to have cafes on city sidewalks only three years ago, and...

Printer`s Row remains one of Chicago`s signature restaurants, a center for culinary creativity. And, as befits a fine restaurant, it keeps getting better. The credit goes largely to Michael Foley,...

Even on a slow kind of street like South Elm, where American flags wave without need of holiday and a Potawatomi Indian in full regalia could stand without stares, Drier`s...