Patricia Tennison

Along the southeast coast of Lake Michigan, the bloom is on. The bees have finished their job, the weather is cooperating and summer help is gearing up. It is a...

Superpremium ice creams seem to be descending on Chicago as quickly as cherries disappear from a sundae. But what`s the difference between Ben & Jerry`s and Steve`s? And how does...

The waitress clips along at an eager pace in an upscale Italian restaurant here, unaware that with each touted ingredient the Italian-born customer straightens. ''The special pizza today has tomatoes,...

''Nice shoes,'' the guest at the Whitehall Hotel says in a familiar alto voice, and smiles down at the concierge. The concierge squirms. Diminutive, French-born Ahlyce Kaplan is an image...

Someday they`re going to be movie stars. But for the moment, Courtney Crumley and Molly Korler, both 1/2, are marking time in school and at their occasional business, the neighborhood...

When families fill many of the seats of an ethnic restaurant two things likely are happening: the food is true to the motherland, and the prices are low. This seems...