Homemade ice cream: Better by degrees
On Father's Day, I picked a fight with my dad. The argument was about homemade ice cream, and the fact that for all the rosy memories of us gathered around...
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North Shore’s release gets its day in the sun
Quick, picture yourself sitting on a patio nursing a beer as the warm summer sun kisses your skin. What type of beer are you drinking? While there are a number...
Keep tabs on your fitness with these trackers
The latest fitness watches, bands and trackers will remind you to stick with your fitness goals — they'll track your progress and they'll sync the info with your phone. There...
Illinois faces Iowa in annual tug-of-war over Mississippi River
Amazingly, all boat traffic at one point on the mighty Mississippi is stopped for a short time every August for a sporting event: a tug-of-war between Illinois and Iowa. A...
Sun, surf and Spam in Hawaii
In the cramped parking lot of a small strip mall, drivers jockey for spaces. Many have made the 20-minute trip from Honolulu, their mouths watering in anticipation of chowing down...
Eating your way around Lake Superior
If you drive the perimeter of Lake Superior, it helps to like smoked fish. Actually, it helps if you also like beer, pasties, cudighi and pannukakku, and are game to...
Shelf Life: New sauces; Book-themed cocktails; Pickling seasonings
The Tacolicious team gave San Francisco a few places to enjoy its brand of Mexican-style eats. Now its name is on a line of salsas and sauces at Williams-Sonoma. The...
After World Cup, Rio de Janeiro shifts focus to Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Brazil's World Cup was supposed to be a disaster. Stadiums were not finished, many infrastructure projects never got off the ground, costs, allegedly inflated by corruption,...
Goose Island to tap 13 beers for Pitchfork Music Festival
Pitchfork Music Festival, which goes down this weekend in Union Park, announced its musical lineup months ago. Now, we present the weekend's second-most important lineup: the beer! Thirteen Goose Island...
‘Disco Demolition 2’ minor-league promotion targets Bieber, Miley
It has been 35 years since the Chicago White Sox held "Disco Demolition Night" at Comiskey Park, when fans were asked to bring their disco record to be destroyed in...