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Food Stories
Chicago's 2025 James Beard Award Semifinalists
Chicago has 22 semifinalists in the "Oscars of food" this year, including in new beverage categories. The Awards will be announced in Chicago in June.
Erling Wu-Bower Celebrates Lunar New Year – and His Mother's Cooking – with Star Chefs at Maxwells Trading
Erling Wu-Bower's mother made elaborate feasts for Chinese New Year. He's joining with chefs from HaiSous and Momotaro to celebrate the Year of the Wood Snake, and shared one of his mother's recipes with us.
Festival Celebrates the Chicago River on the Coldest Day of the Year, with a Side of Pigs in a Blanket and Malört
January 17 is historically the coldest day of the year, but that isn't stopping the floating wetland the Wild Mile from enjoying food and drink in an outdoor festival on the river.
Brekkie Is Served! Australia Comes to Streeterville with New Easygoing Café
Australian cafés are often cited as responsible for the rise of avocado toast, the flat white, and the refined all-day café. Now Chicago has one in Chapel Street Café.
Chicago Restaurant Week: 25 New and Revamped Restaurants to Try in 2025
From January 24 through February 9, hundreds of restaurants offer special fixed price menus during Chicago Restaurant Week. Here are some participants that opened or revamped last year.
In a Chicago Alley, a Local Winery Gets Creative with Michigan Grapes
Acclaimed for their beer and pizza, Middle Brow has begun applying its local, sustainable approach to wine, sourcing grapes from Michigan and experimenting with hybrid varietals tailored to the climate there. They're opening a second location in the state.
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Recipes
A Horchata Mocktail Recipe from Erick Williams' New Tequila- and Mezcal-Focused Cocktail Lounge
Erick Williams' Cantina Rosa in Hyde Park celebrates tequila and mezcal, but also offers thoughtful non-alcoholic options like the Horchata Fizz, which you can make at home.
A Vibrant, Latin-Inspired Non-Alcoholic Cocktail for Dry January
Thanks to non-alcoholic agave spirits, you can enjoy a sunny mocktail with this recipe from the new Fairmont Chicago Millennium Park restaurant Toro by Chef Richard Sandoval.
Our Most Popular Recipes of 2024
Comfort seemed to be the through-line of our most viewed recipes this year, whether it was a simple dish or an elaborate classic that still warmed the home and heart.
Make the Porky Rice-and-Peas Hoppin' John for New Year's Day, with Help from 'Cook's Country'
The porky rice-and-pea dish Hoppin' John is often eaten on New Year's Day in the South. Try Cook's Country's adaptation of Gullah Geechee cook Emily Meggett's original version.
Homemade Thin Mints
Add peppermint flavor to homemade thin mint cookies reminiscent of Girl Scout Cookies with this recipe from PBS's Adrianna Adarme of the Fresh Tastes blog.
14 Festive Recipes to Sweeten Your Holiday Baking
We’ve compiled some of our favorite baking recipes that we think would add a little something different to your holiday table this year, including twists on old classics and cookies galore.
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Food Series
Check, Please!
The Emmy-winning local restaurant review series from WTTW Chicago features host, master sommelier, and restaurateur Alpana Singh sitting down with three “regular person” guest reviewers as they compare notes on their experiences at three Chicago-area eateries.
Chefs Off the Clock
Discover the ways Chicago’s celebrity chefs unwind after they clock out of the kitchen. Get to know another side of these interesting personalities who — while known for their passion and work ethic in the kitchen — are fascinating and passionate people in their personal lives as well.
FOODPHILES
Meet the people who feed you. This digital takes you into the kitchen, behind the bar, and into the field to introduce you to a chef or restaurateur who prepares food and libations as they share their personal stories and insights about the meaning of their work, how they got into the hospitality business, and why they have such a passion for what they do.
Foods of Chicago
Join Geoffrey Baer as he plays both taste tester and tour guide, exploring the little-known stories behind Chicago's favorite foods! Along this delectable journey, learn how the Chicago-style hot dog came into being, discover the connection between Al Capone and Jay's Potato Chips, take a tour down Chicago's New Maxwell Street Market, learn about the birth of the classic SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE "cheezborger" routine from the Billy Goat tavern, and so much more!
Dishalicious
This cooking demonstration program filmed before a live audience in WTTW's Grainger Studio is hosted by Sarah Grueneberg, James Beard award-winning chef/owner of Chicago's Monteverde and runner-up on "Iron Chef" and "Iron Chef Gauntlet." Each week, Sarah is joined by three extraordinary local chefs who band together to prepare a unique meal.
Food Thoughts
Healthy eating and food education are essential to preparing the very youngest members of our community for school and life. Pilot Light and WTTW team up to encourage healthy eating with FOOD THOUGHTS, an animated series of videos for kids and families. Puppy chef host “Puprika” joins a diverse group of children and families to visit their homes, gardens, farms, and schools.
