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Food Stories
Irish Pubs and Restaurants With Special Food and Festivities for St. Patrick's Day
Every bagpiper in the city must be employed over the weekend leading up to St. Patrick's Day, as the green beer flows and live music and dance enliven restaurants and bars across Chicago.
'Top Chef' Contestant Sieger Bayer Shares His Favorite Places in Chicago
Chicago native Sieger Bayer of seasonal pop-up bar Berria is the latest Chicagoan to compete on Top Chef. He shares some of his favorite places in the city.
The Blackhawks Expand Their Open-to-the-Public Training Facility and Include Two Eateries from a Respected Restaurant Group
As the Blackhawks and the Bulls embark on a large-scale development project to transform the area around United Center, a first step has enlisted One Off Hospitality to provide food at some ice rinks used by the team and open to the public.
From Southeast Asia to Yunnan, Chicago’s Cafes and Roasters Spotlight Under-Represented Asian Coffee
Roasters and cafes are exploring different varieties and species of coffee from lesser-known regions in Asia, offering both new flavor profiles and sources that are potentially more climate-resilient.
Carbonated Cocktails Are a Specialty at the New Bar Bambi in West Town
“I use a lot of modern techniques without making it too intimidating," says Bar Bambi's Katie Renshaw, who has worked at many of Chicago's top bars.
A Funky All-Day Cafe in Logan Square Is an Outgrowth of an Artistic Supper Club Started by Veterans of Lula Cafe
Daniel Parker and Liz Bendure met at the beloved Lula Cafe and have been hosting supper clubs and events as Txa Txa Club the past few years. Now they have a singular brick-and-mortar space.
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Recipes
Carrot Cake with 'Lyla in the Loop'
In the PBS Kids show Lyla in the Loop, Lyla and her family enjoy doing the carrot cake dance together – the perfect excuse to make a carrot cake with your kids and have fun at the same time!
Shaved Celery Salad with Pomegranate Honey Vinaigrette from 'America's Test Kitchen'
This bright but autumnal salad from America's Test Kitchen is perfect for the Thanksgiving table, a light addition to all the fat and starch.
Apple Cake as Delicious and Simple as Apple Pie
It's apple season! For something different than apple pie, try this French Apple Cake from Christopher Kimball's Milk Street – it's almost as if you took baked apples and swathed them in a delicious custard, the perfect dessert for early fall.
Mozie-Mazing Cookies from 'Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood'
Nana Platypus from Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood shared her recipe for a special family treat. Enjoy making it with your own family!
Chocolate Ginger-Molasses Cookies Great for Kids and Adults
It can be difficult to find recipes that please both children and adults, but these cookies from Martha Stewart manage to do so by adding chocolate chunks to ooey-gooey molasses cookies.
FroYo Bites for Kids
For a delicious and healthy snack for your children, look no further than one of Donkey Hodie’s favorites, FroYo! These little bites are easy to make, and your kids will love the sweet and tangy flavor.
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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 series 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.
