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Food Stories
A Restaurateur Returns to Greektown with a Modern Greek Restaurant 15 Years After His Uncle's Establishment Burned Down
“We’re hoping to be able to spark a renaissance, and we’re happy to start it,” says Kosti Demos. “I just want more Greek-owned businesses” in Greektown again, like his new Ithaki Estiatorio.
Taste of Chicago, Multiple Oktoberfests, and More: Food Events in Chicago This September
As Chicago summer makes way for autumn, there are still plenty of opportunities to get outside and enjoy the weather with food festivals in Chicago and the suburbs.
The Illustrator Who Enlivens Menus, Merchandise, and More for the Restaurants of Lettuce Entertain You
Alex Payne draws the elaborate cocktails of the Three Dots and a Dash menu, the comic-book style illustrations at Sushi-san, and much more, in a unique restaurant industry job.
A Grocery Store-Adjacent Sushi Bar Isn’t Where You’d Expect to Find Sought-After Fish, But 312 Fish Market Surprises in More Ways Than One
The tiny restaurant located next to an Asian supermarket in a mall not only has esteemed fans, but also hosts regular public demonstrations of tuna butchering. The team behind it has a new restaurant planned.
After Almost 80 Years, Hagen's Fish Market Still Isn't Up in Smoke, As a Young Generation Takes Over
Located in Portage Park, in the opposite corner of the city from Calumet Fisheries, Hagen's and Calumet are the last two traditional smokehouses in Chicago.
Lamar Moore of etc. on His Favorite Spots in the City
South Side native Lamar Moore leans into the food of the American South at his new restaurant, etc., the first place where he is an owner. He shares some favorite places in Chicago.
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Recipes
Gingerbread for a Gingerbread Village
Submitted by Janet Gustafson from Flossmoor
I have been making a Gingerbread Village for over 50 years. I've combined a few different recipes for my gingerbread.
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.
Spruce Tree Shortbread
Cooking with spruce is magical. It fills up the house with the fragrance of a sweet-scented forest and makes it feel oh-so-Christmassy!
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.
Try a Healthier Longanisa Recipe from Chicago's A Taste of the Philippines
The new cookbook We Cook Filipino aims to show Filipinos and others that Filipino dishes can be healthy without losing integrity, as in a recipe for the sausage longanisa from Chicago's Kathy Vega Hardy of A Taste of the Philippines.
Brisket Tacos from a New Season of 'Pati's Mexican Table' Spotlighting Pati Jinich's Hometown of Mexico City
Season 14 of Pati's Mexican Table sees Pati Jinich return to her hometown, the capital and largest city of Mexico, to sample and learn recipes like tacos de suadero.
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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.
