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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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"Everybody is Welcome": The Sikh Practice of Langar, a Free Meal Where Everyone is Equal
After any service at a Sikh gurdwara, or temple, the free meal of langar is served. Anybody is welcome, and all of the work for the meal is voluntary, an expression of selfless service. Learn about langar and try a recipe commonly served for it.
A Recipe from Forty Acres Fresh Market, Which is Bringing a Grocery Store to the West Side
Liz Abunaw envisions the coming brick-and-mortar Forty Acres Fresh Market as "the place where you are in the middle of making a dish," like her recipe for buffalo cauliflower, "and you run out of something and you run up two blocks to go get it."
Make Your Own Lemon Pepper Seasoning for These Wings from 'Cook's Country'
This wings recipe from Cook's Country has you make your own lemon pepper seasoning that will be far superior to a store-bought mix, then toss it with sauce to coat some crispy fried chicken wings.
Simple, Wholesome New Year's Hors D'Oeuvres
Looking for some simple, healthier snacks for your New Year's Eve gathering? Try these three appetizers from Gaby Dalkin, courtesy of PBS Food.
A Recipe for Baked Kibee from Imee's Mediterranean Kitchen
Imee's Mediterranean Kitchen is a Loop restaurant born out of three generations of Lebanese women cooking for their families. Owner Nicole Nassif shares her recipe for baked kibee or kibbeh, a combination of bulgur, ground meat, and spices.
Raita Is an Ubiquitous Indian Condiment. Try a Recipe from the New Cooking Show 'Indian As Apple Pie'
The new cooking show Indian As Apple Pie aims to bring Indian food into the home cook's everyday rotation. And if you're going to eat fiery curries, raita is a necessity.
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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.
