Food

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'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. 

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

La Cantina inside Italian Village has been redesigned and updated into Sotto after decades of hosting memories like those made by Maggie Hennessy and her sister. Hennessy squares the new place against her traditions at the old. 

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.

Try something a little bit different for the holidays with this rich, slow-cooked northern Italian dish that's similar to boeuf bourguignon.

For an Italian American, a trip to the family-owned, decades-old Caputo’s grocery store during the holidays is a sensory and nostalgic experience.

A few Chicago chefs and artisans shared what holiday gifts they’re giving their loved ones this year – many of which are ideal for the foodie in your life.

The browned butter-cardamom banana bread comes from Milk Street's first baking cookbook, featuring recipes and techniques from around the globe.