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Food Stories
Get Your Lederhosen Ready: Oktoberfest Events and Other Food Festivals to Explore in Chicago This September
Get your lederhosen ready, because the Chicago area’s September food events calendar is packed with several Oktoberfests, specialty food festivals, wine strolls, and plenty of other ways to enjoy the last warm days of the year.
Logan Square Is Getting a Midwestern-Meets-French Bistro from Chef Christian Hunter
Hunter came to Chicago to open Atelier and garnered it a Michelin star. Now he's opening a more casual restaurant that aims to bridge high and low.
Two Critics Walk into Ciccio Mio, a Yelp Top 100 Restaurant
Yelp Top 100 restaurants generally don't get lots of critical attention. What’s behind the gap between critical praise and the mushier space comprising what a lot of the public honest-to-goodness likes?
In an Age of Lines and Viral Pastries, What’s It Like to Be a Regular Neighborhood Bakery?
The bakery scene in Chicago is arguably the best it has ever been. But the bakery boom doesn’t only include the viral places that attract lines and social media attention.
Chicago's Willy Wonka of Ice Cream
Dana Cree has created over 300 flavors of ice cream bar for her Pretty Cool Ice Cream, ranging from the nostalgic Dreamsicle to the wacky green bean casserole. She harnesses chemistry and creativity to thrive within her medium's constraints.
A Ukrainian Couple Builds a New Life in Chicago, While Maintaining Their Business and Employees Back Home
The Yuzviks have opened two Soloway Coffee locations and Abrah Bakery in Chicago, but still roast their coffee in Ukraine, where they have some 60 employees.
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Recipes
Thanksgiving Gravy from Your Turkey's Pan Drippings
If you're making an outstanding turkey, you don't want to waste any of that fantastic flavor that drips off into the pan. Instead, turn those rich drippings into gravy, using a broth made from the giblets and neck bone of your bird.
Pumpkin Spice Chewy Snickerdoodles
These pumpkin-infused snickerdoodles are a great holiday cookie, with a fall flavor making perfect for Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Christmas.
Happy National Peach Pie Day
August 24 is National Peach Pie Day, one of a whopping five national pie days in August. If there's that many, you have to celebrate at least one. Try a recipe for fried peach hand pies from our friends at Cook's Country.
A Recipe for a Cambodian Dip Redolent of Childhood
Prahok ktiss reminds the owner of one of Chicago's only Cambodian restaurants of childhood, when her mother would make it. Now it's one of her favorite dishes, and available at Khmai Fine Dining in Rogers Park.
A Recipe for a Cocktail from the Al Capone Era, Courtesy a Vintage Bar in Chicago
As WTTW's Chicago Stories explores Al Capone's Bloody Business, try an adapted vintage recipe from Capone's era, courtesy the Milk Room in the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel.
A Recipe for Mushroom Toast from a Cookbook Raising Funds to Feed Chicago's Unhoused
The Chicago Chefs Cookbook features recipes from 46 Chicago chefs, and its proceeds benefit Chi-Care, a nonprofit that brings meals to unhoused and hungry Chicagoans along other basic necessities.
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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.
