Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

The two men Louisa loves most on thei sland, besides her own family, are in trouble. Spyros is mired in a depression in the wake of his wife's leaving, and Sven is in the targets of the police for his homosexuality. Leslie is unfortunately drawn into the case.

After their removal from the region around Chicago in the early nineteenth century, Native Americans began returning to the city in the 1950s under the federal government's ill-planned relocation policy. Chicago has the oldest urban Indian center, and the third largest urban population of Native Americans.

Not that mashed potatoes aren't delicious on their own, but sometimes you want to spice them up a bit for something a bit more special. Try this version from Christopher Kimball's Milk Street​ that incorporates a technique learned from Indian cooking. 

Sir Percival begins to try to assert control over his new wife, but Laura refuses to fully submit. She and Marian try to continue investigating Sir Percival's past but feel increasingly penned in as Count and Countess Fosco seem to scheme against them. 

Louisa is determined to celebrate Gerry's birthday with a festive party, but Gerry is becoming a moody teenager and doesn't want all the fuss. Spyros is also in a glum mood, thought he won't tell anyone, not even Louisa, why.

Marian and Walter try to investigate the warnings of the mysterious woman in white against Laura's fiance, Sir Percival Glyde. But any obstacles to the marriage are soon removed, although its ominous terms don't bode well for the happiness of the marriage.

The arrival of an Italian family on Corfu leaves Louisa jealous as they take up Spyros's time and leads to an argument between the two friends. Plus, Larry joins a volunteer fire brigade and Gerry meets a nature-loving girl.

Vivian Howard's A Chef's Life has ended after five seasons, so celebrate the seasonally focused cuisine of the series with a simple recipe perfect for brisk fall weather: pickled beets. Plus, stream the finale of the show here.

In celebration of the opening of Chicago's first subway transit line 75 years ago, the CTA is sending out two vintage train cars that ran from 1923 to 1973 and are the same model of car that was among the first to run on the State Street subway line.

Did your favorite novel come out first in The Great American Read's search for America's best-loved book? Find the top ten books by voting here, and learn insights from the results.

When Walter Hartwright encounters a frightened woman who apparently escaped from an asylum late one night, he begins to investigate who she might be and discovers that she has some strange ties to the country estate he has just taken a job at.

While spending time in Athens, Larry sends along two people to stay with the rest of his family on Corfu. The guests couldn't be more opposite, and act as good and bad angels on Louisa as she tries to send to Gerry to school.

The popular street food, which is also often found in Thai restaurants in the United States, is traditionally cooked over hot coals. But Christopher Kimball's Milk Street has come up with an ingenious method to make it in your oven with your broiler without dangerous smoking.

After five years immersing herself in the food world away from Check, Please! – opening three restaurants, helping bring the James Beard Awards to Chicago – Alpana Singh is back as host. "I know a lot more sitting here at 41 than when I started at 26," she says.

New England is famous for its brilliant fall colors, which attract visitors from around the country. Autumnwatch New England brings you into the region's heart to show the wildlife, harvesting, and season changes. Explore magnificent photography here.