Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

From Balkan food to West African, Filipino-influenced pizza to Midwestern-informed French, there’s a lot to look forward to on Chicago’s restaurant front this fall.

Cushla is a Catholic schoolteacher in Northern Ireland during The Troubles who meets a handsome Protestant lawyer while tending bar at her brother's bar.

Susan meets more of the Crace family and quickly finds herself on their bad side, while Pünd narrows in on a suspect in the novel. 

Becks is a witness to a murder during a weekend reunion of her college friends at a spooky estate. Tanika orders Judith and Suzie to stay away from her during the investigation. 

With just two weeks of rehearsals, five choreographers selected in a competition create full theatrical works with the Joffrey's students in Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement. 

Celebrate new America's Test Kitchen episodes with a recipe from the new season for cheese- and sauce-draped enchiladas suizas.

As Susan reads Eliot's novel, she wonders if he drew on real-life characters and experiences, particularly around his grandmother, who has similarities to the victim in his novel. 

As Judith in her friends investigate why anyone would kill the kind and respected mayor of Marlow, they find several people whose missteps were discovered by Geoffrey. 

Irene's Finer Diner, Gingie, and Prime & Provisions all reopened this year after fires, while Dear Margaret is still working towards a return after a fire last year. 

Susan Ryeland is back in London with a job offer to edit a new Atticus Pünd novel by a younger writer. Should she take it? 

When Marlow's beloved mayor is poisoned, suspicion points to a town council member who is a gardener. 

Watch a trailer for the upcoming season of All Creatures Great and Small, which is coming to WTTW and PBS in January, 2027. 

With a food program headed by a South Side native, a fruit and vegetable garden that hosts teaching opportunities, and more, the program at the Obama Center aims to show "how food can transmit values."

"Chicago deserved a place where Thai cuisine could be celebrated in a different way, where it wasn't just limited to cheap take-out or cheap eats," says Chanita Chayaluk of her locally sourced wine bar TAAN.

Take a look at some photos from the upcoming seventh season of All Creatures Great and Small, which will premiere in January.