Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

It can be difficult to find recipes that please both children and adults, but these cookies from Martha Stewart manage to do so by adding chocolate chunks to ooey-gooey molasses cookies.

In Puerto Rico, budín de pan or bread pudding is typically served during Nochebuena or Christmas Eve. This recipe from PBS KIDS' Jessica Martinez is adapted from her grandmother, who took out the traditional raisins in favor of making the budín like a pineapple upside-down cake.

Fruitcake may be a polarizing holiday dish, but if you make it fresh at home with your children, it can become a memorable new tradition – and it's easily customizable in terms of what fruit and nuts you include in it.

In The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago 2, Geoffrey Baer explores more eye-popping places around Chicago, and the stories behind them. He spoke to us about the new special.

Bezhig has her whole birth family and also her adoptive mother to help her mourn the loss of her twin brother.

Cozy up with family and friends and enjoy our line-up of holiday programming as the nights get shorter and the holidays approach.

Mark Rylance returns as the cunning and complex Thomas Cromwell in a coming adaptation of Hilary Mantel's final novel in her acclaimed Cromwell trilogy.

Jake asks Annika to make a big decision while she investigates the death of a retired detective, and the case gets uncomfortably close to home.

Harry and Lois both return to England, Lois with newfound purpose and Harry with newfound confusion and depression. Henriette, Rajib, and Marga are put in horrible situations. 

The casino opens with a big gala that leads to a confrontation between Rose and Lucian as well as Cecil, Marco, and Victor.

Feeling lost, Bezhig again confronts Adele in the hope of more information about her birth family, and sets off in search of her twin brother. 

Thanksgiving is Wes Martin's favorite holiday, and he has some useful tips for harried home cooks. He also talks about the new cookbook Milk Street Simple.

A simple vinaigrette enlivens this fall side dish from the new cookbook Milk Street Simple that's perfect for Thanksgiving.

The Jean Banchet Awards are local food industry awards that often spotlight talent overlooked by national and international publications. See the nominees in twelve categories this year.

Morgan is working at an eco-resort, so Annika takes a holiday there but is joined by her father Magnus. Annika quickly finds a dead body in a river on the resort and turns a holiday into work.