Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

Jason Hammel's first taste of his wife's cooking was this cabbage soup. He and she started a soup business before opening the ahead-of-its-time Lula Cafe, now in its 24th year and still one of Chicago's favorite restaurants. A new cookbook highlights its recipes and stories. 

Van der Valk is called to a castle where a magic ritual is taking place—along with a murder. With the most obvious suspect committed to psychiatric observation, who is responsible?

As the detectives dig further into the death of Precious Falade, they start to discover that everyone's relationships to each other are not what they seem. They also learn that there might be another death connected to Precious. 

Professor T's therapist invites his mother to a joint session with the professor. Meanwhile, he observes the trial of a case from before his consultancy with the police, confident that the accused murderer is innocent. 

We have our first look at James taking on a role akin to Siegfried for the veterinary trainee, Richard Carmody, while James and Helen consider starting a family. Season 4 premieres on WTTW and PBS in January, 2024.

MaryLand follows two estranged sisters as their lives are thrown back together after their mother dies and they discover she has been leading a double life on the Isle of Man. 

Lucienne and the team are surprised to learn about connections between Dahlman and the now-dead Jan. What is the connection to a case Jan worked twenty years ago? 

The appearance of the police to question Karol about the death of Precious Falade could not come at a worse time. The investigation is disrupting everyone's lives, while the personal lives of Sunny and Jess are disrupting the investigation. 

Professor T is trying to act more positively towards the women in his life, on the suggestion of his therapist. He's also beginning to try to win Christina back, as he solves the murder of a baker. 

Paul Fehribach, the chef and owner of Big Jones in Andersonville, explores the stories behind Midwestern foods familiar and lesser-known in a new book, arguing that it deserves to be taken seriously. “What I would like to do is present it as a beautiful regional cuisine that has a history," he says. 

Alice & Jack stars Domhnall Gleeson and Andrea Riseborough as the titular characters as they navigate a romance over years and the complexities of life. 

A museum curator is murdered, possibly by an antique sword, but that's not what interest Van der Valk about the case. It's that the victim was an important witness in a case that has haunted Van der Valk for twenty years.

The detectives learn more about Ebele and her daughter Precious' pasts as they try to figure out who killed Precious. They also find connections to the onetime social worker Karol and the infamous Tory politician Tony.

Professor T begins to work through his fears of the past and of intimacy with his therapist, while simultaneously helping solve a case in which all four members of a family are found dead by different means, with no sign of a struggle. 

With Hispanic Heritage Month, Mexican Independence Day, Rosh Hashanah, and the premiere of a new season of Pati's Mexican Table, it's the perfect time to try Pati Jinich's matzo ball soup with Mexican flavors, adapted from her grandmother.