Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

Sister Veronica begins considering leaving religious orders, while Dr. Turner's treatment is called into question after a tragedy. 

As a 23-year-old, Rick Steves embarked on an eight-week journey across Asia that helped crystallize his travel philosophy and turn him towards a career as a travel guru. 

A James Beard Award, Michelin stars, appearances on The Bear, lines down the block: Kasama has notched them all by serving casual Filipino breakfasts, artful pastries, and precise tasting menus out of one small space. 

Edmond contrives a meeting with Mercédès and Fernand's son, indebting the young man to him. He then uses the boy to introduce him to his enemies in Paris. 

The Forsytes want June to marry an aristocrat, Soames having failed in that regard. But June is growing closer to the radical Bosinney, even as Soames' vision of the future falters. 

A newborn goes missing from the maternity clinic while Sister Catherine is there and an older woman confronts an extremely rare medical situation. 

Having escaped from prison, Edmond uses the Abbé Faria's map to find treasure and then turns it towards seeking revenge. 

James is scheming to use a relationship against Jo to install his own son as head of the company, but Soames' romantic choice shocks him and the family when it is finally revealed. 

Joyce tries to bring the wraparound care of the Nonnatans to the hospital when she is seconded there, while Rosalind tries to help a woman in an abusive family. 

Micah Siva, a Highland Park-based cookbook author, makes kreplach in memory of her grandmother, from whom she learned them, but has adapted the recipe to her own diet and taste.

Chicago has three nominees for this year's James Beard Awards, one of the food industry's highest honors. The awards ceremony will take place in Chicago. 

After years of unjust imprisonment, Edmond meets the sole other prisoner and begins learning from him while they also tunnel to freedom. 

Soames quickly intensifies his relationship with Irene without his family's knowledge, while a long-kept secret upends Jo and his family's lives. 

Two sisters-in-law newly arrived from Ireland grapple with pregnancies as the midwives face a modernizing world, while a possible rabies outbreak spooks Poplar. 

"The first time I tasted it, it was sort of a revelation," says Cellar Door Provisions' Ethan Pikas of the black pepper from the suburban Chicago-based Reluctant Trading Experiment.