Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

Georgian cuisine has been deemed the next big food trend, and the molten cheese-filled khachapuri its global avatar. Try it yourself with an American home cook-friendly recipe from Cook's Country before it really takes off.

The murder of a young woman in a hotel leads Van der Valk and his team into a world of medieval spiritualism and erotica, radical addiction clinics, and mistaken identities.

As Caroline's and Gillian's joint birthday approaches, Celia and Alan disagree on money, and Alan decides to apply for a job. Judith is coming to speak at Caroline's school, but John warns Caroline of a new problem—and Judith has a surprising proposal. 

Rudy Lozano sought more political power for Latinos in Chicago, and although his life was cut short, his legacy lives on in his friends and family members who continue his political campaigns and activism. 

Vindaloo is probably one of the better-known dishes in America that originated from the Indian subcontinent. Popularized by Indian restaurant menus across the United States, it's a tangy, lightly spicy curry from the state of Goa. 

As the school year begins and many students take classes remotely, WTTW is offering an educational block of shows to supplement at-home learning every weekday afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 pm on WTTW Prime. 

When two bodies show up in Amsterdam on the same day, Van der Valk and his team search for connections against the backdrop of an impending election.

“What we’ve been trying to do since moving to digital space is to immediately connect the theme to the current moment in as many different ways as we could,” says the artistic director of the Chicago Humanities Festival, which just launched its fall programming. 

“It’s tempting to think that military history is just about, ‘Here’s a tank, it does X, Y, and Z.’ But essentially, for good or ill, war is a huge catalyst of change," says the president of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, which has a new series called This Week in Military History.

This Greek chicken recipe from Cook's Country approaches a legendary Chicago chicken dish: the lemony, herbed chicken Kalamata from Lincoln Park's Athenian Room.

While it has been overshadowed by other unrest of the late '60s in Chicago, the Division Street riot was an important point in the history of Chicago's Puerto Rican community, drawing attention to issues faced by the community. 

"There has never been a better time for political biography," says the veteran Frontline producer Michael Kirk. "You want to look closely at the character of the two men who are asking to be President of the United States at this perilous time."

You can now watch your favorite WTTW and PBS shows from your computer, tablet, or smartphone in real time with our new 24/7 live stream.

During Women's Restaurant Week, from August 26 through 31, you can support women-owned restaurants during the difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic as some twenty establishments across Chicagoland offer various specials. 

The new Chicago Tonight: Voices programs spotlight issues pertinent to Chicago's Black and Latino communities, which each make up a third of the city. "I'm hoping that any community, of any racial ethnicity, can watch the show and have a feel for what the Black experience in Chicago is like," says Black Voices host Brandis Friedman.