Stories by Daniel Hautzinger

“We’re not going to be able to food pantry our way out of this crisis,” said the director of one pantry. “The federal freeze is going to catapult hunger in a way that we didn’t really even see in COVID.” 

John camps out in Tenerife once he learns he's under the suspicion of police, who try Ken in a courtroom for the death of one of their agents. 

Maigret tries to deal with the failure to protect Fumal and find Layla by finally solving both cases, even while personal crisis hits.

Chicago restaurateurs say business is down and workers are afraid to come in as ICE and CBP conduct raids across the city. "We're feeling it," said one. 

A new Masterpiece adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic nineteenth-century novel The Count of Monte Cristo is coming to WTTW and PBS next March. 

The final documentary of American Experience before the series pauses new production explores the life and career of the controversial Nobel Prize-winning diplomat Henry Kissinger.

A new short documentary shows Kruszewski's charming and relaxed approach to tending an orchard of Asian pears, persimmons, and pawpaws, a fruit native to North America that has similarities to tropical fruit. 

Daeji Dough Company features such over-the-top offerings as a seaweed croissant filled with the Korean rice cake tteokbokki. 

Boyce and his team continue to learn more about the system Ken has set up to sell and launder the gold, even while Ken and his associates speed to get rid of it all. 

While Louise is pregnant, Maigret searches for a missing influencer and is also ordered to protect a billionaire he knows from childhood who has received death threats. 

Growing up in Bronzeville, Chloe Gould didn't know that a being a chef was a career or what ginger root was. Now she's opening a restaurant that combines the Southeast Asian flavors of her time in Singapore with her American Southern heritage. 

The nominations for the 2026 Banchet Awards for Culinary Excellence have been announced in 12 categories recognizing chefs, restaurants, designers, and bartenders from fine dining jewels to counter service gems. 

Crying Tiger ranges as far afield as Hong Kong and the Philippines, with a core focus on Thai and Vietnamese dishes, including ones you might be surprised to find in touristed River North. 

Season 6 of Miss Scarlet will be available to stream starting in December, and air via broadcast in January. 

Open House Chicago takes place this year on October 18 and 19, with more than 200 sites across the city open to explore. We chose some highlights.