A risotto brimming with shrimp, mussels, and squid would fit right into the Italian-American Feast of the Seven Fishes meal at Christmas Eve, or a fancy New Year's Eve dinner.

The buttery oval kringle, filled with fruit, nuts, and sometimes cheese, is an icon of Racine, Wisconsin, whose bakeries even supply grocery stores around the country with the pastries at the holidays.

Eggplant parmesan is a crowd pleaser, but frying a bunch of slices of eggplant is messy and a hands-on process. Sara Moulton saves you the trouble with this recipe.

Ever look at a restaurant menu and wonder, “How do they get all those gorgeous, ripe heirloom tomatoes every week?” One answer lies in businesses like Chicago’s Midwest Foods.

Winter will feature a rule-breaking forensic pathologist with a secret and a no-nonsense detective, and is an adaptation of the French series Balthazar.

Chicago Works took us near and far to meet the people whose everyday work keeps our city humming. So we thought it was only fair to turn the tables and give you a behind-the-scenes look at our own work here at WTTW.

Robert A.M. Stern has died at the age of 86. Geoffrey Baer met and interviewed him for a documentary about his life and work, and remembers the influential architect here.

With just one more month left in 2025, it was yet another busy news month in the Chicago area in November. Did you follow the headlines? Find out how much you know with our monthly news quiz. 

How and why did Americans stop eating beef from dairy cows? It has something to do with Chicago's meatpackers and stockyards.

A new Geoffrey Baer special on the "city that works," a look at the life and career of Dick Van Dyke on his 100th birthday, holiday programming, and more.

The holidays are here, and WTTW is here to help get you in the festive spirit with a line-up of holiday programming. 

The Oscar-winning team behind 20 Days in Mariupol  has a new film about the war in Ukraine, 2000 Meters to Andriivka, which premieres on WTTW as a Frontline documentary on Tuesday, November 25 at 9:00 pm and will be available to stream on the PBS app.

Kids will love helping to create this fanciful gingerbread house, courtesy of a recipe from the famed Mary Berry. After you mix, cut out, and bake the various house components, kids can take over the decoration. 

Ahead of the WTTW and PBS premiere of its sixth season in January, it has been announced that All Creatures Great and Small has been renewed for more seasons. 

But biscuits aren't limited to the first meal of the day, as Hoosier Mama's Paula Haney makes clear. Plus, their history helps tell the "whole story of the country."