McNair was diagnosed with PTSD and depression following 24 years of service in the Army but discovered baking was therapeutic. Now he runs Strugglebeard Bakery to honor other veterans and offer a welcoming space.
Are you planning your Thanksgiving menu? Here are some recipes that might be something a little different to add to your menu this year.
As the media begin to get wind of Boyce's investigations, he enlists their help to take down John, while Douglas turns on Logan after being taken into custody.
Maigret and his team untangle the shadowy industry behind Andre Delteil's death while also discovering the cause of Olga's drowning.
When a bride is found drowned in a pool the morning after her wedding, the detectives get a brief reprieve from prison for Professor T so he can help investigate.
A vegan ice cream sandwich courtesy of PBS Food features a simple raspberry sorbet filling between thin brownies.
A salad with berries in patriotic colors for the Fourth of July holiday, courtesy of PBS Food.
Chicago Stories: The Outrage of Danny Sotomayor tells the story of a Chicagoan who wouldn’t take no for an answer in his crusade for equal rights and fight for AIDS treatment for his community. The film’s producer-writer Dan Andries tells us more about Sotomayor’s life and work.
The Chicago Chefs Cookbook features recipes from 46 Chicago chefs, and its proceeds benefit Chi-Care, a nonprofit that brings meals to unhoused and hungry Chicagoans along other basic necessities.
“We’re just trying to provide hope and dignity,” says Farhan Ahmed, a co-founder and president of Chi-Care, which brings restaurant meals and other basic necessities to unhoused Chicagoans and others in need where they live.
D.I. Ray is back from her suspension and immediately thrust into a dangerous assignment, when a local crime boss is killed outside a hospital.
The circus comes to town, but the fun is interrupted by a death. Meanwhile, Will considers moving on from Grantchester.
The professor goes to prison, where he faces danger from someone seeking vengeance. He also tries to help prove the innocence of a fellow inmate.
Twenty five years ago, the streets of Chicago became a public art moo-seum when the Cows on Parade public art project launched.
The ocean “is where our solutions lie,” says Andrew Zimmern, and the new series Hope in the Water illustrates some of the possibilities of feeding more people from our oceans while also protecting the waters.
The winners for the American food industry's biggest awards have been announced, and Chicago has a single winner among them. The James Beard Awards were once again held in Chicago this year.
The James Beard Award-recognized chef Rodolfo Cuadros' The Basement is a cocktail lounge themed around Millennial nostalgia that features off-the-wall drinks and food from a wood-burning oven in Logan Square.
As cicadas have begun their emergence in Illinois this year, a couple of Chicago area chefs have cooked up some crunchy recipes – including one for Cicada Cracker Jack that you can make on your own – that celebrate the nutty, earthy flavors found in the insects.
The cicadas have arrived, a Chicago museum gets a name change, and the Home Alone house is for sale. How much Chicago news did you keep up with this month? Take our May news quiz!
