In Puerto Rico, budín de pan or bread pudding is typically served during Nochebuena or Christmas Eve. This recipe from PBS KIDS' Jessica Martinez is adapted from her grandmother, who took out the traditional raisins in favor of making the budín like a pineapple upside-down cake.
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Explore recipes from celebrity chefs, iconic Chicago restaurants, and your favorite PBS cooking shows with WTTW Food. Discover comfort food classics, restaurant-inspired dishes, seasonal meals, and unforgettable desserts from Luella’s Southern Kitchen mac and cheese to Morton’s legendary key lime pie. And cook along with trusted PBS favorites –America's Test Kitchen, Pati's Mexican Table, and Milk Street, with new recipes added every month to bring WTTW from screen to table.
A Kid-Friendly Fruitcake Recipe
Daniel HautzingerFruitcake may be a polarizing holiday dish, but if you make it fresh at home with your children, it can become a memorable new tradition – and it's easily customizable in terms of what fruit and nuts you include in it.
An Easy Thanksgiving Side of Brussels Sprouts and Apples from 'Milk Street'
Daniel HautzingerA simple vinaigrette enlivens this fall side dish from the new cookbook Milk Street Simple that's perfect for Thanksgiving.
A Delicious 15-Minute Recipe from a New Chinese Cookbook Published by 'America's Test Kitchen'
Daniel HautzingerCold Sesame Noodles are one of the simplest dishes in America's Test Kitchen's new A Very Chinese Cookbook, but also "one of the most delicious," says its author Kevin Pang, a Wilmette resident and former Chicago Tribune writer.
Try a Healthier Longanisa Recipe from Chicago's A Taste of the Philippines
Daniel HautzingerThe new cookbook We Cook Filipino aims to show Filipinos and others that Filipino dishes can be healthy without losing integrity, as in a recipe for the sausage longanisa from Chicago's Kathy Vega Hardy of A Taste of the Philippines.
Make the Soup That Started Everything for Chicago's Beloved, Stalwart Lula Cafe
Daniel HautzingerJason Hammel's first taste of his wife's cooking was this cabbage soup. He and she started a soup business before opening the ahead-of-its-time Lula Cafe, now in its 24th year and still one of Chicago's favorite restaurants. A new cookbook highlights its recipes and stories.
New Cookbook Argues Midwestern Food is More than Casseroles and Cheese. But Here's a Recipe for Fried Cheese Curds Anyway
Daniel HautzingerPaul Fehribach, the chef and owner of Big Jones in Andersonville, explores the stories behind Midwestern foods familiar and lesser-known in a new book, arguing that it deserves to be taken seriously. “What I would like to do is present it as a beautiful regional cuisine that has a history," he says.
A Mexican Matzo Ball Soup from Pati Jinich
Daniel HautzingerWith Hispanic Heritage Month, Mexican Independence Day, Rosh Hashanah, and the premiere of a new season of Pati's Mexican Table, it's the perfect time to try Pati Jinich's matzo ball soup with Mexican flavors, adapted from her grandmother.
A Beef Bulgogi Recipe from 'Christopher Kimball's Milk Street'
Daniel HautzingerYou don't have to go to a Korean barbecue restaurant, as delightful as they are, to enjoy the utterly satisfying—and quick-cooking—meal of beef bulgogi, which makes a great weeknight meal.
S'mores Bars from 'Milk Street'
Daniel HautzingerTry a no-campfire-necessary s'mores treat from Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, which will soon see the premiere of its seventh season on WTTW. The recipe is adapted from one by Southern baking legend Cheryl Day.
Summery Fish Tacos from 'Cook's Country'
Daniel HautzingerContinue to enjoy summer as it winds down with a recipe for fish tacos from Cook's Country that comes from the show's upcoming new season and is inspired by a version served at a San Diego restaurant.
A Recipe for Tiger Shrimp Ceviche from Bronzeville Winery Chef Lamar Moore
Lisa FuttermanChef Lamar Moore of Bronzeville Winery talks about running a restaurant in his own neighborhood and the importance of mentoring young chefs. He also shares his recipe for Tiger Shrimp Ceviche with Ají Limo Leche de Tigre.
A Recipe for Baked Kibee from Imee's Mediterranean Kitchen
Imee's Mediterranean Kitchen is a Loop restaurant born out of three generations of Lebanese women cooking for their families. Owner Nicole Nassif shares her recipe for baked kibee or kibbeh, a combination of bulgur, ground meat, and spices.
Pork Souvlakia with Tzatziki from 'The Great American Recipe'
Daniel HautzingerTed Pappas, a Chicago area contestant on the second season of PBS's The Great American Recipe, shared his recipe for "Greek kebabs," a weeknight staple in his house, along with his mother's recipe for tzatziki.
A Recipe for Lidia Bastianich's Escarole and White Bean Soup
Daniel HautzingerIn her new special Lidia Celebrates America: Flavors That Define Us, Lidia Bastianich brings a hearty soup of escarole and white bean stew to a potluck dinner of all-star immigrant Washington, D.C. chefs. Try the recipe.
