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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 bowl of cold sesame noodles topped with cilantro, scallions, and cucumber in a yellow bowl on a yellow background

A Delicious 15-Minute Recipe from a New Chinese Cookbook Published by 'America's Test Kitchen'

Daniel Hautzinger

Cold 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. 
The cover of the cookbook We Cook Filipino next to a photo of longanisa from a recipe in it

Try a Healthier Longanisa Recipe from Chicago's A Taste of the Philippines

Daniel Hautzinger

The 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. 
The Lula Cafe Cookbook cover next to a bowl of sweet and sour cabbage soup garnished with cilantro

Make the Soup That Started Everything for Chicago's Beloved, Stalwart Lula Cafe

Daniel Hautzinger

Jason 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. 

Paul Fehribach sits at an outdoor table in front of Lola's Coney Island under an umbrella, holding a coney dog

New Cookbook Argues Midwestern Food is More than Casseroles and Cheese. But Here's a Recipe for Fried Cheese Curds Anyway

Daniel Hautzinger

Paul 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 pot of mushroom jalapeno matzo ball soup seen from above, with a wooden spoon to the side

A Mexican Matzo Ball Soup from Pati Jinich

Daniel Hautzinger

With 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 dish of beef bulgogi on a table with chopsticks on a napkin, kimchi in a bowl, and rice in a dish

A Beef Bulgogi Recipe from 'Christopher Kimball's Milk Street'

Daniel Hautzinger

You 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 with toasted meringue on top of a brownie and crust

S'mores Bars from 'Milk Street'

Daniel Hautzinger

Try 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. 
Three fish tacos with avocado and pickled red onion and slaw in a stand

Summery Fish Tacos from 'Cook's Country'

Daniel Hautzinger

Continue 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. 
Lamar Moore holding up his Tiger Shrimp Ceviche dish

A Recipe for Tiger Shrimp Ceviche from Bronzeville Winery Chef Lamar Moore

Lisa Futterman

Chef 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.

Kibbeh on a plate with rice, greens, and other vegetables.

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 on skewers on a grill

Pork Souvlakia with Tzatziki from 'The Great American Recipe'

Daniel Hautzinger

Ted 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.
Lidia Bastianich holding a pot with her escarole and white bean soup

A Recipe for Lidia Bastianich's Escarole and White Bean Soup

Daniel Hautzinger

In 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. 
A cup of chai tea next to dark chocolate orange sufflee cake and a tulip plant

A Masala Chai Recipe from ‘Great American Baking Show’ Contestant and UIC Med Student Nirali Chauhan

Meredith Francis

For Nirali Chauhan, a UIC medical school student and a contestant on the new season of The Great American Baking Show, baking is both an art and a science. Chauhan shares her journey to the famous baking tent and a recipe for her family's chai. 
Mushroom Farro Risotto by Chef Devon Quinn from Eden restaurant in Chicago

Mushroom Farro Risotto from Chef Devon Quinn of Eden

Daniel Hautzinger

Farro risotto "has some room for error," says Chef Devon Quinn of the Avondale restaurant Eden. "Compared to a regular risotto with rice that you can overcook, farro is a lot more lenient." 
A chocolate blancmange topped with whipped cream and spices

A Recipe for a Cousin of Panna Cotta from the 'Call the Midwife' Era

Daniel Hautzinger

Blancmange is similar to panna cotta, a simple custard-like set dessert that was once quite popular, especially in Europe. Try a recipe for it from Call the Midwife: The Official Cookbook.
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