Pizza City: Steve Dolinsky’s Homage to the Best Pizza Town in the U.S.
Steve Dolinsky has written a user-friendly guide to all things dough, sauce and toppings divided into chapters on pizza categories:: Tavern-Style (Chicago-Style Thin), Thin, Artisan, Neapolitan, By-the-Slice (New York-Style), Deep-Dish and Pan, Stuffed, Sicilian, Roman and Detroit-Style and last, but not least, Overrated.
Road Trip: The Back Roads Guide to America’s Favorite President
Indiana University Press is running a Goodreads giveaway for my new book Lincoln Road Trip (due out this spring) from now until December 19th. If anyone is interested, here is […]
Opening the Doors of Chicago’s Best Places & Spaces: Open House Chicago
Open House Chicago (OHC), now in its eighth year, is for anyone who has ever walked past a building, questioning what it was like inside, wanted to investigate a neighborhood […]
Tiffani Thiessen Pull Up a Chair
Only six or so when she started helping out in the kitchen, Tiffani Thiessen grew up in a family where dinners were a gathering time to enjoy great cooking […]
The Vintage Baker: More Than 50 Recipes from Butterscotch Pecan Curls to Sour Cream Jumbles
The author, an avid collector of vintage recipe booklets, shares some of her finds--updating them with modern twists.
Blissful Basil: Over 100 Plant-Powered Recipes to Unearth Vibrancy, Health & Happiness
Stressed out during her last term of graduate school when she was counseling clients 30 hours a week, Ashley Melillo returned to her love of cooking, combining it with creating […]
Tastings: The Japan Pavilion at the National Restaurant Association Show
Several weeks ago, when the National Restaurant Association (NRA) was holding its annual international show, my friend Kimiyo Naka, who lives in Chicago, asked me to stop by the Japan […]
The Japan Pavilion: An Intro to the Best of the New and the Traditional
Several weeks ago, when the National Restaurant Association (NRA) was holding its annual international show, my friend Kimiyo Naka, who lives in Chicago, asked me to stop by the Japan […]
Author Talk with John Coletta: Risotto & Beyond
On June 7, John Coletta, author of Risotto & Beyond: 100 Authentic Italian Rice Recipes for Antipasti, Soups, Salads, Risotti, One-Dish Meals, and Desserts (Rizzoli 2018) will be at Read […]
Turnips & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen
Southern food meets Mexican food in Eddie Hernandez’s new book Turnips & Tortillas: A Mexican Chef Spices Up the Southern Kitchen. Hernandez, the James Beard nominated chef/co-owner of Taqueria del Sol, […]
The Spice Diet: Use Powerhouse Flavor to Fight Cravings and Win the Weight-Loss Battle
Sharing his life story and his struggle with food was the inspiration behind Judson Todd Allen’s recently released “The Spice Diet: Use Powerhouse Flavor to Fight Cravings and Win the […]
Ben Watkins, Master Chef Junior
This December I received a notice on my Google calendar that Leila Edwards’ birthday was coming up. It was a painful reminder because Leila, who was a friend, had died […]
