Q: In Chicago, and I am planning a dinner with a friend tomorrow night. I was planning a warm comfort food meal, but now it's going to be in the 60s. I'm not afraid of cooking something I've never ma...
We're drawing our unofficial Polenta Day to a close with a look at our new favorite menu for a delicious and easy dinner party: a polenta bar! ...
Q: I'm having a housewarming party in late October and would love some suggestions on a few "main dish" items that go with a Fall theme. I'm already planning to do some homemade hot spiced cider, cara...
Q: I'm throwing a cocktail party on the roof deck of my building in August for about 20 people. I can't grill, and am looking for suggestions as to what to serve. It's far enough away from my apartmen...
Midsummer is one of our favorite times to entertain. The light stays beautiful until deep into the evening, and we can serve supper outdoors, or wander outside for drinks and dessert. Here's a menu de...
My Grammy Joan was no cook. Though she was rumored to make a killer meatloaf, I saw her do little more in the kitchen than unload a packet of Sweet’N Low into a glass of ice tea. Despite her kitch...
Is it hot where you are? It's too hot here, for late spring, so while we're not ready yet for full-on summer cooking with popsicles and watermelon, we're craving bright, fresh, cool foods. Here's a go...
Here's a fun question from Sarah, who is looking for a good side dish to serve with tacos. What would you suggest?It's my fiance's birthday on Friday and I'm throwing a small dinner party for him. He ...
Elana is looking for some help with a Mother's Day menu. Here are her criteria: I need a good Mother's Day Menu. I am having my mother and father and my mother-in-law and father-in-law over for dinner...
We have been really enjoying Cookstr, a new site that brings recipes from cookbook authors and chefs to the internet. Many of these recipes have been buried in books, and it's great to have digital ve...
We get so many questions about parties, dinner menus, and cooking for a crowd on a budget, and we're always on the lookout for simple yet elegant ideas for a company meal. So take a look at this count...
Do you have a dinner party to plan, or a crowd to feed? Is it a mixed crowd? Vegetarians, vegans, and inveterate meat-lovers, perhaps? We've had some experience with meal-planning for mixed groups, an...
Allison is looking for beer and wine recommendations for her favorite fast, cheap dinner. Can you help? In keeping with trying to keep dinners light, healthy and cheap, I've found myself making veget...
You're looking at the aftermath. We got a little ambitious in our holiday entertaining this weekend, throwing not one but two dinner parties for six over the course of 48 hours. The Sunday night party...
We were all fascinated by the swank dinner party on a budget from the Times last weekend, and it also generated quite a bit of discussion yesterday. The general consensus was that the table was gorgeo...
Michele at Fine Furious Life has an old menu board hanging in her kitchen, and she likes to put her dinner menus up for friends when they come to eat. We like this idea - do you ever write up your din...
We Chicagoans love to see our city featured on the big screen, particularly if a chase scene is involved. In this year's action-packed movies "Wanted" and "The Dark Knight," the city has never look...
We are loving these grilled menus from Martha Stewart, and we especially couldn't pass up this grilled sausage. Sausage is one of our favorite things to put on the grill. Read on for more about this m...
We love a good menu, so when we saw this one from Martha Stewart we decided to give you an entire spread instead of one lone grill recipe today. Check out the recipes: grilled steak (classic!), blue c...
Food and wine pairing can be such fun. There is no such thing as only one wine perfect for a particular dish. Everyone's palate is unique and we have different sensitivity thresholds to acidity, bitte...
I got married a week ago. Instead of the usual fears -commitment, weather, stepkids' sabotage - I spent the weeks leading up to the event wondering if I was capable of cooking a meal for 50 hungry peo...
We can hardly wait for tomorrow’s Top Chef Chicago finale episode, and as serious fans of the show, we think it deserves a proper send-off. And by that we mean food, of course. Below, we’ve put...
Memorial Day is the traditional start of picnic season, which often feels like a cruel joke in Ohio and New York; more often than not it's drizzly and cold. We're curious - what are your Memorial Day ...
Jessie Saunders knows what it's like to cook and entertain in a tiny kitchen. For years, she and her husband lived in a small apartment in New York's Greenwich Village, where, she says, "If everyone ...
Some of you probably started brining your homemade corned beef days ago. Other enterprising types made a beef and Guinness stew in the slow cooker this morning. But there's still hope for the procras...
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