The Chicago Outdoor Film Festival is back tonight with a screening of "Touch of Evil," starring Charlton Heston, Orson Welles and Janet Leigh. Whether you're packing a meal to eat under the stars o...
When we heard Alice Waters was going to be at Chicago's Green City Market last weekend, we knew we had to be there. Find out more about our encounter below, and tell us about your own experiences wi...
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...
Last week, AT: Chicago visited the Maxwell Street Market and found produce, garden tools, Andy Warhol prints and some interesting bobble heads. This week, we checked it out for ourselves and found eve...
We're all about grilling this month, but as city dwellers, we're wondering if and when our grilling activities could land us in trouble, or facing a fine. Is grilling on the balcony OK?...
Looking to expand your grilling repertoire but not sure where to start? A grilling class might be just the thing. Chicago cooking schools are firing up their grills this month and covering a variety o...
When we wrote about the Taste of Chicago earlier this week, reader "Eve in Hochelaga" lamented that she will be visiting Chicago just as the festival ends and jokingly asked, "Is there a Taste of Left...
Sure, shelling peas can be a relaxing and rewarding activity – therapeutic even. But it's not one we can always find time to do, so one of our favorite farmer's market indulgences is a carton of fre...
If you live in a big city, chances are there's a corner store nearby (or maybe you call it a bodega). These stores carry the requisite junk food, soda, newspapers and lottery tickets, but there are us...
Fruit has returned to the Midwest, along with one of our favorite local blogs: Fruit Slinger. If you like your strawberries served up with some wry witticisms, and want to find out how not to be "th...
Top Chef Chicago was our favorite season yet (OK, we're a little biased here in the Windy City). In fact, even one of the losing dishes inspired us. Remember episode 7, the Second City improv challe...
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The finale of Top Chef Chicago is tonight. You know what that means... Someone is going home with a hefty supply of Gladware. Who's your pick?...
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...
Bienvenidos a Puerto Rico! We hope you like pork and controversy, because that's what we've got on the menu today. Read on to see who was kicked off the island......
Chicago's Pritzker Pavilion at Millennium Park expanded its concert lineup last year to include popular acts like Wilco and The Decemberists. Young music fans and older arts patrons came together fo...
Not being huge red meat eaters, this is a lot of beef to be looking at so early in the morning. But from butchering to cooking, this episode was all about the cow. And yet for once during judges' ta...
A recipe for vegetable skewers with muhamarra – our new favorite dip – from Supernatural Cooking by Heidi Swanson sent us to Chicago's Albany Park neighborhood this weekend. We were in search of o...
Sometimes, in war, the mighty fall... We're skipping right to the next page to discuss the winner and, more importantly, the surprising loser. Come!...
Last weekend, we went mushroom hunting for the first time, near Nashville, Ind. We'd love to tell you that this is our bounty, but the truth is, we came up empty handed. The only mushrooms we found we...
Oh, the Richard Blais charm got annoying all right. He asked every Chicago police officer who came by his lunch table, "Question of the day. Do you like burritos?" But at least he wasn't bickering o...
The first of Chicago's farmer's market openings are less than a week away and we can hardly contain our excitement. It's been a long, cold winter and we're practically giddy thinking about all the as...
When gardening season rolls around in Chicago, we tend to get a little restless. We curse our north-facing kitchen windows and shaded deck, where many a plant has gone to die, and half-heartedly brows...
No restaurant wars this season... Instead, we got wedding wars. Two teams, assigned to the bride or groom, created menus — and cakes! — for the actual reception. And Stephanie turned out a stunne...
With this post we welcome Joanna Miller, who is filing some correspondent reports from Chicago. Give Joanna a warm welcome there in the Windy City! We've long dreamed of growing our own fig tree, b...
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