Homemade tamales can be found all over Chicago, sometimes from storefronts, other times from street carts. And with Hispanic Heritage Month beginning soon, I’m going to...
“U.S. Pizza Cup” from Paulie Gee’s Logan Square If you’ll excuse the alliteration, the pandemic has made plenty of pizza parlors pretty popular, particularly for...
A new wave of Indian restaurants have been popping up in Chicago recently. Not to be confused with all-you-can-eat buffets on Devon Avenue, these are...
Lin-Manuel Miranda might be the most famous artist of Puerto Rican descent, but there’s no question in Chicago, the jibarito is the most famous sandwich....
I spoke with Rich Labriola this week about how he went from being an artisan baker to a serious deep-dish pizza maker. He spills all...
I was elated to help Texas-based writer Sarah Jacobs out with this piece for Business Insider. She was in town during the James Beard Awards,...
“Steve’s food crawl was an amazing experience that was uniquely tailored for the palates of our global team. We were very impressed with the restaurant...
It was nice to be asked about my beloved city for this piece in Qatar Airways Magazine. Click here to read it.
Rick Bayless and I typically tape our James Beard Award-winning podcast, The Feed, from his test kitchen above Frontera Grill. But in a few weeks,...
Mexican Independence Day is coming up next weekend, and while the typical dish consumed that day is chiles en nogada, a pair of Mexico’s most...
Chicago is about to get a lot of hungry visitors over the next few weeks for both the James Beard Awards and the National Restaurant...