1+ hour, 46+ min ago  (744+ words) On a lovely evening earlier this month, my husband and I drove to Chicago’s West Town neighborhood, parked along Milwaukee Avenue and walked a few blocks to where The 606 hiking trail rises above Hermitage Avenue. Our destination was the border…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (835+ words) For Kelly Migler, assistant dean for undergraduate nursing and teaching at Valparaiso University, Friday’s FarmHop tour by the Northwest Indiana Food Council was a way to network. With the tour’s theme “Local Food is Medicine,” Migler saw the value in…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (377+ words) A proposed cooking studio has been given a thumbs-up by Naperville planners to teach culinary skills in an area near the new dining destinations of Block 59. Members of the city’s Planning and Zoning Commission last week unanimously endorsed Taste Buds…...

1+ mon, 11+ hour ago  (759+ words) It’s easy to take ice for granted. That is, until you run out. If you don’t have the luxury of a built-in ice maker, you already understand the importance of keeping ice cube trays filled in the freezer. But which…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (731+ words) Only one Chicago journalist won a James Beard Foundation Media Award this year. Ahmed Ali Akbar received the honor at a ceremony held at The Art Institute of Chicago on Saturday. Akbar won the Foodways category for his Tribune article…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (537+ words) Sitting around the fire is a long-standing camping tradition, but food options tend to be limited in the great outdoors. It’s common to cook hot dogs or roast marshmallows in front of the fire, but good substantial food is often…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (497+ words) The Aurora Farmers Market opened for the season on Saturday at Water Street Mall in the city’s downtown where hundreds of shoppers were eager to get some early-season produce – from farm-grown tomatoes and asparagus to strawberries – plus artisan honey, baked…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1024+ words) Residents and visitors came out Wednesday to the Oak Forest Metra station to explore the village’s first farmers market in years. “It’s been between 10 to 15 years that they haven’t had one,” said Rae Zekas, a marketing manager for Bosco’s Marketplace…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (955+ words) Authentic barbeque lovers in Skokie won’t have to wait much longer to smell the mouth-watering aroma of the slow-cooked meats. Dewey’s BBQ Market is bringing its Texas-based spare rib barbeque and other smoked meat family recipes to Oakton Street, in…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (730+ words) Portage Township Schools Food Service Director Dawn Kelley had homework due on Friday. She’s one of 23 school food service professionals nationwide to have been granted a 2026 Healthy School Food Pathway fellowship through the Chef Ann Foundation. Portage High School kids…...