Friday food porn: A real French tart

The freshness of summer in a flaky crust.

Seven free wine tastings in Chicago

Drink up, Chicago. It’s free! Wine lovers can sample a variety of vintages at these tastings.

Visit with Chinese-cooking expert Ken Hom

Noted Chinese-cooking expert Ken Hom returns to Chicago for a Chicago Foodways Roundtable conversation with local chef and food writer Louisa Chu at 7 p.m. Friday, June 3, at the WoodMode Auditorium at Kendall College on Goose Island. Hom has written 30 cookbooks and hosted five BBC and an award-winning Korean television series. He started [...]

Nine ways to spend Valentine’s weekend in Chicago

“Yes, Valentine’s Day is this month, and we will be celebrating with all the city’s lovebirds, but why pin the ‘amour’ to only one day?” asks Chef Carol Wallack of Sola> in North Center and we agree. We got 150 press releases about Valentine’s Day, and you can bet that just about every eatery in [...]

Kendall College tours European cuisine

  Take a European tour all on Goose Island when The Dining Room at Kendall College hosts a series of Monday night dinners highlighting Continental regional cuisines: France, Jan. 24 Austro-Hungarian, Jan. 31 Switzerland, Feb. 7 Germany, Feb. 21 United Kingdom, Feb. 28 Scandinavia, March 7 Seating begins at 6:30 p.m. each Monday for the [...]

Remembering the World’s Columbian Exposition

At 10 a.m. Saturday, April 10, technology expert Charles Valauskas will talk about the World’s Columbian Exposition and its firsts in food and food technology.

Five places to drink free wine in the Chicago area

These Chicagoland wine shops host weekly free wine tastings where you’re welcome to sip and sample highlighted vintages. Just Grapes, West Loop, 2–4 p.m. Saturdays. Red & White, Bucktown, 2–5 p.m. Saturdays. Schaefer’s, Skokie, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturdays. Taste Food and Wine, Rogers Park, 6–7:30pm Mondays and Fridays. Wine Discount Center, Clybourn Corridor, Barrington, Forest [...]

Hair of the dog: Chicago New Year’s Day brunch bunch

Feed your hangover and get a little of the hair of the dog that bit you at New Year’s Day brunch. 33 Club, Old Town, noon to 4 p.m. A la carte brunch items include hand-sliced smoked salmon, whole wheat banana pancakes, challah french toast, eggs benedict and omelets. Dunlays on the Square, Logan Square, [...]