Top 10 Chicago chefs’ recipes for 2011

Our top 10 recipes from Chicago chefs.

20 Chicago cheap dates for New Year’s Eve 2012

New Year’s Eve doesn’t mean you have to lay out a bundle on a party package. Have fun at these spots for under $30 per person. AJ Hudson’s Public House, Wrigleyville, no cover. Toast the New Year as it hits the United Kingdom at 6 p.m. CST, and then again, stateside, at midnight, with Champagne [...]

100 Chicago restaurants open Christmas Day 2011

You don’t have to cook Christmas dinner.

8 great holiday entertaining recipes from Chicago chefs

Holiday cooking and entertaining season has come upon us. If you’re looking for new ideas for your own holiday parties or dishes to take along to friends’, try these terrific recipes from Chicago chefs. Lillie’s Q, Wicker Park, pimento cheese, a Southern party spread. Shokran, Irving Park, zaalouk, Moroccan eggplant spread. Rhapsody, Loop, arancini, Italian [...]

65 Chicago places to eat Thanksgiving dinner, 2011

North Side, South Side or in the Chicago suburbs, you don’t have to cook your own Thanksgiving dinner. Chicagoland restaurants offer bountiful holiday feasts. Call for hours and menu details. Reservations are highly recommended if not required everywhere. Many restaurants also offer complete Thanksgiving dinners for carry out — several days’ notice is typically required. [...]

Eat this! 5 great fall recipes from Chicago restaurants

There’s frost on the windows and a chill in the air. Warm up with these hearty recipes from Chicagoland chefs. Lentils and fennel with sausage, 3 Vines Cafe, Sleepy Hollow. Feijoada, Brazilian black bean stew, Texas de Brazil, River North and Schaumburg. La calabeza rellena, oven-roasted acorn squash stuffed with artichokes, green peas, chile de [...]

13 spooktacular Halloween weekend events in Chicago

Costumes and specialty cocktails, pumpkins and beer. Halloween is for everybody — kids, adults, families and singles. Check out a few of the events going on this weekend around Chicago: Cactus Bar and Grill Halloween Benefit, Loop, 11 a.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, free to attend, donations of canned goods encouraged. All-day celebration [...]

Eat this! Causa, creative potato appetizers from Peru

What it is: The Peruvian dish causa rellena features cold pureed potatoes flavored with yellow aji chilies and molded into shapes and layered or topped with any of a variety of fillings, such as or black olives. The technique of carefully infusing the yellow pepper and potato is unique to Peruvian cuisine. Different toppings make [...]

Four Chicago beer doings foaming up

Chicago beer lovers, get ready: Franklin Tap in the Loop hosts “Meet the Brewers” from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, with beermakers from Chicago’s own Goose Island and pours of the company’s classic, seasonal and premium beers, specially priced at $3 to $5 per pint. Raffle prizes and giveaways also feature. SmallBar launches [...]

Friday food porn: Summertime — let’s get raw

Summertime at The Fifty/50 in Wicker Park means specials like this ahi tuna, salmon and avocado “sashimi,” featuring raw Grade A ahi tuna layered with Atlantic salmon and avocado, flavored with wasabi-soy vinaigrette and served with sesame mayo and crispy wontons, $13.