A cookbook to consider adding to your kitchen is Marissa Guggiana’s new “Off the Menu: Staff Meals from America’s Top Restaurants.” The dishes featured aren’t the food the restaurant serves its patrons, instead, it’s the food made for the wait and kitchen staff, and served as the “family meal,” usually just before dinner service begins. […]
The kids are back in school, and the weather’s changing, which means our moods and equilibrium are a little off.
Jill Feldman doesn’t look or act like the victim of a cruel irony. She lost both her parents and two grandparents to lung cancer before she was 28. Jill saw the stigma surrounding lung cancer (it’s associated so strongly with smoking that people often assume it’s preventable), so she became involved in LUNGevity in 2001. […]
When three generations of a family unite in purpose, great things can happen. For the Duchossois family, who own a conglomeration of businesses based in Elmhurst, the desire to make a difference is embodied in their family’s foundation, which is headed by Kim Duchossois. “My father and brother asked me to take this on,” she […]
Julia Sweeney has appeared on vaunted stages in California and New York, including Saturday Night Live. But her next gig is in Evanston at the cozy SPACE stage, starting October 15 at 4 p.m. This television and movie actress is working on material for a new book currently titled “If It’s Not One Thing, It’s […]
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Tracy Kidder can count the band Arcade Fire as readers and fans. The Montreal based-band helped get his best-selling book about Dr. Paul Farmer and his work in Haiti, “Mountains Beyond Mountains,” translated into French. Coinciding with the September release of the French edition, Arcade Fire held a free concert in Montreal […]
You never thought it would get here, but now October 9 is looming in sight. All those miles, all the sweat and it’s almost time to run your 26.2 miles. Nervous? Of course! So here are a few last minute tips from veteran runner and North Shore running coach, Christy Coughlin. Get ready to run! […]
You want to break your kids’ choco-sugar-puff-frosted breakfast habit, but you can’t risk tears, sulking or a missed bus.
Make these while you’re cooking dinner, then send the drumsticks to school in a microwave-safe container with an ice pack—they’re delicious cold or hot. Serves: 6 (2 drumsticks per serving) Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes Ingredients 2/3 cup apricot preserves 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 1-2 tbsp. Dijon mustard 12 chicken […]
It’s a rare environmental victory when 77 acres are saved from becoming a gated community and are preserved as open land. When Fort Sheridan closed, the northern section was divided into housing for Great Lakes Naval Base; the new town of Fort Sheridan, which includes the historical buildings; and Lake County Forest Preserve. The southern […]
