11 Cookbooks From Influential Bay Area Chefs and Food Experts for Culinary Inspiration in a Post-Pandemic World

After a year-plus of Covid constraints, Bay Area residents are emerging from their homes and kitchens, ready for spring’s sunshine-y brightness. Local authors, chefs and other creatives have been busy considering what we want to eat now, using Covid’s time-stretched year to cook, write, paint and otherwise engage with our brave new world. Opportunities to […]

How 4 Top Chicago Chefs Assemble the Perfect Dish

Cooking is — literally — elemental. Earth, fire, and water determine the character of a dish: the terroir of local produce and proteins; the presence (or absence) of heat, both in terms of temperature and flavor; and water as the integral component to every life form (whether animal or vegetable), recipe, and cooking method. A […]

7 Kitchen Gadgets Chefs Can’t Live Without

As every home chef knows, a great gadget can help cut down the time you spend in the kitchen while also adding flair to your dishes. An egg slicer can thinly slice not just eggs, but also strawberries and avocados for salads that look like they came from a high-end restaurant. A 2-in-1 oil mister […]

7 Kitchen Gadgets Chefs Can’t Live Without

As every home chef knows, a great gadget can help cut down the time you spend in the kitchen while also adding flair to your dishes. An egg slicer can thinly slice not just eggs, but also strawberries and avocados for salads that look like they came from a high-end restaurant. A 2-in-1 oil mister […]

What If Sarah Sanders Walked Into Your Restaurant? We Asked 5 Local Chefs If They Would Let Politics Influence Who They Serve

Sarah Sanders, White House press secretary, walks into a restaurant… Or maybe it’s Attorney General Jeff Sessions, or Steven Miller, senior advisor to POTUS. All three have been driven from dining establishments this summer because of their politics and their political associations. In June, for instance, Sarah Sanders was asked to leave the Red Hen […]

Quick and Easy: IWSE's Warm Your Palate

Support the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston by attending their second annual Warm Your Palate fundraising event. What: Local chefs will take guests on a culinary excursion to sample signature appetizers and desserts. Wine, beer and spirits will also be served, and there will be a live auction featuring a 5-night stay at the Radisson Blu […]