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Whitney Dutton makes the Tassels and Assels cocktail at Mother's Ruin cocktail bar on March 23 in Avondale.

7 Malört cocktails that prove Chicago’s notoriously bitter liqueur can actually taste good

March 24, 2023 at 5:42 p.m.

I hear your collective shudder, Chicago, but hear me out: Malört cocktails are good. Despite your protests, I know there are others out there like me: those who have repeatedly...

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Readers’ Choice Food Awards 2023: Vote for your favorite restaurants, bars and more

March 27, 2023 at 11:03 p.m.

The nominations have been tallied, and it's time to start casting those votes — for the mayoral runoff, sure, but just as importantly: For the 2023 Readers' Choice Food Awards....

Ground ancho and chipotle chiles are used in a rub for pork shoulder that is braised for tacos. You can make the pork and accompanying salsa ahead, then heat and assemble for a taco party.

7 Super Bowl food recipes sure to score big with fans, from nacho bars to chile cheeseburgers

March 12, 2024 at 12:06 p.m.

Gathering around a loaded table of game-day food is a Super Bowl tradition as important as the big game itself (at least to some of us). Whether you're cooking for...

Last year, The Duplex featured a Valentine's Day drink called The Sweetest Taboo, a blend of pineapple rum, coffee liqueur, caramel Irish cream, espresso, vanilla syrup and chocolate ganache topped with a heart-shaped marshmallow dipped in chocolate and covered with edible glitter.

What’s cooking, Chicagoland? Submit your takeout, dine-in specials for Valentine’s Day

January 23, 2023 at 4:41 p.m.

Are you a restaurant, bar or other food business in the Chicago area with holiday offerings for takeout and dine-in? The Chicago Tribune is creating a guide to Valentine's Day...

Chef Sujan Sarkar is seen at his restaurant Indienne, 217 W. Huron Street in Chicago, on Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune)

Eat. Watch. Do. — ‘Golden Girls’ meets ‘RuPaul,’ plus best suburban breweries and Indienne review

January 19, 2023 at 7:06 p.m.

Happy Thursday, Chicago. It's hard to find fault with this great city, even during a gray, chilly January week. There's still so much vibrancy and excitement, and great things to...

The cookbook author Lindsay-Jean Hard cooks with bananas in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on May 5, 2021. Hard is an expert on no-waste cuisine and wrote a book about cooking with scraps.

9 tried-and-true cookbooks that make perfect holiday gifts — including 3 by Chicagoans

March 12, 2024 at 12:07 p.m.

If you're the type of cook with well-thumbed cookbooks filled with your most-used recipes — or know someone who is — you understand how essential they are. And while the...

What’s cooking, Chicagoland? Submit your takeout, dine-in specials for Christmas, Hanukkah and New Year’s

December 9, 2022 at 7:16 p.m.

Are you a restaurant, bar or other food business in the Chicago area with holiday offerings for takeout and dine-in? The Chicago Tribune is creating a guide to holiday dining,...

Corn with biscuits at Elizabeth in 2013. The restaurant has enjoyed media accolades and adoration from fans old and new.

Elizabeth restaurant to close after 10 years of whimsical dining

November 29, 2022 at 8:20 p.m.

Elizabeth restaurant will close for good just before Christmas, marking an end for a Michelin one-star dining experience lauded as among the most important of its time. The Lincoln Square...

Travelers maneuver a walkway near Terminal 1 on Nov. 21, 2022, at O'Hare International Airport. Chicago-based United Airlines expects O'Hare to be its busiest airport for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, with more than 650,000 customers anticipated for the holiday.

Chicago highways, O’Hare among busiest sites for Thanksgiving travel, experts warn. Here’s how to prepare.

November 22, 2022 at 9:09 p.m.

Chicago highways are expected to be among the busiest in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, according to AAA. In its pre-holiday travel report, the travel service organization said to...

It’s feasting time: 73 Thanksgiving specials from Chicagoland restaurants, from whole turkeys to Friendsgiving dinner

November 14, 2022 at 9:32 p.m.

The beauty of Thanksgiving is its purity — no frills, no nonsense. It's a holiday almost exclusively about the food. Which also means the stakes are pretty high for a...

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