Joe Gray

Brian Urlacher of the Chicago Bears lines up against the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park on Nov. 19, 2012 in San Francisco.

What to watch, what to eat and what to expect for Super Bowl weekend

March 12, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.

Whether it's the single-digit temperatures, the coronavirus shutdown or a love of football and pageantry that has you staying in Sunday, be prepared for the Super Bowl and all its...

From pizza to doughnuts, burritos to Spam musubi, here are our favorite takeout orders and restaurants in the Chicago area.

Takeout 100 — our guide to Chicago’s best restaurants for pickup and delivery right now

January 12, 2021 at 3:21 p.m.

Takeout, once an afterthought, something to grab on the way home from work, has become a lifeline to restaurants — and to us. With dining rooms closed since late October...

These Thanksgiving mashed potatoes are teeming with rich, creamy notes brought by heaps of butter, sour cream and cream cheese.

Your complete Thanksgiving guide: From sides to turkey to pies — and then leftovers

March 12, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.

With a week until the big event, organization is key at this point. So here, in one place, are all of our Thanksgiving recipe offerings this year, plus a host...

We won’t just miss our families this Thanksgiving, we’re going to miss the dishes they make. Here are a few of the recipes we’ll miss the most.

March 12, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.

It seems that every day for weeks, as coronavirus case numbers keep going up, the warnings have been mounting: Stay home. Don't gather in big groups. Don't travel. For many...

The 12 finalists in the Chicago Tribune's annual Holiday Cookie Contest, chosen online by more than 3,400 people who cast 6,295 votes.

Voting has ended! Check out the 12 finalists in our Holiday Cookie Contest.

December 9, 2020 at 10:35 p.m.

UPDATE: The winners have been announced! See their cookies read the tales behind their recipes here. At last! The voting has ended and the 12 finalists have been chosen. See...

Participants cookies in the annual cookie contest.

Last chance! Just 1 day left to enter the cookie contest.

October 29, 2020 at 4:26 p.m.

Cookie glory can be yours! There is just one day left to enter Chicago Tribune's Holiday Cookie Contest. Entries are due 11:59 p.m. Friday. You could win a place in...

Gingerbread, and <a href="https://www.thedailymeal.com/recipes/ultimate-gingerbread-cookies-recipe">cookies</a> and houses made from it, are a quintessential holiday food. But what relationship do they have with each other? It all goes back to the Middle Ages, apparently, when ginger and other associated spices were very expensive. For this reason, ginger-based bread was considered an expensive luxury and only baked for special occasions — of which Christmas was a major one.

Last chance! Just 2 days left to enter the cookie contest.

October 28, 2020 at 2:45 p.m.

Cookie glory can be yours! There are just two days left to enter Chicago Tribune's Holiday Cookie Contest. Entries are due 11:59 p.m. Friday. You could win a place in...

Rohini Dey, who founded Vermilion, 10 W. Hubbard St. in Chicago, in 2003, has led a redesign and relaunch of her Indian-Latin fusion restaurant, yet worries about the future during the pandemic. "We are terrified, enraged and also galvanized," she said, speaking for herself and myriad other restaurant owners. "We're ready for battle."

Vermilion restaurant relaunches with new design

October 23, 2020 at 1:45 a.m.

Vermilion, the 17-year-old Indian-Latin centric restaurant in River North, reopens with new decor, safely spaced tables, clear plexiglass dividers and hope.

Holiday cookie contest winners, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)

Cookie contest begins! Enter Tribune’s annual bake-off to find the best holiday treats.

March 12, 2024 at 12:09 p.m.

This year, we need cookies, perhaps more than ever. A deadly pandemic, record-breaking forest fires, disturbing killings of Black people, the civil unrest those deaths fueled and a hotly contested...

The caramelized cheese crust on the Detroit-style pizza at Paulie Gee's Logan Square, 2451 N. Milwaukee Ave., on Sept. 30, 2020.

A look at Paulie Gee’s

February 9, 2021 at 4:26 p.m.

Paulie Gee's Logan Square is one of the most interesting pizzerias in Chicago, dishing out three completely different kinds of pizza, each with its own unique dough recipe and cooking...

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