Drink This: Lemony prosecco slushie goes down like a cloud
When you hear about the Lightworks, a lemony, boozy slushie at new Southport Avenue pizzeria Coda di Volpe, you're going to wonder how it's like its antecedent, a sgroppino. We...
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No-fuss toppings make pizza easy as pie
At this point in the History of Pizza, so many styles populate our pizzerias, delivery boxes, cookbooks and freezer cases that it doesn't surprise us to hear someone describe a...
Is this the KFC recipe? Try the 11 herbs and spices and tell us what you think
Making fried chicken this week? Specifically, are you trying our recipe for what may be a very famous fried chicken? In case you missed it: We published a story and...
KFC recipe challenge: Tribune kitchen puts the 11 herbs and spices to the test
Countless recipes have been tried out in the Tribune test kitchen but never one quite like this. Our mission: find out if 11 ingredients handwritten on a piece of paper...
‘What’s a bumbleberry?’ Introducing a nephew to summer’s best pie
It's not summer without pie. Fruit pie, specifically. As the season's fruit, each in its turn, marches through farmers markets, aligned in battalions in juice-stained wood-strip baskets, strawberries then cherries...
Chips Ahoy and Stan’s meet in a doughnut shop. What happens?
You're putting a cookie on a doughnut? OK, we'll bite. Nabisco launched a new cookie this week, Chips Ahoy Thins, a cousin to Oreo Thins. To promote the new thinner...
Aperitivo, or the right way to do happy hour in Italy
As the Negroni and spritz continue to gain ground in America, can aperitivo — the Italian cocktail hour when those drinks are featured — be far behind? We can only...
5 pork tenderloin recipes for grilling the forgotten cut
You've got the grill hot. The burgers are ready. Or maybe some marinated flank steak. After all, beef is the meat most of us reach for when we grill. Way...
Hot Doug’s Dog Dayz of Summer tickets on sale today
It's his party and you're all invited. Doug Sohn, of Hot Doug's encased meat emporium is back for the second year of Dog Dayz of Summer. The hot dog and...
Bottled Negronis hit liquor stores — but are they any good?
In Italy, the Negroni is a grandpa drink. Not over here. In the States, it's a popular cocktail, seemingly beyond generational bias, that has fueled through-the-roof sales of Campari, the...