At the firefighters’ chili cook-off, some surprise winners
A jam-packed Rock Bottom Brewery roared its approval Tuesday night for the winners of the 15th annual Fire Chief Ale Cook-Off. Sean Tehrani from Basil Leaf Cafe had just teamed...
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A preview of the ‘Top Chef’ finale
Wednesday night's main event features Richard Blais against Mike Isabella for the title of 'Top Chef' in their all-star season. Here are four key questions to consider before the action...
Shall we play a game?
I walked through the front door just as Charles Barkley was dropping a thunderous dunk over the top of Horace Grant. "BOOM SHAKALAKA!!!" roared the machine. Welcome to 1993, courtesy...
An Apple in the kitchen
Congratulations on that iPad purchase. Now that you've finished playing Angry Birds, it's time to take that thing into the kitchen and let it do something useful for you. Here...
New York exhibit thunders in silence
Walking through the Whitney Museum of American Art, you are confronted by the power of painter Edward Hopper's silences. "Early Sunday Morning" greets visitors at the beginning of the exhibit,...
Lifeskills: How to grab a cab
Degree of difficulty: Easy. Tools needed: A firm wave (smartphone is optional). Taking a cab might not seem to be that complicated. But as any taxi driver will tell you,...
Lifeskills: How to grab a cab
Degree of difficulty: Easy. Tools needed: A firm wave (smartphone is optional). Taking a cab might not seem to be that complicated. But as any taxi driver will tell you,...
Unlimited airfare: Could you do it?
We saw this morning, thanks to chef Tom Colicchio's tweet, that Qantas is offering unlimited flights to South Australia for a year via a sweepstakes. Which made us wonder –...
They’re raising a cup for our finest athletes
Hours before Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino took a beer bath at Wrigley Field on Wednesday, a stream of cups rained down on U.S. midfielder Landon Donovan during his team's 2-1...
New Fire house
After nearly a decade at Soldier Field (with a stop in Naperville), the Fire opens Toyota Park on Sunday, a $98 million stadium in Bridgeview. Based on stadia in England,...