Staring down the first big snowstorm of the pandemic winter, I knew I wanted to prepare a hearty meal full of warmth and flavor. I...

It's a holiday week and Natalie is home from college, so the kitchen was a busy place. Natalie asked to make dinner for us on a day I was...

I am spending a lot of time indoors as cold and gray weather arrives in Chicago, and to create that feeling of comfort that we all crave...

Thanksgiving behind us, I ramped up my cold-weather cooking. Here are a some of the dinners I cooked this week. On Monday, I prepared an...

Like most Americans, I love gathering around the Thanksgiving table with friends and family every November to eat turkey, gorge on sweet...

I made flatbread for the first time last night, and it turned out to be the perfect impromptu summer dinner. I started with a simple...

I love a good flea market. Browsing tables and racks of cast-off clothes, jewelry and household items is almost always fun and...

We’re spending a week on Crete, the rugged island at the southern edge of Europe. It’s a place of wild beauty, fierce winds off of the...

David and I flew took an overnight flight to Paris on Sunday, then hit the ground running. Or at least walking a lot in comfortable...

The other night, I organized a picnic at Millennium Park for the organization I run, Chicago Physicians for Social Responsibility. The...