Summer is so glorious and yet so short here in Chicago. I try to pack in as much summer fun as possible. I love picnics and beach cookouts, so why not do bot...

I made a remarkable grilled cauliflower salad the other night. I am calling it my first summer salad because it contains mint from my garden, and because it...

I make chicken stock all winter. I cook it in my extra large stock pot, keep some in my fridge, and freeze the rest. If I open my freezer and learn that I ...

I started my series on delicious soup recipes that you can easily make at home when late fall arrived and the outdoor temperatures were becoming cold. Today w...

Sometimes things go just as planned when we are cooking. But at other times, a cook needs to get a little creative and figure out how to turn a cooking road...

I do not own a kitchen blow torch. I wish I did--I like playing with fire a lot, and kitchen blow torches look like fun. You can do nifty things with a blow...

A few years ago, while visiting New York, my husband and I ducked into a restaurant on Prince Street in Soho on an early spring evening just in time to miss ...

I indulged in a very pleasant work lunch on last Tuesday at an outdoor café on Southport Avenue near Wrigley Field. I enjoyed my meal and my company a lot, ...

Jewish holidays follow the seasons. Passover (my favorite Jewish holiday) celebrates liberation and comes at the beginning of spring. We are collectively l...

Tomatoes--heirloom, organic, locally-grown--are the stars of late-summer midwestern farmers markets. Classified as a fruit with interior seeds, tomatoes (So...