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 wante...

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 home...

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 cookout...

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

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 freez...

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

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...

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 nift...

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 j...

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 an...

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

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