The other day, a friend and I went to eat at Al Bawadi, a Mediterranean restaurant in Bridgeview, IL. The restaurant is located along a busy road, lined by an endless stretch of strip malls. Despite ...

Almost all of the many restaurants in the South Loop are designed to serve the lunch crowd. I’m willing to bet there is one Potbelly’s, Jimmy John’s, or Panera Bread for every person who refuses to ...

I still think about the goat cheese spinach dip. The fish tacos haunt my dreams. I pine for the three-layer chocolate cake with the longing of an addict. If I would’ve known that was to be my last ...

Natural casing, all-beef hot dog, preferably Vienna Beef Fresh poppyseed hot dog bun, steamed Yellow mustard Neon green relish Chopped onions Slices of fresh tomato Dill pickle spear Sport peppers ...

Place a layer of potatoes in a non-stick pan with 2 oz of clarified butter. Then place another layer of the shiitakes and leeks and cover with more potatoes. When the bottom of the potato is brown, ...

In a 2-quart heavy bottom pot add 1 quart of water. Place the pot on a high flame. When the water begins to boil, reduce the flame to medium. Place a stainless steel bowl onto the pot. Add all of the ...

Combine butter, garlic, salt, pepper, tarragon, mustard, shallot and bread crumbs to form a panade. Stuff chicken breasts under the skin with the butter panade. Roast chicken breasts for 25 minutes at ...

Soften goat cheese and neufchatel cheese to room temperature. Put goat cheese and neufchatel in a food processor and blend until smooth, no lumps. Add pesto, half-n-half, artichoke hearts and pulse ...

Beat the yolks until light. (I use a stand mixer.) Add the sugar gradually and continue beating. Add the sour cream, rum, vanilla, almond extract, and salt; mix well. Add the flour a little at a time ...

Wash meat, sprinkle lightly with seasoned salt, place on barbecue rack, slow cook for 12 hours before being removed to serve on Kaiser bun with coleslaw and barbeque sauce. Chop cabbage finely. Mix ...

Boil the hot dog, steam the poppy-seed bun and top with mustard, relish, onions, tomato slices, pickle, hot peppers and a dash of celery salt.

As promised, here are a few more stories behind the brand names you see during your trip down the grocery story aisle. Dinty Moore – That familiar name on canned beef stew was taken from a character ...