What to Cook in That Instant Pot You Got for Christmas

Photo: Courtesy of Robert Rose Inc. It turns out that the wildly popular programmable pressure cooker known as the Instant Pot — it was on your Christmas lists, wasn’t it? — is an ideal gateway to Indian cuisine. “It took a modern appliance to reconnect me to my cooking heritage — and I’m not even a gadget person,” says Chandra Ram, … Read more

The Four Best Breakfast Plates in Chicago

1 The Van Doozer Cherry Circle Room On this classic egg-meat-potatoes platter, it’s the taters that steal the show. The russets are roasted, puréed, mixed with scallions, and finally pressed into sheets to be cut and fried to order. $12. Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, 12 S. Michigan Ave., Loop 2 Breakfast Plate 5 Loaves Eatery … Read more