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Falling in Love with Home Cooking Again
A restaurant critic muses about how the shutdown has changed his relationship to food.
In the Kitchen: Make Lula Cafe’s Lavender Panna Cotta
Read the full recipe here.
In the Kitchen: Emily Spurlin’s Garden Panna Cotta
A nearly foolproof Italian sweet, panna cotta doesn’t require much beyond heating cream with powdered gelatin. But if you’re pastry chef Emily Spurlin, that’s just a blank canvas.
Brown Ales: Your Go-to Spring Beer
Pick up these five takes by local taprooms and breweries.
Six Very Cinematic Chicago Takeout Orders
Popcorn is for amateurs. We dreamed up the ultimate local food pairings for movie night.
The Four Best Chocolate Chip Cookies
The Burdick Cookie at L.A. Burdick Photo: Jeff Marini 1 The Burdick Cookie at L.A. Burdick Can’t decide between getting a cookie or a candy bar? The chocolate-and-walnut-crammed version at this New Hampshire import will spare you from having to choose. $4. 609 N. State St., Near North Side. burdickchocolate.com 2 Chocolate Chunk Cookie at … Read more
Roast Something Other Than Yourself by Making Escalivada
Be kind to yourself, but for God’s sake char those vegetables.
Reflections From an Out-of-Work Pizzaiolo
The shutdown may be a time to catch up on sleep, but nothing beats the visceral pleasure of being in the kitchen.
The Future of Dim Sum
At D Cuisine, Danny Fang offers two dozen types of “artisanal dim sum,” which means they’re handmade — never out of a freezer bag.