This year, as it has every year since 1983, the Northwest Side trophy maker R.S. Owens & Company will provide the golde Oscar statuettes for Academy Award winners. Current R.S. Owens president Scott Siegel, son of the company's late founder, Owen Siegel, talks us through the process leading up to the February 25h event. Read more
How many restaurant fads can you fit under one roof? At least three, according to a pair of loungy new small-plate Latino lairs. Read more
Standout homes on the Chicago real estate market in February 2007. Read more
Does a bigger dinner plate cause people to eat more? A Cornell University food psychologist answers this and other questions in a fascinating new book about the hidden factors that may be making us fat Read more