Crab cakes definitely fall into a category of food I love to eat, but hate to pay for in restaurants. They almost always feel too expensive to order (see also: shrimp cocktail). Luckily for me, they’re way more cost-effective to make at home, and pretty quick and easy to prepare!
Category: Restaurants, Food and Drink
How to choose wines to commemorate special occasions, from picking wines to age to finding older vintages
Setting aside a nice bottle, or seeking out and purchasing mature ones, can be a meaningful way to commemorate life’s big moments, whether the birth of a child, a wedding, graduation, and beyond.
Loop restaurants, caterers hope for boost from new return-to-work requirements
A number of high-profile employers in recent months have taken steps to significantly curb pandemic-era remote work, which could help Loop businesses.
Restaurant review: Petite Vie by chef Paul Virant brings buttery French market priced potatoes near Chicago
The newest restaurant by the award-winning chef of Gaijin in the West Loop and Vistro steakhouse explores France by way of the Midwest.
La Grange OKs liquor licenses for new pizzaria, banquet hall
Wooden Paddle in Lemont is bringing its wood-fired pizza and a banquet hall specializing in weddings to downtown La Grange.
Red dye No. 3 has been banned, but what about other artificial food dyes?
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned the dye known as Red 3 from the nation’s food supply in January, setting deadlines for stripping the brightly hued additive from candies and cough syrup, baked goods and frozen treats.
La Grange Restaurant Week offers post-Valentine’s Day business boost
La Grange Restaurant Week, which kicks of Feb. 27, is a great way to offer some good exposure at a time that can typically be slow.
Pan-Asian restaurant moves to downtown Evanston
Asian fusion restaurant Dozika, offering Thai, Chinese, Japanese cuisine, moved to downtown Evanston after 22 years on Dempster.
Chicago says it hopes to open city-owned market instead of city-owned grocery store
Details are scarce about when such a city market would open, how it would be funded and operated and where it would be located.
Baked with love: Recipe for a light, airy pavlova that will woo your Valentine
A homemade pavlova provides a romantic ray of sunshine during our long winter.