This recipe for chocolate-peanut butter dream bars is made by topping a buttery chocolate crumb crust with layers of rich chocolate pudding, peanut butter cheesecake, and whipped cream. Finish the dessert with chocolate curls and a peanut butter drizzle before cutting into bars and sharing with your friends.
Foxtrot co-founder and former CEO Mike LaVitola is planning to reopen about a dozen stores this summer, starting with the Gold Coast and Old Town locations in Chicago.
Crunchy red cabbage and sweet carrots combine with spicy jalapenos and chopped fresh cilantro. Everything is tossed with just a bit of mayo for creaminess and a big squeeze of lime juice for tang. Here’s how to make easy slaw for your next taco night.
Summer in Chicago is full of festivals devoted to specific foods like tacos and burgers or providing the chance to taste beers from dozens of local breweries.
Owner and baker Andrew Cheng makes a stunning ham and cheese rye croissant, plus a black sesame buckwheat kouign-amann.
Enrique Rivera lived in Pilsen long before Time Out magazine named 18th Street one of the “Coolest Streets in the World” earlier this year. He was there decades before the upscale restaurants and walking tours around the neighborhood and before the luxury houses and condominiums brought thousands of new faces to the area, displacing many of its working-class immigrant population. The Pilsen that Rivera grew up in was plagued by street violence but deeply rich in muralism and immigrant-owned shops that shaped its strong Mexican identity. Despite the recent changes, nothing erodes the fabric of the community that has been […]
It’s an apple-inspired twist on the viral recipe for chocolate eclair cake.
Whether you roast your brisket in the oven, use a slow cooker, or smoke it, a well-cooked brisket is tender and very flavorful. But cooking is only part of the process.
My dad made two things when I was growing up: Saturday morning pancakes and salsa. Both were foods of adaptation. He is a Tapatio, a native of Guadalajara, Jalisco, who immigrated to the U.S. at the age of 21.
Rick Bayless said he thought it was a tongue-in-cheek move for the New York Times to include one of his restaurants as one of the area’s top 25 restaurants. It wasn’t for Xoco, Frontera Grill, or Topolobampo, which have garnered awards and attention from Michelin and James Beard, but for his O’Hare location of Tortas Frontera. Ironically enough, that menu and purpose are what Tortazo’s location at Old Orchard Shopping Center in Skokie intends to be: a fast-casual restaurant for people on the go. Tortazo opened its doors in front of Macy’s on May 25. The location in front of […]