These fish fries, pepper and egg sandwiches and seafood dinners are so good, you might want to stop in even if you’re not forgoing beef for Lent.
Matteson resident and foodie Jeremy Joyce launched Black People Eats in 2017, and grew it to more than 400,000 followers.
Among the six honorees from across the country is the oldest Black-owned barbecue restaurant in Chicago, Lem’s Bar-B-Q.
As much as I love a double-digit-step recipe with more ingredients than I can count on my two hands (looking at you, Beef Wellington), that’s not realistic for every night (let alone weekly!). Sometimes you just need a simple recipe that calls for only a few ingredients and hardly any prep. And for those nights, I turn to my three-ingredient ground pork stir-fry (which comes together even faster than deciding on your DoorDash order!)
The fourth-most populous city in North America — a magnet for immigrants — has a deep bench of multicultural neighborhoods and restaurants.
While Hulu’s “Deli Boys” was filming in Chicago, some stars of the show became regulars at Ali’s Nihari on Devon Avenue.
A cool and creamy smoothie is one of the most refreshing ways to start the day. The flavor combinations are endless, ranging from classic strawberry banana smoothies to zippy raspberry ginger smoothies, and even green smoothies made with spinach, pear, and ginger.
Starbucks is making cuts to its menu, with some of the coffee giant’s “less popular beverages” set to take their final bow next week.
The idea of food as nourishment took on a whole new meaning during “High on the Hog: How African American Cuisine Transformed America,” a Netflix documentary that Indiana University Northwest hosted a showing of on February 20 in its Berglund Auditorium. The documentary, from which a small crowd viewed excerpts before sampling a veritable cornucopia of African Diasporic dishes, follows the evolution of African and African American cuisine by concentrating on the social and economic impact of food, said James Wallace, the school’s Diversity, Equity and Multicultural Affairs director.
Fat Tuesday, the day before the start of Lent, is celebrated as Mardi Gras in New Orleans and Carnival in Brazil, but you don’t need to travel to get a taste of the fun.