Catherine Lambrecht, Vice President of the Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance and Julianne Glatz, food writer from Illinois Times, on Chicago TV's ABC7 talking about the "Road Food" event an
The folks at Greater Midwest Foodways Alliance are at it again! In years past, the GMFA, an organization dedicated to “celebrating, exploring, and preserving unique food traditions and their cul
By the time you read this, it’ll be over. With luck I’ll be stretched out in a lawn chair, cold iced tea in hand, enjoying my house and yard, which will be in better condition than they ha
“Why is this night different from all other nights?” asks the youngest child at the elaborately set dinner table as dusk darkens the sky outside. So begins the first night of the most wide
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They’ve built it, and people are coming.Walking into Lincoln Land Community College’s new Culinary Institute for the first time is an awesome, even jaw-dropping experience, especially for
I’ve cooked thousands of dishes for countless people in my life; some professionally, some as a home cook. Almost all were well received. When catering dinner parties or when my cooking class st
Drip, drip, drip . . . It was late February. After a long, cold winter, it was first day that hinted spring was on the way. Drip, drip, drip . . . It had been below freezing overnight, but by noon the
The association of food with love and making love is as old as, well, food and love themselves. From Marc Anthony feeding grapes to Cleopatra, to the Aztec Emperor Montezuma drinking 50 cups of chile-
“They’re just not elegant anymore,” my mother sighed. Horseshoes? Elegant? Springfield’s iconic dish that almost inevitably appears on our pubs’ and casual eating establi