Food & Drink

It’s performance art. It’s more than a little quirky. It’s fun but also somewhat disconcerting – something that makes you think. And, above all, it’s delicious. It’s the Enemy Food Truck, the inspiration of Chicago-based artist Michael Rakowitz.  The Enemy Food Truck is just one element of a current exhibition at the University of Chicago’s […]

They’re tiny, oh-so-sophisticated, and utterly delicious: In other words, the perfect ending to a meal or a day of homage to mothers. When I first made petit fours (the name comes from the French words for “small ovens”), what surprised me most was how easy they were to make. True, petit fours aren’t something that […]

“[Do] you really love it?” asked Miss Patty. “Girls nowadays indulge in such exaggerated statements that one never can tell what they do mean. In my young days, a girl did not say she loved turnips, in just the same tone, as she might have said she loved her mother or her Savior.” –From Anne […]

Fresh artichokes aren’t local, even though recently cultivars have been developed for home gardeners outside the Mediterranean-type climate that’s their natural habitat (my attempts at artichoke-growing have been dismal at best). Like strawberries, fresh artichokes are available throughout much of the year in groceries, but they’re at their seasonal best in spring. Edible artichokes are […]

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 cultural contexts in the American Midwest,” has held symposia with such Midwestern themes as “Stuffed” (Sausages), “Sweets,” “Beef” (Following the Cattlemen’s Trail), and Foodways of the […]