The steps to making a great lasagna come down to three essential components: Noodles, sauce, cheese. Here's how to save work for each.

More and more fancy pork rinds are hitting the market ? and restaurant menus ? thanks to paleo and keto diet trends.

Fans will have a little more than a month to say goodbye to the Chicago chocolate stalwart and purchase Valentine?s Day chocolates at the Kinzie Street site.

The 13th annual Chicago Restaurant Week begins Jan. 24; Phil Vettel picks the restaurants you shouldn't miss.

Phase Three Brewing, a tiny operation specializing in the fashionable hazy style of India pale ale, will take over Lake Zurich Brewing.

Ina Pinkney begins this year with a magical place, a corner cafe that has added flavors from Venezuela, and an old standby that we shouldn?t forget.

Avanzare, an Italian restaurant in Lombard with deep Chicago roots, offers a standard menu with high-standard execution.

After South Africa's decision to decriminalize the personal use and cultivation of cannabis, concerns rise over inequality ahead of potential boom.

Places to get your drink on for not a ton of cash.

Some Daily Press reporters talk about their favorite s'mores combinations in time for National S'mores Day on Aug. 10, 2016.