Dining Articles

Based in Bloomington, Siegel decided to cut out the middlemen of the grocery industry and get the ingredients for his packaged heat-and-eat breakfasts straight from the source: family farms.

From bourbon-drenched cherries to lychee shrubs, cocktail garnishes go the handcrafted way.

Baker Jennifer Wiese created a gluten- and dairy-free line of baked goods.

For dessert at The Legend, order two warmed cookies and pop for a scoop of ice cream (cross your fingers it’s Graham Central Station, as sweet and cinnamony as a Yankee Candle).

Sonja and Alex Overhiser spend a lot of time in their kitchen, creating whole-food recipes that jibe with their all-natural, “flexitarian” (modified vegetarian) lifestyle.

Best Buffets of the city: India Garden, El Puerto De San Blas, Thai Taste, Barcelona Tapas, and Judge’s Bar-B-Que.

If one of the $5 froufrou cocktails at Palomino doesn’t immediately take the edge off of your day, you probably just need to get some food in your stomach.

For one, turn those little white boxes of take-home Chinese rice languishing in the back of the refrigerator into a comforting yet elegant dessert.

Wine advice from Trad Ireland at Fleming’s, Late Harvest Kitchen’s Ryan Nelson, and Denis Lynch at Vine & Table Gourmet Market.

Visit the Alexander hotel’s stunning Cerulean restaurant during its quiet lunch run, when Caleb France’s molecular gastronomy is pared down to bento-box proportions.

The kitchen churns out macaroni and cheese from scratch, smothered pork chops, boiled cabbage, banana pudding, and hunks of iced cake. There’s even Kool-Aid to wash it all down.

Maxine’s standard down-home recipe begins with peaches cooked with butter, sugar, nutmeg, and vanilla. That and three more takes on the treat here.

A San Francisco native opens an ice cream shop that doubles as a family-friendly hangout.

Brandon Canfield’s scaled-down creations highlighting the farm’s cheeses and whey-fed pork might not be as daring as dishes he wielded at his previous locations, but his skill at making a restrained palette of ingredients shine is evident.

Great weekly deals at: Tex-Mex, Slippery Noodle Inn, Colts Grille and more.