food

“Sometimes when you’re going down—when a dish doesn’t work out the way you want it to—you have to keep a smile on your face.”

There might be no such thing as a fountain of youth, but ice cream sure makes you feel young again.

Including the Cuban Slide panini from Chilly Water Brewing Co.

Even if you’re a native of the Windy City, these 25 ideas make it possible to play tourist in your home city.

A hilly spot with a skyline view perfect for watching the Fourth of July fireworks over downtown, and the edge Flat 12 Bierwerks has on Sun King.

There is nothing delicate or first date–friendly about eating chilaquiles at a bar, but it’s hard to stop shoveling in bites of it, especially if you scoop it up between sips of fruity, frothy Piña Rosada.

Including the grilled Idaho ruby trout at Peterson’s.

Adapted from The Joy of Pickling, with an important note on dill substitution.

A how-to on performing this classic kitchen feat safely and simply.

Sixteen choices of beef, chicken, lamb, and pork speak for themselves, minimally seasoned and cooked to melt-in-the-mouth succulence.

Bembenick built upon her skill set at companies such as Frito-Lay, where she worked as a third-shift production manager. “Twice a shift, we had to taste all of the products. At first, that sounded like a wonderful idea.”

She opened The Flying Cupcake in 2007. Now, the confectionery expert prefers to whip up indulgent treats at her northside abode in this dreamy space.

Question: If you could press a button and make one Indy thing vanish forever, which would you choose?

The annual event, put on by a Christ Church Cathedral women’s group, is more than an excuse to take your lunch break an hour earlier. It’s an exercise in Hoosier hospitality.

As consulting chef, Carlos Salazar assembled a menu of modified Southern dishes that are surprisingly complex for the bar-centric format.