Health • Food

Chicago goes all out when it comes to celebrating the holiday season, with spectacular light displays, parades and theatrical productions.The...

Big, small, soft, hard, there’s no such thing as a wrong matzo ball. According to Shelli Azoff, co-owner of the...

My colleague Jeff Amlotte makes excellent lasagna. It’s in the vein of the 9 x 13 pans my mother used...

While perhaps not quite meeting the breakneck production pace of Santa’s elves, we at the Chicago Tribune have been merrily...

Why would a barbecue restaurant not serve ribs in Chicago? “I think rib tips represent Chicago-style barbecue,” said Dominique Leach,...

Chef Brian Bruns at Dorothy's Bistro in Logan Square on Oct. 13, 2022. (E. Jason Wambsgans / Chicago Tribune) Brian...

It has been the annual December tradition for Tribune critics and writers to mark the places and people and things...

A potful of tamales at Aracely’s Bakery on Dec. 20, 2022, in Franklin Park. The bakery celebrated 40 years in...

Hanukkah, a.k.a. major brisket season, is here. A classic Jewish holiday food, brisket is a cinch to prepare and a...

I’m sure you’ve seen the wonderful — and wonderfully easy — bar cookies that Times cooking columnist Ben Mims developed...