A few weeks ago, I was looking up waffles for dinner for some reason (maybe a formal justification of one of my…

These past few years have seen an increase in activism: more petitions, more protests, some leading to real change.…

Is organic food healthier than regular food? And if so, does that mean an organic candy bar is healthier than a…

Coffee, as we all know, is the substance that gives us life. Where would we be without it? Now a company in Colombia…

As I grow older and begin worrying about my mortality, I understand why people have children: who else will bother…

One of the nicest things to drink on a cold winter night is hot buttered rum. In the Beforetimes, on quiet…

Now that indoor dining has resumed in Chicago (at 25% capacity), it’s time for new gimmicky restaurant concepts!…

There are few forces in this world more powerful than a fandom. When its members turn out fully costumed and…

The Jewish holiday of Purim is coming up in a couple of weeks, which means that it’s time for hamantaschen! These tri…

We have reached the end of our inaugural Pizza Week, and I hope by this time, you will have succumbed to temptation…

I don’t know when I’ll feel safe enough to go back to a bar. But this morning I discovered the website I Miss My Bar.…

A few years ago during a polar vortex, I saw steam rolling off the Chicago River and feared we were at the end of…

When I was growing up, my family lived in fear of the demon Cholesterol. That was because my father had an inflated…

Diet Coke addictions are real. Oh, you think, it’s a legal substance, you can buy it at the supermarket, it’s given…

Ever since we caught wind that Matthew McConaughey was going to star in a Doritos Super Bowl commercial as a…

It’s Monday, which means that it’s a good day to eat some red beans and rice. Not just because it’s…

Early yesterday morning, Newsmax host and self-described beauty influencer Greg Kelly (pronouns he/him/The Big Buy)…

In case you’re wondering, Stephen Miller, former senior policy advisor to Donald Trump, is the kind of restaurant…

The James Beard Cookbook is probably the best-known work of the Dean of American Cookery (later Gastronomy), but it…

There is a mystical connection between sporting events and chicken wings. I’m not sure why this is. Maybe it’s…