Mix Master

Palau, pakoras and more Indian classics from Kaveli

We'd love to learn the culinary ropes at the side of an Indian matriarch. So we turn to a close second: Elizabeth Chawla, whose Kaveli cooking mixes are born from years cooking...

Click It

Local food, delivered fast

We happily traverse the city to stock our kitchen when time allows, snagging meat from a 100-year-old butcher in Lincoln Park and fresh pappardelle from a West Town pasta...

The Jar Star Speaks

Preserving guru Paul Virant shares his secrets

You don’t have to be a canning fiend to appreciate Paul Virant’s new cookbook, The Preservation Kitchen ($21). The chef of Perennial Virant and Vie is known for his...

Plan of Attack

A dinner-party game plan at the new Half Italian Grocer

Want to craft a Mediterranean dinner party on the fly? Head to Logan Square’s new Half Italian Grocer, a market and sandwich shop stocked with the makings of an effortlessly...

Double Trouble

Go to Bang Bang for pie, but don't leave without a biscuit

There are plenty of steaming, golden-brown baked goods at Bang Bang, but we're most excited about the biscuits. The new Logan Square pie shop from the duo that ran the pie truck...

Bespoke Bratwursts

Cook Markethouse sausages for dinner tonight

Scott Walton is no dilettante. Over the past few years, the chef of Markethouse built one of the city's most productive restaurant gardens. River East, Gold Coast and Downtown...