Uptown Rising

Stellar loaves and more at Baker & Nosh

Devotees of crusty, artisan loaves, take heed: There's a new player in town. The wooden racks at Uptown's new Baker & Nosh are a stunning sight, loaded with loaves of country...

Salad Avec Quinoa

A dish worth imitating: Avec's quinoa-mushroom salad

There's something to be said for a standby that surprises every time. Such is the case with Avec. Nearly every visit to the eight-year-old West Loop restaurant leaves us impressed...

He's Saucy

Cook UrbanBelly-style with Bill Kim's new sauces

Bill Kim doesn't want his sauces to linger on your shelf. "This isn't meant to be a vanity sauce," says the chef of UrbanBelly and Belly Shack. So he's designed his Seoul Sauce...

A Chocolate a Day

Elegant new confections from a former doctor

Heather Johnston took a 180-degree turn to a new vocation after nine years as a pediatrician at the University of Chicago. Now, she is crafting what she likely had been telling...

Brain Food

Lunch and conversation at Re-Thinking Soup

The farm bill, miracle fruit, civil disobedience, fair trade coffee, and soup: What do these things have in common? They're fodder for Re-Thinking Soup, the free weekly lunch and...