Make Your Own Pappardelle
Wilson Bauer, chef at East Ukrainian Village’s Flour Power, shows you how to prepare one of his menu staples.
Lynette Smith
Make Rohini Dey’s Seviyan Kheer
This earthy, aromatic dessert is a close relative of rice pudding, and one that conjures up vivid memories for Dey. “I’d eat it chilled after lunch on hot summer afternoons as a school kid, or warm it up for a soothing treat on cold days,” she recalls. The Vermilion restaurant owner and sometime chef, who … Read more
Make Joe Flamm’s Abruzzi Lamb Ragú With Bucatini
“Doing a lamb pasta just made a ton of sense to me,” the Top Chef winner says of this dish, slated for the menu at his soon-to-debut Rose Mary in West Town. That’s because Flamm’s restaurant is a deeply personal homage to forebears and family, and lamb is its spirit animal: It’s long sustained the … Read more
Make Robert Menor’s Pancit Miki
When Menor, chef at Adobo Loko and 8th Street Treats, was growing up in Stockton, California, his family elders would make this Ilokano dish, a specialty of the northern Philippines, for New Year’s and whenever it was cold out. He loved the “hella red” pork and chicken broth with wide egg noodles, rich with bagoong … Read more
Make Roberto Peréz’s Espaguetis
Pérez’s mother made this Puerto Rican comfort food for him as a child. “I didn’t appreciate her espaguetis as a kid, but today I embrace it,” says Pérez, who now teaches his students at Urban Pilón, a Caribbean–Latin American educational initiative that offers virtual cooking classes, how to make the hearty noodle dish. He says … Read more
The Five Best Noodle Dishes in Chinatown
Chicago’s self-proclaimed “chow king,” Titus Ruscitti, canvassed the neighborhood in search of the best bowls. Here are the winners, ranked.
Minahasa Puts Mom’s Recipes on the Menu
A former Gibsons Italia chef and his mom bring Indonesian home cooking to Chicago.
The Lyric Brings the Ring Underground, Literally
The company puts a twist on Wagner in its first drive-through opera.
Taqueria Chingón Will Put Anything in a Taco
The chefs at this new taqueria are tucking some fancy things into tortillas — but they still make a killer al pastor.
Allison Arwady Has a Plan
As a surging pandemic gives way to a rocky vaccine rollout, Chicago’s top doctor has been trying to hammer home a simple message: Keep calm, carry on, and trust the system.