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What Chefs Know
To find out what restaurant life is really like, we asked some of the city’s top culinary pros to show us how the sausage gets made. Read more
An Oral History of the Doggy Daycare Van Heist
Interviews by Anne FordPhotography by Jason Little
A stolen Chrysler Town & Country. Six dogs missing in subzero temperatures. One hysterical city. An oral history of the accidental dognapping that captivated Chicago and beyond. Read more
The Man Who’s Taking on Boeing
By Bryan SmithPhotography by Lucy Hewett
The families of the 157 people who died in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 are consumed by grief. Attorney Bob Clifford wants to make the aviation giant pay for their pain. Read more
The Queen of Games
By Rachel BertschePhotography by Jason Little
The messiness of real life (dog pee?) is behind each of Kim Vandenbroucke’s creations. And that’s what’s flung her to the top of a small, goofy, secretive world of game inventors. Read more
What Firefighters Know
Their heroism is the stuff of movies and TV. But what is life really like for the men and women of the Chicago Fire Department? Read more
The Most Interesting Man in Chicago
By Kim BrooksPhotography by Lenny Gilmore
Or at least that’s how Joseph Siprut — lawyer, entrepreneur, producer, actor, wrestler, mixologist, bachelor extraordinaire — would like you to think of him. Read more