Utility tries to bring a new spin on hospitality industry shows, with a focus on independent restaurants
This year, there’s a new restaurant show in town, The Utility Show, a “2-day celebration of everything hospitality."
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Hiking for hops: Chicago couple’s new book uses nature and beer to explore the city
The ultimate takeaway, for the authors, was that just like a park or nature preserve, a brewery or pub can be the center of a community as well.
Leave Chicago’s winter blues behind and think cherry blossom pink with Japanese snacks and drinks
Chicago offers numerous ways to celebrate Japanese food and drink culture, so we rounded up a few suggestions for fun things to do and see during cherry blossom season.
Explore agave spirits through interactive, educational experiences across Mexico
In resort towns across Mexico, the hospitality industry is celebrating all things agave, the sacred native succulent that provides the nectar for tequila, mezcal and other spirits. Agave spirits were...
The secrets to some of Chicago’s finest Italian food are tucked into chef Sarah Grueneberg’s new cookbook
When chef Sarah Grueneberg sat down to write her cookbook, she knew vegetables had to be the star. Growing up in Houston and cooking with her grandparents on their ranch,...
Chicago award-winning baker Greg Wade’s ‘Bread Head’ guides readers on a journey from farm to loaf
In his new book "Bread Head," 34-year-old baker Greg Wade generously offers pages of professional tips and trade secrets he has accumulated over the years working at top Chicago restaurants...
New book from The Violet Hour’s Toby Maloney shows you how to make bar’s most legendary cocktails
In the recipe headnote for the drink Eeyore's Requiem — a complex, nuanced Negroni riff — Toby Maloney, head mixologist and driving force behind Chicago cocktail bar The Violet Hour,...
A taste of home awaits in a hot-pink Spanish countryside manor in coastal Galicia
For a number of culinary-minded Chicagoans, the name Beatnik conjures visions of the tropical, boho-opulent restaurants of Bonhomme Group, whose signature daring, outrageous color schemes are also found at its...
Sugoi Sweets wows with a rainbow of colorful chocolates for Valentine’s Day and beyond
Sugoi is a Japanese word used frequently in pop culture or anime when a character feels awestruck or excited — the equivalent of when an English speaker says "Oh, wow!"...
Chicago cocktail legend Julia Momosé shows you how to make drinks from her native Japan in new book
In her new book "The Way of the Cocktail," Julia Momosé teaches us about Japanese cocktails through the lens of Japanese culture. Momosé, a native of Japan and a self-described...