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With kids home from school this week, a lot of us are baking. And if sweets are on the menu, that often means reaching for vanilla. That would be extract…...

A croissant doughnut is flaky like a croissant and sweet like a doughnut. Sounds too good to be true? Try these recipes to taste for yourself!

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S'mores might seem like a simple thing to make, but with some tricks you can get them just right. The pros shared their best tips for how to make s'mores.

Boka Restaurant Group/Anthony Tahlier Bellemore, the West Loop restaurant on the corner of Randolph and Jefferson streets, where chef Jimmy Papadopoulos wowed diners with decadent dishes such as oyster pie topped with caviar is no more. The space, silent for months since the pandemic began, will soon welcome a new and more casual restaurant from the same ownership. Boka Restaurant Group has announced Alla Vita, a “neighborhood Italian-American restaurant,” is set for a mid-summer opening at...

Alla Vita will serve up pizzas, pastas and more. It replaces Bellemore, another restaurant that was a casualty of the pandemic.

Our food editor’s personal picks offer casual sophistication for hearth and home Joan Nathans savory brisket recipe is a riff on the one her mother used to make. (Evi Abeler) By Dec 23, 2020 It’s unanimous: Everyone I’ve spoken with was happy to stay home for Thanksgiving. No, Aunt Betsy, it’s...