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A fire rages in Warlord’s kitchen. This is only partly a metaphor. While three determined chefs bustle about the Avondale restaurant, a literal wood-fueled inferno blazes in the corner of the open kitchen. Flames leap off the wood, licking the sides of the hearth. All the while, heat pumps into the kitchen, drenching the chefs in sweat. Trevor Fleming, Emily Kraszyk and John Lupton don’t seem ...

Oprah Winfrey's former personal chef Art Smith makes seasonal Southern comfort food with Midwestern touches at Reunion on Navy Pier.

Celebrity chef Art Smith is partnering with Niles Mayor George Alpogianis, a restaurateur, in opening Reunion restaurant at Navy Pier.

For a city once dubbed the “Second Croatian Capital,” ithere are very few Croatian restaurants in Chicago. “This is just such an amazing culture with such great, amazing food, and it doesn’t get spotlighted somehow, especially for a city where we have such a big Croatian and Balkan population,” says Joe Flamm, former executive chef at Michelin-starred Spiaggia, “Top Chef” winner and owner of soon-to-open Croatian-Italian restaurant, Rose Mary. According to the 2015 U.S. Census, about 6,000 Cook County residents identify as Croatian, but because Croatia didn’t have political au...