A Fresh Approach to Classic Spring Dining -- California Lamb and Asparagus Star in Warm Spring Salad

NATE STEMEN: Reporter dons gear and becomes firefighter for a day (with videos)

Before last Friday I didn’t know the first thing about the day-to-day life of a Lincoln Park firefighter, apart from the obvious, of course. So, I had no idea what to expect when I walked through the door and came face to face with a wisecracking, prank-pulling engineer named Jayson Milley.

'Nature's Lunchbox' carries message of healthy foods

For years the lunchroom at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum was just a beige box, a place with four blank walls where visitors could get a snack from the vending machines and families or school groups would eat their bagged lunches.

Try a flank steak this Labor Day

It's less expensive -- and more versatile -- than filets, ribeyes and sirloin.

Farmers’ markets stir up summer delights

Farmers’ markets are beginning to pop up all around us, with them all having some of the best, freshest and tastiest produce around. Not much compares to fresh veggies, and I’ve always felt we should take total advantage of the situation by eating homegrown freshness. read more