Alpana Singh announces name and address of new wine bar, while Philip Foss and Shin Thompson will host an anti-restaurant week dinner. more ›

Chef Shin Thompson of Bonsoiree is following city health regulations to the letter - but not quite in the way the inspectors intended. more ›

Who to Know: Jim Bube, sales representative at Heritage Wine Cellars more ›

• Hot on the heels of L2O's Beard nomination, Laurent Gras offers recommendations for cookware, appliances, spices and other kitchen essentials for the home cook over. The $279 brick toaster oven with convection from Cuisinart pictured above is among those listed. Also oin the list, a Pasquini Livia 90 semi-auto espresso machine ($1975 at Amazon.com). [men.style.com]
• Sun-Times food editor Janet Rausa Fuller also has some gadget recommendations, but at a more reasonable price range. [Sun-Times]
• Last week it was Pat Bruno, this week Helen Rosner casts a critical glare at Steve Dolinsky. [WBEZ, MP Chicago]

That's how adults trick or treat: with a glass in their hand, holding it out in such a way that says, "This isn't going to re-fill itself." We're going to remind you of some events and start giving you the low down on fun things happening for Halloween. more ›

We've got a Taste of Chicago preview for you later. In the meantime, here are some things around town to check out in the coming days. more ›

Foodandwine.com just announced their "Go To List 2008," where they list their top ten restaurant cities in the world, ten up and coming restaurant cities, and 300 dining destinations around the world. It should come as no surprise that our broad-shouldered city ranked #8. That's behind Tokyo, Paris and New York, but ahead of Stockholm and Vancouver. Credit where credit is due, Vancouver still has better skiing and gentlemens clubs. more ›