Recipes on the internet are like a nasty cold virus on a school bus, or a David Hasselhoff song in Germany: they get to you, no matter how much Theraflu you ingest or used record stores you frequent. Months ago, we heard about and then read Mark Bittman's New York Times article about a new way to make bread. As you may, or may not, recall we don't consider ourselves very proficient when it... more ›

Toots L’Amour performs locally with the Lavender Cabaret and was the subject of a Chicagoist interview once upon a time. And speaking of once upon a time, L’Amour took to the NBC stage last night dressed, temporarily, as Snow White before beginning a burlesque striptease routine that would make a bulldog hug a hound. more ›