Do you have a favorite holiday cookie? ‘Tis the season for holiday cookie exchanges, where friends get together to swap recipes in preparation for the year’s busiest baking season. Participants take away their favorite cookie recipes to add to their repertoires at home. We set out to find the best homemade cookies in Chicago. more ›

With the city being overrun by holiday bar crawls, it might be difficult to walk the streets this weekend without being accosted by a drunk dude in holiday vest or run over by a Santa in a hazmat suit. Throw on your best Cosby sweater and enjoy any or all of these weekend delights.... more ›

Certain holiday cookies evoke memories of childhood. Chocolate Crinkles are one particular cookie that does that for Chicagoist. They're kind of like a cookie brownie, if you can imagine. [Ed note: Oh, can I.] Join us, won't you, as we whip up a batch. What You Need 1 cup cocoa 1/2 cup vegetable oil 2 cups granulated sugar 4 eggs 2 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 2 teaspoons vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt Combine ingredients,... more ›

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You know those hip "Truth" ads that pit urban, activist youths with attitudes against the evil old white men of tobacco? (Doesn't the government subsidize tobacco farms?) Last year one of the group's commercials was for joke product "ShardsO'Glass Freezer Pops" and at the end it said "What if all companies sold products like tobacco." Apparently hip, urban, activist youths don't know about question marks. more ›