Back off, red hair enthusiasts. We’re talking about real fresh ginger today. If your regular steak marinade or seasoning is boring you, we have your cure right here, lover. This ginger and whiskey marinade goes especially well on steak, but could be used on poultry or other meats too. Control the heat by adding more or less jalapeno to your taste. more ›

Let's generalize, shall we? Bison, as a class, want you to eat them. If they didn't, then why would they be so delicious? Their meat is similar to beef, but a little bit sweeter, and in this writer's opinion, more tender. There's a misconception floating around that bison is gamey. Bison was gamey, perhaps, when hoards of bison roamed the great plains of America and they were foraging and galloping and eating all kinds of weird stuff that they found. Now, almost all the wild bison are gone and they're just raised on farms for human consumption. Which means they are being fed with grass and grains, which in turn means that bison does not taste gamey. more ›

Summer in Chicago is a fickle mistress. It just so happens that it's hot this week, so let's hurry up and get some hot-weather food cooking. It'll probs start snowing next week anyway, so don't put your one-piece snowsuit, dibs chair, and crockpot too far back into the closet just yet. In the meantime, celebrate this heat, don your bikini, and try our spicy tequila shrimp for dinner. The cilantro-lime sauce we pair it with is a versatile option for just about any grilled meat or vegetable, and the citrusy kick is just what you need on a hot summer evening. Refrigerate the sauce in a tightly sealed container and it will keep for about a week. more ›

It's getting hot out there, and that means it's time to start cooking outside again. And no, we don't mean hotdogs over a garbage can fire, despite how fun that sounds. We mean grilling! You can do this on a George Foreman too, but wouldn't it be nicer to stand outside in the warm Chicago sunlight, beer in hand, filling your neighborhood with the smell of warm, soft bread and seared cow meat? Your neighbors will love you. more ›

Ah, the Gimlet. The classic drink of tropical breezes, summer heat and sunny days. Why, you may ask, are we featuring it now? When it's 30 degrees and there's a freezing rain advisory, we need all the hints of summer we can get. All you need is a lime - suddenly you feel warm all over again. more ›

Cinco de Mayo is just around the bend so we'd like to introduce you to an old friend of ours, El Diablo. You may already know his foreign cousin, Suffering Bastard. El Diablo comes off as the quiet younger brother to his more popular sister Margarita, but he's no shrinking violet. He's at his best during the long, hot days and nights of summer. We guarantee that you'll want to invite him to your barbecues and picnics again and again. more ›