We were all set to our selection this week. Then we went to Sheffield's for their Life & Limb release party last night and our original writeup was shot right the hell out of the water. By God do you need to brave slick streets and foul weather — life and limb, some might say — to drink this beer. more ›

Now that the temperatures have dropped and the snow has started to fall, different kinds of cocktails are needed to revive our flagging spirits. Here at Chicagoist cocktail labs, winter cocktails have always been our favorite, and this concoction is no exception. more ›

We're at home today fighting a cold and trying to take things easy. The last thing we need is to become violently ill reading a newspaper. Yet that's almost what happened when we read this story in today's Tribune by reporter Lauren Viera, endorsing the Master Cleanse fasting plan. more ›

Birds Of Avalon's debut, Bazaar Bazaar, hits so many sonic reference points it can tend to be an exhilerating and dizzying experience at first. It sounds like Sloan gone psych. No, it sounds like Led Zeppelin gone pop. No, that's not quite it either. Black Sabbath meets The Beatles? more ›

Mmm, breakfast, what a great idea. When Chicagoist was growing up we made pancakes or biscuits almost every Saturday. We played around a fair amount with the ratios and ingredients of our batter; sometimes we would have green pancakes (not so good), other times we put the maple syrup right in the batter (really excellent). You name an ingredient, and there's a good possibility that we threw it into batter at least once (OK, not any ingredient). This weekend we made white chocolate chip pancakes, and they're a great beginning pancake. If you have kids, or are still a kid (at heart), then you should make this recipe for a special Saturday (or Sunday, though we think Sundays are truly for dim sum) breakfast. more ›