We've been waiting for a warm day to make cool drink from Mercat a la Planxa. Let the rum drinking begin! more ›

If you make something with pork and pineapple and call all your friends up and invite them over for dinner for "porky-pine" and they show up and you are not, in fact, cooking a porcupine, they are going to be hella pissed. They will not think you are cute for your clever play on words. We know this from experience. We've been trying to get people to think we are cute for years. The best you can do is to set the hot pork on the table and quickly back away. more ›

Cold, frosty days are looming ahead with no end in sight, but you can bring a little tropical flavor into your life with a few easy ingredients that are readily available, even in winter. Blast some reggae on your kitchen radio and imagine the warmer days to come. Chicagoist’s Cayenne-Rubbed Flank Steak and Pineapple Chutney (serves two to three) more ›

We love our grill and it's not just for meat anymore. We served up grilled pineapple with big scoops of vanilla ice cream to top off our last barbecue and it proved to be a winner. We also grilled some white peaches but found that the pineapple was the hands down favorite as the ripe peaches were just a little too soft. more ›