If you're not a spaetzle fan, you must not have tried it at these great Chicago spots. more ›

It's a bit surreal to go into a favorite brunch spot after dark. Many of the smells and feelings one associates with the place are gone; there are no joggers in sweats coming in to get coffee, no lines of yuppies crowding the door, and nothing has run out in the kitchen. Julius Meinl is our favorite coffee shop and makes our favorite sandwich, but there is an entire page of the menu that we have always passed over, dismissing it as "too heavy" for breakfast. more ›

We had the pleasure of eating that plate of spätzle (sometimes spelled as spaetzle) you see to the left while in Switzerland recently, alongside a nice pork cutlet. So what is spätzle? more ›