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A dessert with sticky rice, coconut milk and tuna from Habraé restaurant on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, in Forest Park. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Eat. Watch. Do. — Finding McDonald’s Halloween pails and National Scenic Trails

October 13, 2022 at 4:01 p.m.

It's Thursday, Chicago. Have you picked out your Halloween costume yet? If not, we have a list of 22 suggestions that are Chicago-themed and easy to put together yourself. One...

Plear sach koh is thinly sliced sirloin steak tossed with prahok or tuk trei, lime juice, palm sugar, green peppers, fresno, mushrooms, cucumbers, bean sprout, radish
and cabbage and topped with fresh herbs and roasted peanuts at Khmai Cambodian Fine Dining Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, in Rogers Park in Chicago. Sarom Sieng fled Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge genocide, but lost two sons and her husband. Her daughter, Mona Sang, was born in a Thailand refugee camp. Sieng supported her family by working as a private caterer in Chicago. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Eat. Watch. Do. — Flawless Cambodian food, pumpkin patches, plus ‘South Side’ preview

October 6, 2022 at 3:10 p.m.

It's Thursday, Chicago. We're deep into fall and spooky season is well underway. Take advantage with our appropriately themed weekend activities these next few weeks — pumpkin patch plundering, cemetery...

La panadería virtual Masa Madre entrelaza las herencias mexicana y judía de los propietarios con churro babka y challah conchas

September 30, 2022 at 1:23 p.m.

Chicago tiene una buena cantidad de panaderías mexicanas y judías, un testimonio de las comunidades vibrantes que se han asentado aquí a lo largo de los años. Pero una panadería...

From left, Kathy Najimyin, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker in "Hocus Pocus 2," directed by Anne Fletcher.

Unprecedented passport application delays stifle Chicago-area travelers. ‘How many times do they have to keep postponing their honeymoon?’

July 27, 2021 at 1:02 p.m.

As a pandemic newlywed, all Estella Valdez wants to do is join her new husband, family and friends for the Aruba honeymoon they rescheduled for August. But Valdez, 46, can't...

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Eat. Watch. Do. — Finding McDonald’s Halloween pails and National Scenic Trails

Eat. Watch. Do. — Flawless Cambodian food, pumpkin patches, plus ‘South Side’ preview

La panadería virtual Masa Madre entrelaza las herencias mexicana y judía de los propietarios con churro babka y challah conchas

Eat. Watch. Do. — Haunted Midwest sites, ‘Bros’ review, plus Chicago’s best Oktoberfest beer

Virtual bakery Masa Madre intertwines owners’ Mexican and Jewish heritages with churro babka and challah conchas

Eat. Watch. Do. — Chicago apple picking guide, ‘Abbott Elementary’ review, plus Rosh Hashana specials

‘I didn’t know I needed this’: New nonprofit uses yoga to address Black men’s mental health.

Unprecedented passport application delays stifle Chicago-area travelers. ‘How many times do they have to keep postponing their honeymoon?’