Renee Enna

WineStyles Main Street at Seven Bridges 6430 Main St., Suite 100, Woodridge 630-241-9463 winestyles.net/sevenbridges Summer hours: 3-7 p.m. Mon.; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tues.-Fri.; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Sat. Closed Sun. Choose...

Saturdays and summer: What a winning combination. The two often meet at Arlington Park, with its made-to-order opportunities for grabbing a tan, admiring the racehorses, and maybe even accruing a...

Did you know? Rapini's appearance can deliver clues to its flavor. The jagged leaves mirror its sharp taste, and the tiny clusters of florets reflect its membership in the broccoli...

Need a crash course in food? Lorraine Bodger has corralled all sorts of facts and essays of varying lengths and topics in "Eater's Digest: 400 Delectable Readings About Food and...

Need a crash course in food? Lorraine Bodger has corralled all sorts of facts and essays of varying lengths and topics in "Eater's Digest: 400 Delectable Readings About Food and...

Gelato The perfect scoop: Coconut Where you can find it: Cafe Descartes, 111 E. Wacker Drive; 312-565-2557 Value: $2.99 for a single, hefty scoop. Why we love it: The dozen...

Did you know? Kohlrabi is so darned odd looking. With those sinewy tendrils emerging from its bulbous base, it sort of looks like a Vegetable Martian. Relax, Earthling. Kohlrabi (coal-RAH-bee)...

Did you know? Sorrel (SORE-el), sadly unfamiliar to most Americans, has a noble culinary history. It was a fixture in 18th Century Europe, William Woys Weaver writes in "100 Vegetables...

"Vegetable Love" By Barbara Kafka with Christopher Styler (Artisan, $35) WHAT IT IS: This 708-page tome is touted by its publishers as "the definitive work on preparing vegetables." To be...

"Joy of Cooking," move over. There's a new book in town. OK, so maybe "The Twinkies Cookbook" (Ten Speed, $12.95) won't be replacing the culinary classic for anyone but die-hard...