The closest place to get a latté in my ‘hood is Starbucks. I know many people think Starbucks is the devil, but I personally don’t have a problem with the brand. Sure, if given the choice of major coffee houses I choose Second Cup (support Canadian!), but if the best walking distance espresso is the [...]

Note: This is part of the 12 in 12 series, where I attempt to sample twelve new restaurants, one each month, over the course of one year.
Forget for a moment all the hubbub about Sushi Row in the annex, there’s a fiercer fight further west down the subway line.
Yama versus Yumi Sushi.
Let’s get one thing [...]

I wasn’t exposed to a lot of culinary achievement growing up in the suburbs of Chicago. Sure, there was the occasional pot of homemade chili or pot roast, but for the most part, dinner was strictly – how do I put this delicately? – American.
As such, one staple in our house was the pot pie, [...]

This just in, young vegetarians are more likely to report having been afflicted by an eating disorder than their meat-eating counterparts, according to the Journal of the American Dietetic Association.
The study, which consisted of both men and women, suggests that while vegetarians had healthier diets and were less likely to be obese, they also were [...]