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Our Most Popular Recipes from 2023

Sure, some of the most viewed recipes we published this year are summery, but don't let that stop you from making them now and imagining the warm months!

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Flying Flapjacks from 'Donkey Hodie'

This easy and fun recipe is a perfect introduction to measuring, mixing, and pouring to help your child gain confidence in their kitchen skills.

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A Ukrainian Cider Recipe for the Holidays from a Respected Chicago Chef

Uzvar is a cider of dried fruits and nuts typically served around the holidays in Ukraine. Chef Johnny Clark, who recently opened a Ukrainian restaurant and named it after his grandma, Anelya, shared a recipe for the warming drink.

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A Simple Gnocchi Recipe to Celebrate 25 Years of Lidia Bastianich on Public Television

In a new special celebrating Lidia Bastianich's 25 years teaching Italian recipes on public television, she makes gnocchi with her grandchildren, just as she did years ago on her shows. Try her simple recipe.

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Teach Your Kid Math with Cupcakes

As you bake and decorate a delicious honey cake in this activity from PBS KIDS, look for all the ways you use math.

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A Kid-Friendly Fruitcake Recipe

Fruitcake may be a polarizing holiday dish, but if you make it fresh at home with your children, it can become a memorable new tradition – and it's easily customizable in terms of what fruit and nuts you include in it.

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Food Stories

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"It's Now or Never": A Chicago Chef Embraces His Ukrainian Heritage in a New Restaurant

Johnny Clark began exploring Ukrainian cuisine during the pandemic and after the Russian invasion, and has now opened a Ukrainian restaurant that he named after his grandma.

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A Guide to the Unique, Colorful World of Indian Sweets

Sugar was first refined in India, and the country consumes more sugar than any other. Indian sweets or mithai are unlike anything else in their variety, flavors, and prepartion, but they are little-known in the West.

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Cooking Shows to Help You Through the Holidays

We've got plenty of holiday specials from food shows, as well as some shows that just have great recipes for the holidays, for you to stream this holiday season.

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A Frontera Grill Chef on What It's Like to Win 'Chopped'

Javauneeka Jacobs, the sous chef at Rick Bayless' Frontera Grill, won the first round of a Julia-themed competition on the Food Network show Chopped. She told us what it's like to be on the high-stress show.

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Chicago is ‘On the Brink’ of Becoming a Sake Town. This Bottle Shop Wants to Take it To the Next Level

“I feel like Chicago is on the brink" of offering more traditional Japanese cuisine and beverages, says Jun-Jun Vichaikul, one of the owners of Konbini & Kanpai, a Lakeview bottleshop that celebrates sake, shochu, and other Japanese spirits.

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Planning Your Thanksgiving Menu? Add These Recipes to Your List for Something Different

Thanksgiving is upon us, so it’s the perfect time to revisit some recipes that will add something a little different to your holiday table.

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Food Series

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Check, Please!

The Emmy-winning local restaurant review series from WTTW Chicago features host, master sommelier, and restaurateur Alpana Singh sitting down with three “regular person” guest reviewers as they compare notes on their experiences at three Chicago-area eateries.

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Chefs Off the Clock

Discover the ways Chicago’s celebrity chefs unwind after they clock out of the kitchen. Get to know another side of these interesting personalities who — while known for their passion and work ethic in the kitchen — are fascinating and passionate people in their personal lives as well.

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FOODPHILES

Meet the people who feed you. This digital takes you into the kitchen, behind the bar, and into the field to introduce you to a chef or restaurateur who prepares food and libations as they share their personal stories and insights about the meaning of their work, how they got into the hospitality business, and why they have such a passion for what they do.

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Foods of Chicago

Join Geoffrey Baer as he plays both taste tester and tour guide, exploring the little-known stories behind Chicago's favorite foods! Along this delectable journey, learn how the Chicago-style hot dog came into being, discover the connection between Al Capone and Jay's Potato Chips, take a tour down Chicago's New Maxwell Street Market, learn about the birth of the classic SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE "cheezborger" routine from the Billy Goat tavern, and so much more!

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Dishalicious

This cooking demonstration program filmed before a live audience in WTTW's Grainger Studio is hosted by Sarah Grueneberg, James Beard award-winning chef/owner of Chicago's Monteverde and runner-up on "Iron Chef" and "Iron Chef Gauntlet." Each week, Sarah is joined by three extraordinary local chefs who band together to prepare a unique meal.

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Food Thoughts

Healthy eating and food education are essential to preparing the very youngest members of our community for school and life. Pilot Light and WTTW team up to encourage healthy eating with FOOD THOUGHTS, an animated series of videos for kids and families. Puppy chef host “Puprika” joins a diverse group of children and families to visit their homes, gardens, farms, and schools.

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