A tribute to the French habit of building a meal one stop at a time, across a mile and a half of Evanston: bread, produce, meat, cheese, wine, and chocolate.

Homestead Meats is a butcher shop, but it has also become a place where strangers meet, talk, and share food.

Most butchers are happy to sell you a Tomahawk steak. Don't take it personally if I try to steer you toward something else.

The popular spring chicken sausage started with two fennel bulbs and no plan. A short case for cooking by intuition, not recipes.