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Let’s Eat: Truth Italian New Brunch Menu

    Truth Italian Restaurant, located at 56 East Pershing Road in Bronzeville, has been serving phenomenal Italian dishes for the past five years.  Miss Coretta...

Let’s Eat: D&D’s Place Old-Fashioned Donuts 

    Everyone loves a good donut. Donuts have become a part of the fabric of American society. It is commonplace to find them at the office as sidekick...

Let’s Eat: 5 Loaves Eatery

    Connie Simms-Kincaid of  5 Loaves Eatery, located in Chicago’s South Side Chatham Neighborhood at 405 East 75th Street, told us, “5 Loaves doesn’t necessarily...

Let’s Eat: Taste of Black Chicago

  The City of Chicago is one of the best summertime cities in the country. Chicago has great beaches, a museum campus that is second...

The Vegan Trend: Why so many people are changing their diets.

  What do Russell Simmons, Lisa Bonet, Brandy, Keenen Ivory Wayans and Angela Bassett all have in common? They are all either vegan or vegetarian....

Women's History Month comes to a close with Let's Eat

Black women are the fastest growing group of entrepreneurs in America.  Despite the lack of venture capital, they are knocking down institutional barriers and...

Get your grub on in Chicago (and the suburbs) this July 4th

No 4th of July is complete without fireworks, parades -- or grub. And not just any grub, but the best grub a city has...

Black-owned eatery has best brunch in Chicago!

Starex Smith, aka “The Hungry Black Man,” toured many great Black-owned Chicago eateries with his team from Miami. My favorite brunch spot in all of...

The Hungry Black Man: Bear Down BBQ Review

Starex Smith, aka "The Hungry Black Man," toured many great Black-owned Chicago eateries with his team from Miami. He says Bear Down BBQ is...

Hearty chorizo soup that’s easily made vegetarian

This hearty soup from Ross Dobson’s “Wholesome Kitchen” is easily made vegetarian. Dobson suggests simply replacing the chorizo with 2 cups of sliced mushrooms and cooking as directed. You also can stir in some baby spinach at the end.