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Behind the scenes at the 2013 International Home + Housewares Show in Chicago.

Unrelated observations regarding avocados, adult-baby interactions and 'girlfriends.'

Martha Bayne explores the social role of soup and its history as a tool for both building community and fostering social justice. She launched Soup & Bread, a free community meal and hunger-relief fundraiser, at the Chicago bar The Hideout in 2009.

What makes a restaurant top? And what defines a restaurant as Italian?

The best food and drink events this week include the National Maple Syrup Festival, not in Vermont or even Quebec, but the tiny town of Medora, population 704, in southern Indiana.

It's National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Educate yourself on societal misconceptions of weight, body image and the idea of thinness as physical perfection.  

Muskrat does indeed get some love, from community suppers to the Catholic church.