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How a Chicago educator uses food to teach science thanks to Pilot Light, a local chef-led nonprofit (opens the original)
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At least once a month, Rita Leary incorporates food into a science lesson at Ashburn Community Elementary School. On a recent Thursday, it was all about honey. Sticky, sweet, viscous, varied in hues of light to dark amber. “Do you guys think it will taste like it smells?” Leary asked her mixed class of sixth, seventh and eighth graders. The goal was to conduct a sensory exploration of honey samples native to Illinois, while hitting a core standard of food education: Food connects us and the food
New report points to worsening hunger crisis in Chicago, with 1 in 3 families facing food insecurity (opens the original)
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A new report released Monday by Chicago’s leading anti-hunger organization indicates a worsening hunger crisis across the city and its surrounding areas, exacerbated by affordability challenges, cuts to assistance programs and economic pressures that are making it harder for families to put food on the table. Data compiled by the Greater Chicago Food Depository as of June 2026 reveals that approximately 417,000 Chicago households, representing about 1 in 3, are currently facing food insecurity —
How a Mexican home baker on Chicago’s southwest side is building a loyal following (opens the original)
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Scottsdale Avenue, on the southwest edge of the city near Burbank, looks like an average Chicago neighborhood — brick houses, two-flats with tiny well-kept yards and kids in the grass soaking up the last days of summer. But on the weekend, crowds assemble along the sidewalk to buy fresh pastries from one of the city’s many home-based bakers. On a recent Thursday, Samaria Pérez, wrapped tightly in a blue apron, was getting started on the base of her croissant dough. It’s one of many baked goods t
Iceman on ‘Hot Ones:’ Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams takes on popular YouTube series’ gauntlet of scorching wings (opens the original)
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Exactly as he would before a two-minute drill, Caleb Williams said he took a deep breath and got a little air out before diving into the lineup of increasingly hot chicken wings on the popular First We Feast YouTube series “Hot Ones.” The Chicago Bears quarterback’s appearance on the show Thursday was a worthy kickoff to the upcoming NFL season, which is just over a week away. “How will the IceMan handle a zero blitz from the world’s hottest wings? I guess only time will tell,” began host Sean E
Food influencer Keith Lee brings aid to Gary, where thousands have been without power for two weeks (opens the original)
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On Monday, widely popular food influencer and philanthropist Keith Lee partnered with the Salvation Army and the city of Gary for a large-scale relief effort in northwest Indiana, where residents have been without power for two grueling weeks following historic weather. Gary residents have been in survival mode after severe storms with winds of up to 100 mph and a derecho swept through the area on Aug. 11, leaving behind uprooted sidewalks, streetlights out of service, snapped trees and debris s
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