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  • Merry Fistmas!

    Merry Fistmas!
    2025/12/22
    https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7870255/7870255_2025-12-22-155255.64kmono.mp3 To understand why Revolution Brewing named its Christmas beer “Fistmas,” look no further than the company’s logo: a raised fist. “Craft beer is nothing short of a revolution,” says the founder, CEO, and self-described Chairman of the Party, Josh Deth. In the audio clip above, he tells WGN’s Steve Alexander, “When we came along, […]
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  • The experts were wrong about food allergens

    The experts were wrong about food allergens
    2025/12/19
    https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7867669/7867669_2025-12-19-164709.64kmono.mp3 Remember those kids birthday parties where you had to be sooooo careful about serving your child’s friends anything containing peanuts? The allergies were real. The scientific advice to deal with allergens by total avoidance, it turns out, was wrong. Around the turn of the century, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommended delaying exposing babies and […]
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  • It’s a shoe made with pancake syrup

    It’s a shoe made with pancake syrup
    2025/12/16
    https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7861990/7861990_2025-12-16-222730.64kmono.mp3 When you think of Denny’s, the breakfast served 24/7, the Grand Slam, or the cleverly named breakfast sandwich “Moons Over My Hammy” probably stand out. Any time, day or night, Denny’s is there to sate your appetite. What you don’t think of when you think of Denny’s, and what I’m confident Harold Butler and Richard […]
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  • What turned the season around for the Bears? Croissants.

    What turned the season around for the Bears? Croissants.
    2025/12/08
    https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7846670/7846670_2025-12-08-013910.64kmono.mp3 Until Sunday’s loss at Green Bay, the Bears had won eight in a row. Is it a coincidence that the Bears began their winning streak after the co-owners and operators of Kneads and Wants, a Skokie bakery, were featured as a Chicago Bears Small Business All-Pro? Perhaps, but Madeleine England, who runs the bakery […]
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  • Rich Labriola carries the legacy of Stan’s Donuts in the Chicagoland area

    Rich Labriola carries the legacy of Stan’s Donuts in the Chicagoland area
    2025/11/05
    Stan’s Donuts began in Los Angeles in 1963, after founder Stan Berman moved there in 1954 and opened the first location in Westwood. After forming a friendship and partnership, Rich Labriola of Labriola Baking Company opened the first Chicago location in 2014, and now owns and operates 17 Chicago area locations. For a National Donut […]
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  • Study: Chicago women need more omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy

    Study: Chicago women need more omega-3 fatty acids during pregnancy
    2025/10/28
    https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7785455/7785455_2025-10-28-222955.64kmono.mp3 We hear a lot about omega-3 fatty acids and most of what we hear is that we don’t get enough of them in our diets. In the audio clip above, Dr. Daniel Robinson, an associate professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, and an attending physician in the Division of Neonatology […]
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  • She’s the World Champion Cheesemonger

    She’s the World Champion Cheesemonger
    2025/10/24
    https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7778825/7778825_2025-10-23-231225.64kmono.mp3 As a child, Emilia D’Albero loved cheese. Most kids do, but few take it as far as she did, all the way to the “Olympics of Cheese” — the Mondial du Fromage, a biennial event held in Tours, France, that combines a trade show for dairy professionals with a juried cheese tasting and the […]
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  • The farmer with the pink hat

    The farmer with the pink hat
    2025/10/16
    https://serve.castfire.com/audio/7765758/7765758_2025-10-16-171158.64kmono.mp3 Sunday, October 12, was National Farmer’s Day in the United States. Traditionally, when people think “farmer,” they don’t think of a woman. “It’s usually expected that it’s her husband, or her father, or her brother,” says Kate Huffman. Not in her case. She owns two farms, and was recently honored by the Illinois Farm […]
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