A great African-American jazz musician channeling one of the finest Yiddish comedians of the Borscht Belt? There hasn't been anything like it since Slim Gaillard recorded "Matzoh Balls"! The early show is already sold out, bubelehs, so sign up quick so you shouldn't miss the late show.

According to the people who make up such things, Nov. 14 is National Guacamole Day! Zocalo in River North celebrates with a week of guac specials, and shares recipes for three different kinds.

While Chicago boasts a wealth of ethnic eating and shopping opportunities, none are quite so evocative of another world as Chinatown. A living and working neighborhood, Chicago's Chinatown and its adjacent neighborhoods are home to over a third of the city's Chinese-American population, which numbered more than 32,000 in 2000.

In the pizza capital of American, who opens a franchise serving pizza that, apparently, is based on the taste of Texans?

Ann McGregor's delicious musical menu includes such numbers as “Mango,” “Tacos, Enchiladas and Beans,” “Shoo-fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdy,” “Sweet Kentucky Ham” and “In a Restaurant b