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ARABIAN LAMB PIES

Although familiar comforts like mac and cheese, chili, and slow roasts can bring warmth on cold winter nights, now and then I like to spice things up at the dinner table with something more exotic. These little pies do just that. Seasoned with bzar, an Emirati mixture of ten spices that has an almost garam

PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER

One evening, many Thanksgivings ago, my great Uncle Nick pulled me aside and dispensed one of the most valuable pieces of drunken advice I’ve ever received. Never, he said, eat a sit-down meal anywhere that you can pump gas, rent bowling shoes, or play 18 holes of golf. Smart man, my Uncle Nick. Turned out

FULL CIRCLE

Situated in the center of downtown Evanston, LeTour is a jewel in the crown of North Shore dining options. A collaboration between longtime Evanston resident and restaurateur Amy Morton and James Beard Award-winning chef Debbie Gold, the brasserie shifts from the steak focus of Morton’s restaurant-family legacy to a lighter, Moroccan-accented menu in an effervescent

CON MUCHO GUSTO

Nestled amidst Costa Rica’s lush tropical landscape and the Papagayo Peninsula’s black beaches is the Villa Avellana. The privately owned villa is buy-out only and is designed for multi-generational families, wellness retreats, or fun-filled vacations with friends. The property perfectly combines the service, quality, and scale of a boutique hotel with the intimacy of a

OVEN-BARBECUED WILD BOAR RIBS

Turkey may be de rigueur for Thanksgiving, but when our publisher, John Conatser, sits down with his family for a holiday meal, wild boar will be the main course. “For Thanksgiving and other special meals, we only eat wild game we’ve hunted,” says Conatser, who brought home a Russian boar from his latest hunting expedition—this

MANOR BORN

For the next 24 hours, you will be addressed as English nobility. In this case, a Lady, but Lord is another option, or perhaps Duke or Countess. And as perplexing as that might sound, when you’ve just checked in to the Deer Path Inn—noshing on a delicious cake left just for you, reviewing a decadent

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