Kevin Coval: Yes We Can And Sometimes We Won't (HuffingtonPost)

This is the burden of Chicago. The great paradox: we have a president-elect and a governor to evict. A city that works and neighborhoods where work is harder to come by. Food deserts and top chefs, Gold Coasts and Lawndales.

Start the New Year with Butter? (Kansas City InfoZine)

By Dana Jacobi - Why, you ask, would I encourage you to start the New Year enjoying butter when this column aims for healthful food advice?

10 techniques every cook should know (Belleville News-Democrat)

Trained chefs fold fearlessly, braise boldly, and temper without trepidation. These are the sorts of kitchen techniques that shape the pros' culinary language.

Toast the New Year with cocktails or mocktails -- it's time to celebrate! (Detroit News)

The chefs at the Culinary Institute of America have come up with some great cocktail ideas for you to have a New Year's Eve to remember.

Chef's Choice: (The Capital)

When Prohibition ended in 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt quipped, "What America needs now is a drink." Today, facing the most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression, it's safe to say many Americans could certainly use a drink or two.