T.F. North students win culinary competition

Kayla Adams and Arianna Williams are shown with their first-place medals won at the recent culinary arts competition at Kendall College in Chicago.

T.F. North students win culinary competition

CALUMET CITY | Thornton Fractional North High School students Kayla Adams and Arianna Williams won first place in the Ready … Set … Cook competition on Feb. 20.

St. James Manor & Villas hosts 2013 Culinary Olympics

CRETE | St. James Manor & Villas, 1251 E. Richton Road, invites the community to attend the Trilogy Health Services Northern Division Culinary Olympics, hosted by St. James Manor & Villas at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the campus chapel.

Mom becoming more adventurous cook

Terri Edmunds poses inside her home in Naperville, Ill. In the past year, Edmunds — who was diagnosed with diabetes at age 10 — says, she's become more adventurous with ingredients and technique and credits the challenge in a cooking competition with giving her confidence to try new things.

Mom becoming more adventurous cook

Terri Edmunds, of Naperville, Ill., prepares her Duchess potatoes.

Bloom Trail culinary arts students bake holiday pies

STEGER | Students in the advanced culinary arts class at Bloom Trail High School baked 90 holiday pies as a classroom learning experience.

Bloom Trail culinary arts students bake holiday pies

Bloom Trail senior Tim Perry places pies in the oven for baking.

Bloom Trail culinary arts students bake holiday pies

Bloom Trail High School students, from left, Leslie Walk, Destiny Ward and Leneta Howard, all seniors, prepare pie crusts.

Culinary Arts teams taste state competition

CROWN POINT | Crown Point High School's ProStart Culinary Arts teams came home with some of the top awards from recent state competition.

ProStart Culinary Arts Teams Taste State Competition

CROWN POINT | The Crown Point High School ProStart Culinary Arts teams came home with some of the top awards from the state competition.

Chicago chef Trotter looks ahead to returning to school

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. | As he prepares to quit the kitchen for the classroom, chef Charlie Trotter makes it clear that he won't be just nibbling around the edges when it comes to graduate school.

Famed Chicago chef Charlie Trotter looks ahead to returning to school

Chef Charlie Trotter listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press on Friday in Miami Beach, Fla. Earlier this year, Trotter announced that he will close his acclaimed eponymous restaurant in Chicago after it celebrates its 25th anniversary in August. He plans to return…

Tween 'iron chefs' get cooking

Lauren Kracik, sous-chef, cuts strawberries for Tween Iron Chef contestants Eliana Smith and Bryce Galatte to arrange on the presentation plates.

Tween 'iron chefs' get cooking

CRETE | The Crete Public Library held a competitive Tween Iron Chef cook-off on Jan. 30 for boys and girls ages 9 to 12 .

Tween 'iron chefs' get cooking

The winning teams of the Crete library's Tween Iron Chef contest are, from left, Seth Smith, Bryce Galatte, Emily Hayhurst, Adriana Wagenveld and Hannah Cross with sous-chefs Antony Urbikas, Hannah Martin and Alisabeth Canole.