Julia Maish

“Americans will eat garbage provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup.” --Henry James “I mix mayonnaise, ketchup, and brandy with a little bit of mustard. This is a heck of a good sauce for seafood.” --José Andres “The Japanese have become so smitten with the Western condiment…that today they…

Along with a tinny rendition of “Turkey in the Straw” emanating from an ice cream truck, the sticky sweetness of fresh watermelon on your chin and fingers, and the sound of kids frolicking in an outdoor pool, nothing says summer quite like the aroma of burgers and brats cooking on a backyard barbecu…

“Everything you see, I owe to spaghetti.” --Sophia Loren “Yankee Doodle went to town, a-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather in his cap and called it macaroni.” --“Yankee Doodle Dandy”

Over the decades, food in space has come a long, long way.

As PBS’s Masterpiece celebrates its 50 years of bringing exceptional drama and mystery to your homes, look back on some of its notable adaptations of classic books, many of which can still be streamed.

Masterpiece is lauded for its literary adaptations. Some authors have proven to be so popular with audiences that several of their works (and sometimes their life stories as well) have been adapted for television, with some reimagined more than once.

October brings a wide array of new and exciting programs, from an eagerly anticipated returning detective series to several scintillating new dramas to a nostalgic look back at an iconic how-to program to a whirlwind tour of European art history.

Over a span of more than 25 years at WTTW, Geoffrey Baer has explored the Chicago area by boat, car, bicycle, ‘L’ train, on foot, and even through a “time machine.” Now, with producer-director Eddie Griffin and a team of experts piloting a high-tech drone camera, Geoffrey shows you the city and its surrounding suburbs from the sky.

Great Migrations: A People on the Move, a new four-part series hosted by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., tells the story of African American movement over the 20th and 21st centuries. We spoke with the series producer/directors.

From snorkeling to a shipwreck to fishing in the lake, observing NASCAR to a rodeo, Geoffrey Baer explores Chicago's lakefront and all it has to offer in his latest special.