Food

It looks like Rockford and the rest of Northern Illinois will be spared from a huge onslaught of cicadas this year, but we're due for a huge visit in 2024.

Tucked inside the La Chiquita market on the south side is a food counter with some great, very affordable options.

Let's see...we'll go with the large cheese and sausage pizza, two calzones, 4 orders of fries, one side salad, and...oh, I can't decide...okay, make it 4 COVID-19 test kits, please.

2020 was definitely an uncomfortable year, and 2021 isn't really shaping up to be whole lot better. In dealing with all the things we've dealt with over the last year, one thing is pretty clear--we're reaching for "comfort foods" more than ever before.

The New Year always comes packed with resolutions and goals about cutting back on eating out, fitness, eating healthier, etc. All of it can seem very overwhelming, but I'm here with a list of seven products that will make meal-planning and eating at home more often a breeze!

The crockpot (or, slow cooker) sits unused in your cabinet for nearly 12 months, but the day before you actually plan to use the thing they issue a recall? Yep, pretty much.

Retired Rockford firefighter Michael B. Riley, Sr. is a man who not only knows his way around the kitchen, he knows how to feed a hungry crew of men while trying to get it done before the bell rings.

Put on your costume and head to these Rockford-area attractions for some Halloween fun and eats this upcoming week.

There are many joints in the Rockford region that get all the 'chatter', what are some of the lesser-known 'holes in the wall' that shouldn't be missed?

Either things are going so well in Lincoln, Nebraska that a boneless chicken wing dispute is the most pressing bit of business in town, or this guy just got tired of only talking about COVID-19.