The Italian cookbook author, TV show host, and restaurateur came to Denver as part of her focus on volunteers fighting hunger around the country. Chef Lidia Bastianich (center, seated), Carrie Shores ...

Lidia Bastianich is a culinary icon who has graced television screens for 25 years, since the premiere of her first public television series, Lidia’s Italian Table, in 1998. In August, she visited ...

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The former landlord of the now-long-shuttered Rainforest Café in River North is now facing a $9.3 million foreclosure lawsuit. According to court documents, the lawsuit alleges the building's owner ...

The Rainforest Cafe’s former landlord is facing a $9.3 million foreclosure suit over the River North property. A venture of lender Alecko Capital filed today to foreclose on the 22,000-square-foot ...

Two of Chicago’s more colorful real estate figures are squaring off in court over the former Rainforest Cafe site in River North. Alecko Lending, led by founder Alexander Pissios, filed a foreclosure ...

PBS's chief executive told public television officials Thursday that it was cutting about 15% of its jobs due to the move by Republicans in Congress to eliminate all federal funding for public ...

Coming soon: The team behind Harvard Square tiki lair Wusong Road has a new Latin American restaurant in the works at the CambridgeSide mall (100 Cambridgeside Place), says owner Jason Doo. “We’re ...

PBS is cutting its budget by 21%, a spokesperson confirmed to CBS News on Friday. The public media company's board approved the budget cut Wednesday, according to the PBS spokesperson. Board members ...

The nonprofit will receive less revenue from its members, which are under pressure to make up for shortfalls of their own. By Benjamin Mullin PBS is cutting its current budget by more than a fifth to ...