Throughout October, Black People Eats is hosting Blaktober, a virtual food festival featuring discounts and specials at Black-owned restaurants. #BlackVoicesWTTW to.wttw.com/2NFsbn9

“Who has ever done a tasting like this?” @ParachuteResto, @rohinivermilion, @SarahStegner, @DemeraEthiopian, and more women restaurateurs are collaborating on tasting menus that crisscross Chicagoland and the globe: to.wttw.com/30nVCkm

The James Beard Foundation announced on Thursday that it’s scrapping its award presentation altogether for 2020, having already pushed back the ceremony from May to September. to.wttw.com/3aFMITo

Jeremy Joyce started @blackpeopleats in December 2017 as an online directory of Black-owned restaurants in Chicago — and it has since expanded to other U.S. cities. to.wttw.com/2NFsbn9

Since their first delivery in early April, furloughed restaurant workers Kevin Yoo and Bill Phan say they’ve delivered over 3,200 meals to 13 Chicago hospitals – and they hope to keep it going as long as the need continues. to.wttw.com/3cI7gdV

.@chefjoseandres' nonprofit @WCKitchen will feed workers at two new testing sites designed to expand the number of tests for the coronavirus in Latino communities, which have been hit hard by the pandemic. to.wttw.com/36aBwM2

What the restaurant industry needs to stomach the pandemic. to.wttw.com/2WrBtZa

“Inordinate amounts of fees” charged by delivery apps cut into restaurants “very tight” margins, Mayor Lightfoot said. to.wttw.com/2WnsIzk

The James Beard Awards, the US's most-watched food industry awards, have announced their finalists in a time of great uncertainty for the industry. Here are the Chicago finalists: to.wttw.com/2KWLozm #jbfa @beardfoundation

TONIGHT🐟🦐 We revisit nine of the spectacular #seafood spots Check, Please! has visited - from sushi spots to seafood in a bag to a smoke shack. Fri 8 pm And support local restaurants with 🛍 takeout or delivery! Find a takeout guide >> wttw.com/checkplease @checkpleasefeed

While schools are closed, learn to cook with your kids thanks to daily recipes, activities, and quizzes from @TestKitchen in their new, free Kitchen Classroom: to.wttw.com/2UzJHMA

Most non-Vietnamese Americans only know pho and banh mi, but a Lincoln Square restaurant moves beyond those dishes into a number of other Vietnamese specialties: to.wttw.com/2sxnTXQ

"When [Koreans] come to visit Chicago, they come over here, because... we are the only one who does this kind of food": to.wttw.com/36enat4

Filipino cuisine is a combination of Spanish, Chinese, and American influences, in addition to native traditions. to.wttw.com/33GSHSR

Nepali food is not just rare in Chicago, it's also a rare combination of influences from India and China: to.wttw.com/2skAFsx

For more than 30 years, Greg Stivers has used a large, gas-driven German machine to roast coffee beans for Chicago’s restaurants, offices, farmers markets and more. to.wttw.com/2QBfcWl

Starbucks will open its largest coffeehouse in the world in Chicago this week. to.wttw.com/2Kfz6SQ