
Kitchens are cooking up a recipe for mental illness
By Olivia Lee Medill Reports It’s Saturday evening, and the tables are set. Servers are dressed in their finest suits. Chef Ryan McCaskey, owner of

By Olivia Lee Medill Reports It’s Saturday evening, and the tables are set. Servers are dressed in their finest suits. Chef Ryan McCaskey, owner of

By Olivia Lee Medill Reports It’s 2006 and Jeff Ruby, food critic for Chicago magazine, is being interviewed by the History Channel. In attempts to

By Olivia Lee Medill Reports In early 2014, Olympic figure skater Rachael Flatt sat in her hotel lobby in Boston. She was surrounded by friends,

By Ruiqi Chen Medill Reports When the coronavirus pandemic hit the United States in late March, Matt Morfopoulos wasn’t too worried. As co-founder and chief

By Alison Saldanha Medill Reports Scrolling through Instagram, it’s not uncommon to slip into a rabbit hole of food videos. In under a minute, slender

By Leah Vann Medill Reports Chicago Red Stars owner Arnim Whisler stands against the blue backdrop of a team-themed blanket, staring into a camera to

By Zack Fishman Medill Reports When a COVID-19 patient is hospitalized at the George Washington University Hospital in Washington, D.C., they receive a lot of

By Caroline Kurdej Medill Reports There’s a reason the hallway leading to Doug Bruno’s office is decorated with hard hats, lunch pails and pictures of

By Bre’onna Richardson Medill Reports In this June 15-22 special report, COVID-19: Stories from across America, Medill Reports examines the rising unemployment rate, celebrates nurses

By Sally Ehrmann Medill Reports Jason Kerst sat alone in the University of Iowa men’s tennis locker room winding down from an intense workout. Amidst