Sunday Breakfast

Cooking Maven Owns Recipe for Vibrant Writing

by Bill McLean • September 20, 2018
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Mary Jo McMillin knew she wanted to work in a commercial kitchen. She wrote letters to professionals in the industry, hoping the words would sing her passion for cooking and…
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Straight —and fun — talk with Bent Fork …

by Bill McLean • September 6, 2018
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Bakers Liz and Michael Bearwald got engaged more than 27 years ago. They needed dough. Not the edible kind; the green kind. Currency. So they made lots and lots of…
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First lady of Illinois second to none in child …

by Bill McLean • August 30, 2018
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A female freshman at Yale University meets a cute guy outside of her dorm. It’s the first week of school. They talk. “Where are you from?” the guy asks the…
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Why? Why? Why?

by Bill McLean • August 23, 2018
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The boy who grew up in a Highland Park house filled with books everywhere, on every floor, liked to read the sports section in the newspaper every day. A young…
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Screen Plot

by Donald Liebenson • August 16, 2018
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To parents who are concerned or confused or confounded by their children’s seemingly allencompassing relationships with their devices and screens, Nicole Dreiske has a message for you: “You have the…
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Cup of Joey Runneth Over — with Music

by Bill McLean • August 8, 2018
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A video on Joey Rosin’s phone opens with the start of a recital rehearsal at the front of a classroom. Bravo Waukegan music teacher and recent Lake Forest High School…
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Connector Considine linked to Lake County’s …

by Bill McLean • July 31, 2018
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Georgetown University, late 1980s. History major/sailing team member Kevin Considine prepares sandwiches at the university’s student-run deli. Considine becomes better at preparing sandwiches. Becomes one of the deli’s managers. “That’s…
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