There’s never a wrong time for chocolate, especially when it’s featured as the star player in a new pastry pop-up shop, a theatric cupcake, and walk-up window sweets at a downtown taco spot.
 

Forget about mathematics, science, and literature. School is a lot more engaging when the order of the day is wine. “Boarding School” takes on new meaning thanks to The Boarding House, where sommelier and owner (and former Check, Please! host) Alpana Singh is poised to host a series of wine classes for oenophile students.
 

Baconfest Chicago brings out the best in animalistic, salacious cravings, proving year after year that the bacon hoopla has transcended trend to become a permanent obsession in Chicago and beyond. With the grand event taking place April 25 and April 26 this weekend, it seems an apropos time to exercise those stomachs with a roundup of some of the city’s most gluttonously wonderful bacon creations.