School is back in session, and this week’s lessons involve deep-fried desserts and craft cocktails. Now that’s a curriculum we can support. Within the next few days, Zed451 and The Barrelhouse Flat are conducting two very unique tutorials on fried desserts and cocktails, respectively. Sure you could just haunt these places to get your fix, but it helps to have the knowledge, in case you want to whip up something special at home to impress guests or just comfort yourself.

Burgers are a year round essential, but cravings skyrocket during the summer months, when wafting aromas of backyard grills entice the taste buds and whet the appetite. The only thing that can make burgers taste better is a bargain, and The dec, deca RESTAURANT, and Rockit Burger Bar feature intoxicating new burger deals this season.

It feels good to take an extended lunch bread now and again, especially when the food is so disarmingly good that it renders your work efficiency moot by meal’s end. You work hard and you deserve a break. Make like Ferris Bueller for an afternoon and wile away the mid-afternoon at restaurants such as Little Market Brasserie, Found, and Hash House A Go Go, all of which offer special mid-day menu offerings for the hooky crowd.