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Steve Dolinsky

I've always felt you can find deliciousness pretty much anywhere. Where some travelers stick to the tried-and-true, I always tend to dig a little bit deeper, because you can often learn a lot about someone — or some culture — through what they eat. Ever since I grew up in a kosher home in St. Cloud, Minnesota, eating Empire frozen chickens and TV dinners, I've always been interested in food; mainly, curious about what else was out there. After college at the University of Wisconsin, I became a general assignment news reporter, working in small markets in the Midwest. I then got a job with the Chicago Tribune's news channel - CLTV - where I covered news for two years.I helped launch the "Good Eating" show, a weekly program based on the Tribune's food section of the same name. In the late 90s, I also started freelancing for publications in Chicago, writing about food and restaurants, and also started working with public radio station WBEZ and PRI's The World.In 2003, I moved over to ABC 7 News, and under the “Hungry Hound” moniker, create and report two weekly segments featuring Chicago’s best restaurants, bars and food shops.  I have a blog, stevedolinsky.com, co-created The Feed Podcast with Chicago chef Rick Bayless and continue to write about food for the travel sections in The Chicago Tribune and Canada's Globe and Mail.
The interior of Andres Carne de Res
Culture
Bombastic decor. A 72-page menu. But it’s the food that draws people to this restaurant in Bogota.
Chicken thighs grilling over binchotan charcoals
Food
This Fourth of July, a tip from a Japanese grill
Sampling sancocho at Panama City's "El Trapiche"
Lifestyle & Belief
Panamanians go ga-ga for a chicken stew called Sancocho
Bacon wrapped with naan bread at Dishoom cafe in London
Lifestyle & Belief
Indian food in London goes upscale and creative — naan, bacon and chili tomato jam anyone?
Arts, Culture & Media
There’s a street in Tokyo where the sushi is amazing, except you can’t eat it
Midsummer in Sweden
Geo Quiz
Midsummer in Sweden