Reader Bites celebrates dishes, drinks, and atmospheres from the Chicagoland food scene. Have you had a recent food or drink experience that you can’t stop thinking about? Share it with us at ...

Very few snacks hit the sweet spot of fun, nostalgia and practicality quite like string cheese. Whether you were the kid who carefully peeled it into a bunch of wispy strings or the one who ...

If you're a snack- and an Aldi fan, you're likely not surprised that string cheese claimed the top spot in Aldi's 2023 fan favorite foods. You might, however, be surprised that such a seemingly simple ...

ST. CLOUD – It may not be surprising that string cheese was a Wisconsin innovation, but Fond du Lac County? The invention of modern string cheese as it's known in the U.S. is often credited to Francis ...

Growing up, Francisco Ochoa remembers selling his father’s homemade cheese door-to-door in Salem on the same streets behind where his 9,000-square-foot cheese creamery now sits. Today, that creamery ...