Kitchen Close-ups offers an intimate introduction to characters in Chicago's food and dining scene. The multimedia series runs weekly on WBEZ.org.

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The owner of Hoosier Mama Pie Company knows where to get a good slice of pie in this town.

Nick Schmuck, Executive Chef at Real Kitchen Chicago, explains how love and family led him away from one of Chicago's most exclusive restaurants.

For nearly two decades, Barbara Davis has been serving up food at Valois Cafeteria in Hyde Park, making her an institution in her own right.

A long-time Chicago barista takes us behind the bar at one of the city's most eccentric coffee shops.

At Chez Violette restaurant in West Rogers Park, Sam Adrien works to keep his wife's dream alive.