Reporting in the lifestyle/features department on topics ranging from food and entertaining to family, gardening, consumer topics and travel.

Judy Hevrdejs has written, edited or reported on subjects ranging from Julia Child to sports figures, from politicians to Hollywood celebrities, from the art of shucking oysters to the science behind molecular gastronomy in a variety of roles (feature writer, dining editor, INC. columnist) during her 20+ years with the Chicago Tribune.

Cooking, travel, theater, family, folk art, fashion, museums.