Aaron Dorman

NEW BUFFALO — From Captain Planet to Voltron, we know that heroes, man and machine, can sometimes join forces to create something new and transcendent, a scale above what came before.

Battista's brings a new type of pizza, focaccia flatbread, and some Calabrian cold cut sandwiches, to the Cedar Lake dining scene.

Chef of Steel : Eddie Luick Title : Head chef/co-owner of Blue Point Oysters and Sushi Bar Location : 13 E Lincolnway, Valparaiso IN, 46383

PORTER — Sumatra Koperasi coffee. Fresh pastries from an abbey in Chicago. Dinosaurs holding out beef jerky sticks.

The Drink: Boulevardier The Bartenders: Genel Leigh Thompson The Bars: Bon Vie 54 Main St, Hobart IN

HEBRON — Saturday night, one corner of the Region was transformed into Wild Wild Northwest Indiana for a culinary celebration that included chuckwagon beans, “wrangled” potatoes and a root beer bar, aka “Midwest sarsaparilla.”

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Chefs of Steel : Mike Menelaos and Alex Karamesines Title : Owners of Uncle Menny's Original Greek's Pizzeria

Goodbye, dragon! Now we usher in the Year of the Snake. I won't consult a zodiac to see what that means for our collective emotional state, but

Take a look at the dishes award-winning chef Tammy Pham is serving up for Lunar New Year.