Is there another kitchen object that carries as much baggage as the apron? A whisk and a wooden spoon are, after all, tools to get the job done. But an apron? For years, aprons were commonplace and ...

I feel terribly amiss if I’m not wearing an apron while working in the kitchen. That’s like a handyman without a tool belt or a gardener without gloves and shears in the back pocket. The simple design ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... When Kate Linehan ties on her apron, she feels a bit like Super Woman slipping into her cape. Behind that flutter of fabric, Linehan is empowered and ready ...

For this week’s column, I picked the topic because I read the name of the unofficial holiday and thought, “that can’t really be celebrating what it sounds like it’s celebrating.” And I was right. In ...

It’s nearly as extinct as the Sunday double-header and the rotary telephone, but it was once an important part of every farm woman’s wardrobe. In rural areas such as Palatine Township, women and girls ...

Although taken for granted by many social and art historians, the apron is the subject of a fascinating reevaluation in this exhibition. Apron Strings: Ties to the Past, opening on January 29 at the ...

Is there another kitchen object that carries as much baggage as the apron? A whisk and a wooden spoon are, after all, tools to get the job done. But an apron? For years, aprons were commonplace and ...

I lost a lot this past year. Some body parts. Ones largely considered decorative, and yet–I had thought–mine. My hair. My patience. My habit of wandering the kitchen securely tied into an apron. I ...