Bill Daley is a food and feature writer with the Chicago Tribune. In tackling the beat, Daley covers chefs and food personalities, cooking techniques and trends. He is active in social media, notably Twitter and Facebook.

Daley arrived at the Tribune in 2004. For six years, he wrote the Good Eating section's weekly wine column, "Uncorked," and a Sunday q-and-a column called "Daley Drink" for four years. He broadcast a weekly food and wine radio segment for five years, first for WBBM-AM and then for WGN-AM. Prior to the Tribune, Daley was a food writer and restaurant reviewer with the San Francisco Chronicle and spent 11 years at the Hartford Courant, where he ultimately became the Sunday magazine’s restaurant reviewer. He served as president of the Association of Food Journalists from 2002-2004. A graduate of Manhattanville College, Daley also holds a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in New York City. He is a resident of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood.

Social media, restaurants, theater, art (esp. painting), numismatics, popular culture, France, assorted monarchies, genealogy, history.

Margarine for shortening? 7/10/2012
Can you do a switcheroo in making cupcakes? Q: Can you substitute margarine for shortening in a cupcake recipe?

Lemons, twisted 7/4/2012
Lemonade can be lots more than tart and sweet When life hands you lemons, make lemonade, or so the adage goes. The clever tippler knows to take that pragmatic advice one step further: Give those lemons a twist — be it a clever garnish, an unexpected flavor pairing or, even, a bright shot of alcohol. Try these summery drinks and life will seem a whole lot easier pretty quickly.

Cook with Julia 6/27/2012
Lively picture book brings Child's story to life for kids No question about it, Julia Child managed to find love and success and a career and cook a mess of really yummy food. And do it on her terms, too.

Zoo mustard mystery continues 6/26/2012
What brand was served at Cafe Brauer? Panel tastes for clues The question from Michael A. Collins sounded relatively simple: What mustard was served with hot dogs at Lincoln Park Zoo's Café Brauer in the 1950s and 1960s?

Celebrating Julia Child's 100th birthday 6/20/2012
Julia Child's longtime publisher, is whooping it with a 100th birthday celebration called JC100 Julia Child would have been 100 on Aug. 15, and though the beloved star of television's "The French Chef" died in 2004, she is clearly not forgotten. Alfred A. Knopf, Child's longtime publisher, is whooping it up on social media with a centenary celebration called JC100.