
Karyn Tomlinson’s winding road to acclaim: from borrowing $25k for her ‘grandma chic’ restaurant to winning the historic ...
When Karyn Tomlinson took the stage at Chicago’s Lyric Opera House this June to accept the 2025 James Beard Award for Best Chef: Midwest, she wore a piece of family history: a floor-length coral dress her grandmother once donned as the Dassel Corn Queen in …