What’s Cookin’, Chicago is a food and recipe website created by Joelen to share culinary adventures and inspire readers to embrace life through delicious food. The site offers recipes and cooking ideas for a wide range of occasions, tastes, and skill levels, with dishes spanning breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts. Visitors can explore recipes by cuisine, holiday, or collection, and find recipe videos alongside the written instructions.

Its recipe selection includes appetizers, main dishes, side dishes, baked goods, and drinks. Examples range from air fryer tuna steaks and frozen chicken to Filipino macaroni salad, honey walnut shrimp, bow tie pasta, smoked mac and cheese, and Irish coffee martinis. The site also features international flavors, including Vietnamese bun bo Hue, Thai aubergine with basil, Mediterranean almond and orange cake, and Brazilian collard greens.

In addition to its recipe index and latest recipes, What’s Cookin’, Chicago connects with readers through social media and offers ways to search the site, contact the creator, and explore wine and dining content.