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The Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, Dan Smith (left) and Steve McDonagh talk about recipes as they present A Taste of the Decades as they cook for seniors at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Barbara Majeski, of Chicago, gets an autograph from The Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, Dan Smith (left) and Steve McDonagh, after their presentation of A Taste of the Decades at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Ellen Cosgrove, of Chicago, listens to The Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, as they cook for seniors at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
The Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, Dan Smith (left) and Steve McDonagh talk about recipes as they present A Taste of the Decades as they cook for seniors at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Barbara Majeski, of Chicago, states how she just was talking with family about her recipe for Welsh rarebit canape as the Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, cook their version for seniors at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
The Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, Dan Smith (left) and Steve McDonagh talk about recipes as they present A Taste of the Decades as they cook for seniors at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Detail of avocado shrimp salad in cherry tomatoes prepared by the Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
Ellen Cosgrove, of Chicago, tastes a Welsh rarebit canape as cooked by the Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
The Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, Steve McDonagh (right) and Dan Smith prepare a curried carrot Jello salad as they present A Taste of the Decades for seniors at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
The Hearty Boys, of Food Network fame, Dan Smith (left) and Steve McDonagh talk about recipes as they present A Taste of the Decades as they cook for seniors at Smith Village in Chicago, Illinois, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. | Joseph P. Meier~Sun-Times Media
There’s more to food than meets the taste buds. “Eating has a lot to do with the memory and the mind,” said Steve McDonagh, half of the famous Chicago-based Hearty Boys catering and restaurant team and Food Network phenomenon. “So if our dishes trigger memories, …