All Stories from May 6, 2020 (Change date)
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This salad uses lentils and canned salmon for a quick and tasty weeknight mealMay 06, 2020 6:00 am - Recently, I wrote about my love of canned tuna. This week, I popped open another popular canned fish: salmon. One of my goals in recent weeks has been to cut back on my ...
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Homemade honey graham crackers are a simple, not-too-sweet treatMay 06, 2020 6:00 am - Store-bought graham crackers are fine. I've eaten my share of them both as a child and an adult. I tend to think of them as a supporting player, however — as the outside...
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Kevin Farris joins Sound Check livestream concert series at 7 p.m. FridayMay 06, 2020 6:00 am - The news just broke that the local live music scene looks to be on an extended hiatus well into the summer. So now more than ever, we need our entertainment to help kee...
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This year's Ramadan calls for a light and healthy celebrationMay 06, 2020 6:00 am - In a normal year, Muslims around the world would be crowding into bazaars and markets to prepare for the holy month of Ramadan, which began April 23. And many would be p...
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Butter carries lemon to greater heights in this simple pasta dishMay 06, 2020 6:00 am - The inspiration for this simple lemon-butter pasta dish came from a cake. A lemon-poppy seed cake that's floral and sweet with lemon - except it didn't have any lemon ju...
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Stir-crazy cooking: Mamma Mia! Leonardo soup cracks the lockdown codeMay 06, 2020 6:00 am - A cold spring day, and I'm thinking soup for dinner to satisfy the hungry crew. There's a lovely recipe for a sublime carrot-orange soup I'm leaning toward, but the 9-ye...
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East Dundee extends contract with caboose operator Duke's Blues-n-BBQMay 06, 2020 5:30 am - East Dundee officials know it takes a unique tenant to make the village's caboose concession stand successful. Cuisine, customer base, flexibility and overhead costs al...
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Innovation amid separation: How three suburban teachers keep kids engagedMay 06, 2020 5:30 am - With e-learning, teachers are reinventing how to engage and inspire students using new tools since the COVID-19 pandemic closed schools. Three suburban educators share t...
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Naperville delaying $24.9 million in spending to offset pandemic lossesMay 06, 2020 5:14 am - The city of Naperville is shaving nearly $25 million off its 2020 budget in the wake of the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The spending cut of $2...
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Today's Recommended Read: "Crazy River" by Richard GrantMay 06, 2020 5:06 am - Teeming with man-eating crocodiles, killer hippopotamuses and deadly diseases, the Malagarasi River in Tanzania is the title subject of Richard Grant's 2011 release "Cra...