Lifestyle Columns
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'I Love You, Beth Cooper' short of suburbs, humorJul 08, 2009 11:00 pm - If there's any doubt that Buffalo Grove High School graduate Larry Doyle wrote the screenplay for "I Love You, Beth Cooper," consider the opening scene in which graduati...
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Banish trigger foods for successful weight lossJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - I admit it; I live to eat. On my way up to 327 pounds I learned that one cupcake's too many and 100's not enough. No, I've never eaten 100 cupcakes, but I have eaten a ...
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Celebrating 10 years and the "six degrees" of TruJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Ten chefs recently crafted 10 courses (11 if you include the amuse bouche) for 10 tables of 10 diners to mark the 10th anniversary of Tru restaurant. Founded by chefs Ri...
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Frozen fruit bars contain widely varying amounts of juiceJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. Are frozen juice bars and popsicles lower in calories than the conventional fruit-flavored popsicles? A. No, unless they are a smaller size, calories of juice ba...
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Jeanne Enright makes peanut-free cookiesJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Jeanne Enright became a cookie-baking machine about six years ago when she discovered that her daughter, Grace, now 8, has a life-threatening allergy to peanuts. As many...
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Appetizing pizza: Go ahead, be crabbyJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - We're always in search of easy appetizers during the impromptu summer entertaining season. When Alicia tasted an unusual "appetizer" pizza at one of her favorite Italian...
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Cavalia the Cirque du Soleil of equestrian artsJul 07, 2009 11:00 pm - Equine extravaganza Cavalia does for equestrian arts what Cirque du Soleil did for the circus arts. Founded by Normand Latourelle, a co-founder of Cirque du Soleil, Cava...
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Are there nonsurgical treatments for carotid-artery disease?Jul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Q. I am 84 years old and have carotid-artery disease. I had an endarterectomy on the right side of my neck. My doctor checks the left side by ultrasound every three ...
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Steppenwolf's 'Up' pits dreamer against pragmatistJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - Bridget Carpenter's "Up" unfolds not as a soaring statement about the pursuit of dreams, but as a more grounded admonition about sustaining balance in one's life: about ...
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The strange case of the tiptoeing toddlerJul 05, 2009 11:00 pm - The phone call covered a wide range of childcare questions, from feeding techniques to sleep challenges, but the issue that bothered the mother most was the fact that sh...