Lifestyle Columns
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Updating a summer salad by way of a way-back machineJun 22, 2022 6:00 am - Let's climb into my way-back machine and head to nearly 13 years ago: 2009. That summer, I wrote a column about spending a sensational, sunny weekend at Green Mountain L...
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Barrington High School culinary students create savory bibimbap with zip in a 'Chopped'-style competitionJun 22, 2022 6:00 am - What would you make if you were tasked with incorporating applesauce, chicken and rice in the same recipe? This was the challenge facing four classrooms of Barrington Hi...
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Good News: Volunteers, faith groups in Arlington Heights, Elk Grove grow vegetables for food pantriesJun 21, 2022 6:00 am - More than 20 years after the Daily Herald sponsored a program that encouraged backyard gardeners to "plant a row for the hungry," local faith communities are continuing ...
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Biking columnist offers his top 10 tips for safely cycling soloJun 21, 2022 6:00 am - Biking columnist offers his top 10 tips for safely cycling solo
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Suburban Mosaic: Teen starts nonprofit to get more girls interested in STEM fieldsJun 20, 2022 5:30 am - Growing up, mathematics always was a big part of Ruby Arun's life. A first-generation Indian American, Ruby, 15, of Inverness, has been participating in school math team...
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Good News Sunday: After devastating 2018 fire, Gold Pyramid House rises from the ashesJun 19, 2022 7:00 am - Good News Sunday: After devastating 2018 fire, Gold Pyramid House rises from the ashes
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Leaking roof should have been disclosedJun 19, 2022 6:00 am - Q: Our house is only five years old. When we bought it, the home inspector found no major defects. I pointed out a water stain on the garage ceiling, but the home inspec...
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St. Charles builder discovers indoor cycling, opens his own CycleBar franchiseJun 17, 2022 6:00 am - Operating Fiore Builders Inc. for the past 26 years could be somewhat stressful, so it was no surprise that owner Vince Fiore was looking for a place to exercise and blo...
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Comic romance a 'Real Smooth' parable for the power of kindnessJun 16, 2022 6:00 am - “Cha Cha Real Smooth” - ★ ★ ★ Parts of Cooper Raiff's comically amiable “Cha Cha Real Smooth” sound like a grad student's first attempt at writing stage play juvenilia ...
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Let's get saucy! Barbecue sauce comes in a breadth of varieties, and it's fun to make your ownJun 15, 2022 6:00 am - I love making my own barbecue sauces at home. Mostly because I usually have the pantry ingredients to make them at home vs. buying them in the store. And I like that I c...