Cook County Lifestyle
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Cook of the Week: Summer, fall harvest enjoyed year-roundJan 29, 2013 5:00 am - Despite the fact that temperatures have plunged and the world is encased in ice, Rose Allen still enjoys the benefits of her summer garden. On a cold winter's night she'...
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Park Ridge native following in father's footstepsJan 29, 2013 5:00 am - Since he was 5, Jimmy Bannos Jr. knew he wanted to be a chef. With his father, Chicago restaurant great and Heaven on Seven founder Jimmy Bannos, as well as an uncle and...
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The Department of Visual Arts at Blackburn College Continues Series of Art Education Exhibits at West Chicago's Gallery 200Jan 28, 2013 10:00 pm - An exhibition from the Department of Visual Arts at Blackburn College, a 175 year old liberal arts college in Carlinville, Illinois, highlights a body of artwork from te...
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Rotary working to make sure kids have enough to eatJan 28, 2013 12:00 pm - Mead Junior High School in Elk Grove Village might be one of the only schools in the area with a food pantry on site. It serves families in Schaumburg Township Elementar...
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Palatine’s Polar Plunge set for March 3Jan 28, 2013 10:00 am - Special Olympics Illinois will hold its Polar Plunge fundraiser at noon Sunday, March 3, at the Salt Lake Park District’s Twin Lakes facility, 1200 E. Twin Lakes Drive, ...
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If it Came in a Bottle, Everyone Would Want itJan 27, 2013 10:00 pm - They all sound too good to be true; the pills that melt off the pounds, the DVD workouts guaranteed to transform your body or the newly invented diet for trimming inches...
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Ronald McDonald House coming to WinfieldJan 27, 2013 7:00 am - The first Ronald McDonald House in the western suburbs will open in 2015 near Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, providing a “home away from home” for families of hosp...
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Elk Grove teen's idea blossoms into pizza for 488,000 troopsJan 27, 2013 7:00 am - The idea to send a few pizzas to soldiers serving overseas came from his teenage son in 2008 during dinner in their Elk Grove Village home. But the seed for Mark Evans' ...
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Can Elgin National coffee grinder brew up profits?Jan 27, 2013 4:51 am - Q. I have a coffee grinder — it is an Elgin National and is 25 inches tall. It will not grind coffee — it just falls through. I have had it for 70 years and my father-in...
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Cuban-themed fundraiser in Barrington SaturdayJan 25, 2013 2:56 pm - “Hot Night in Havana,” a fun fundraiser for the local nonprofit Hands of Hope to provide fresh water wells in Zambia, will be held from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan....