Lifestyle
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Nourish: Baked fish sticks are a healthful way to channel a childhood favorite
Apr 30, 2024 9:12 am - These fish sticks taste fresher and more flavorful than the packaged kind — and they’re better for you, too, because they are baked rather than fried. The trick for achieving their crisp, golden brown coating without overcooking the fish is to briefly toast the bread crumbs first.
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Don’t crave tofu? Lemony piccata sauce changes everything
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Roast Italian sausages over potatoes and peppers for a flavorful one-pan supper
Apr 30, 2024 9:06 am - Traybakes are a great solution when you want to put dinner on the table but can't or don't want to spend time at the stovetop. With this mostly hands-off technique, Christopher Kimball's Milk Street combines ingredients on a single baking sheet.
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Children's Advocacy Center to host the Hope Restored Symposium on May 16Apr 30, 2024 8:29 am - Children's Advocacy Center of North and Northwest Cook County (CAC) invites Chicago area social service colleagues to a one-day symposium on May 16 designed to “help the helpers.”
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Spring plant sale and farm festivalApr 30, 2024 7:42 am - An organic spring plant sale will be held from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Prairie Crossing Conservation Farm, 550 Harris Road, Grayslake. Shop for native food plants and o...
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Pump up your tires — May is National Bike MonthApr 30, 2024 6:00 am - National Bike Month launches May 1, and with it plenty of opportunities to shake the dust off your bike.
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Rhubarb is popping up in markets, gardens. Here’s one way to enjoy itApr 30, 2024 5:30 am - Fresh rhubarb is already appearing in backyard gardens and markets. Try using your crop to make a compote, which can be spooned on oatmeal, swirled with Greek yogurt, spread on crepes or dolloped on vanilla ice cream. It’s a nostalgic treat that pleases palates young and old.
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Baby news: Fermilab welcomes two bison calvesApr 29, 2024 1:22 pm - Calving season commenced at Batavia’s Fermilab Friday with the birth of two bison calves.
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Carolyn Hax: Is too late to accept a decade-old apology?Apr 29, 2024 9:33 am - Is it too late to respond to a decade-old apology in an email that was left unread? Carolyn Hax says it is never too late to acknowledge a sincere apology.
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Building bridges with strangersApr 28, 2024 10:48 pm - Walking through the medieval town of Luzern has become a daily ritual. My wife and I are averaging five miles a day taking in all the fascinating sights. On one such rece...