Lifestyle
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Sesame works triple duty in this cabbage salad with tahini and miso
Apr 22, 2025 5:27 am - Shredded Napa cabbage with scallions, almonds and sesame seeds on a tahini-miso sauce makes for an elegant salad that’s crunchy, creamy and flavorful. Adapted from the tahini purveyor Seed + Mill co-founder Rachel Simons’s cookbook “Sesame: Global Recipes and Stories of an Ancient Seed,” the salad features this versatile ingredient in three ways: sesame oil, tahini and toasted sesame seeds.
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Wheaton vhurch hosts Labyrinth Walk event for World Labyrinth DayApr 21, 2025 11:47 pm - Gary United Methodist Church invites people to walk their labyrinth on World Labyrinth Day. The path helps center oneself and find peace.
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‘We all need music’: Barrington High School orchestra teacher recalls lessons during pandemicApr 21, 2025 4:27 pm - When COVID-19 forced Barrington High School to go remote in March 2020, orchestra teacher Clark Sheldon faced a daunting challenge — teaching a class relying heavily on group participation at a time when students couldn’t be together.
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‘We do love him’: Local Catholic leaders react to the death of Pope FrancisApr 21, 2025 4:06 pm - Catholic leaders across the greater Chicago area began delivering their reactions to the passing of Pope Francis soon after the news arrived early Monday morning.
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Fermilab welcomes first two baby bison of the seasonApr 21, 2025 3:50 pm - Fermilab in Batavia welcomed two baby bison Monday, marking the start of calving season at the Department of Energy’s particle physics laboratory.
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Told to rest, Francis kept working: The pope’s hectic last day
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Trump says gray skies for the White House Easter egg roll mean no worries about sunburn
Apr 21, 2025 2:06 pm - President Donald Trump welcomed tens of thousands of people Monday to the White House Easter egg roll, saying the overcast weather meant no one would have to worry about getting sunburned. He thanked the National Park Service for how “spiffy” everything looked.
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The wonder of wood ducksApr 21, 2025 10:59 am - Wood ducks have a variety of unusual behaviors and adaptations that make them different from other birds.
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Birding on the border: South Texas festival delivers special birds, experiencesApr 21, 2025 10:41 am - Jeff Reiter’s trip to the Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival offered a chance to finally do some serious birding in Texas. Special birds were calling, some available nowhere else in the United States.
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A.R.F. celebrates 40 years of animal rescue with open houseApr 21, 2025 10:34 am - Animal rescue group A.R.F. celebrates 40 years of saving homeless pets with June 1 open house featuring adoptions, games, music, and raffle.