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Most pork laab recipes call for poaching the meat, but here you will fry it so it has some crispy bits. Serve with quartered cabbage leaves to make wraps at the table, or thinly slice the cabbage for more of a plated salad.

This tangy, spicy Thai salad is a sensational weeknight dish

Pork laab, sometimes spelled larb, is a meaty Thai salad flavored with fish sauce, lime juice, raw shallot or onion, and herbs. This version is inspired by the elements Nashville-based chef Arnold Myint says are essential to the classic dish, including cilantro, mint, lemongrass and khao khua, ground toasted rice you can make at home.

When peeling an oddly shaped vegetable like a rutabaga, start by lopping off the top and the bottom to create a flat surface. Then use a sharp chef’s knife to cut away the outer layer in strips.

How do I peel oddly shaped vegetables?

Q: Do you have any tips for peeling turnips and rutabaga? They’ve always been hard for me to peel, so much so that I gave up buying them. Especially with rutabaga, I feel I’m going to slice off a digit trying to slice off the wax coating and rind.

Mara Chua-Briglia of Annie’s Restaurant and Pancake House offers a sample during the 4th annual Great Chili Cook Off of Palatine at the Tap House Grill.

Chili chefs put their best dish forward at Palatine cook-off

Chefs from seven Palatine restaurants gathered Sunday to determine whose chili is tops, but the real winners may have been the judges.

The classic old-fashioned cocktail gets turned into a luscious pan sauce for pork chops. Serve the pork with steamed or sautéed vegetables and potatoes or grains.

Whiskey adds old-fashioned flair to weeknight pork chops

The classic old-fashioned cocktail gets turned into a luscious pan sauce for pork chops. The sauce features bourbon or rye whiskey, fresh orange juice, cherry preserves, and a dash of Angostura bitters. Serve the pork with steamed or sautéed vegetables and potatoes or grains.

With more than 50,000 locations, Mixue has surpassed McDonald's as the biggest fast-food chain in the world.

Mixue, the world’s biggest fast-food chain, has landed in the U.S. What is it and how does it taste?

Months after surpassing McDonald’s as the biggest food chain in the world, Mixue arrived in the United States in December. In China, the chain is ubiquitous for its ultracheap vanilla cone, fruity drinks and bubble teas.

Piping plovers on a restricted beach in Waukegan. An art and education exhibition celebrating the beauty of the Lake Michigan shoreline opens Feb. 27 at the Robert T. Wright Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County in Grayslake.

‘Looking for a break’: Art, education exhibition features beauty of Lake Michigan shoreline

Aside from showcasing the serenity of natural beauty there is another reason behind an upcoming exhibition at the Robert T. Wright Gallery of Art at the College of Lake County in Grayslake.

Ada Boni first published “The Talisman of Happiness” in 1929. This English translation came out in 2025.

1929 Italian cookbook holds the secret to perfect tortiglioni with peppers and eggplant

Every type of pasta has a purpose, and often a sauce to match. This recipe from the cookbook “The Talisman of Happiness” matches tortiglioni (a short, tubular pasta with spiraling ridges) with peppers and eggplant.