Food
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Coconut oil has many uses outside the kitchenApr 18, 2012 1:00 am - Coconut oil is versatile and affordable. It’s the oil of choice for frugal families. Keep some on hand to use in your kitchen for cooking and a myriad of other uses arou...
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Stir it up: Take 5 for dinnerApr 18, 2012 1:00 am - We are heading into the time of year when push comes to shove for family dinners. As any parent of school-age children knows, the last few months of school are a whirlwi...
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Penny’s Just Right Eggs BenedictApr 17, 2012 2:48 pm - 4 eggs 2 English muffins, Butter for spreading 4 slices Canadian bacon Hollandaise 4 egg yolks 1 lemon, juiced 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted Salt and pepper Butter le...
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Zucchini Stufati - Zucchini StewApr 17, 2012 2:07 pm - 3 tablespoons olive oil 1 onion, chopped 1 clove garlic, chopped 1 can (28 ounces) diced Italian tomatoes 1 cup celery leaves, chopped ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped 4 fre...
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Scarola e Fagioli — Escarole and Bean SoupApr 17, 2012 2:07 pm - 4 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, diced 2 heads escarole greens, cleaned and chopped 2 cans (14.5 ounces each) white cannellini beans, do not drain liquid ½-1 cup...
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Wauconda woman savors family memories, recipesApr 17, 2012 2:00 pm - In 1897, Patrice Marotta's great-grandfather emigrated from Southern Italy to a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York called Williamsburg. Many friends and relatives from t...
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Get tickets to Chefs' Fest before they run outApr 17, 2012 11:00 am - If you want the opportunity to sample signature dishes from some of the suburbs' most popular restaurants, sip locally brewed beer and learn about bourbon, you'd better ...
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Le Titi de Paris alumni still cookingApr 16, 2012 7:25 pm - When Christian and Agnes Ziegler opened Le Titi de Paris in 1972 amid secondhand auto yards and questionable hotels on a stretch of Rand Road west of Palatine, it was on...
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Owners look to life after closing of Le Titi de ParisApr 16, 2012 7:00 pm - Come Father's Day, chef Michael Maddox will get a much deserved day of rest. The day before, on Saturday, June 16, Maddox and his wife, Susan, will saute their last Dov...
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Founder of iconic Route 66 eatery in central Illinois diesApr 13, 2012 10:02 pm - LINCOLN, Ill. — Ernie Edwards, a beloved fixture of Route 66 history and founder of the highway’s iconic Pig Hip restaurant in central Illinois, has died at the age of 9...