Food
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An easy, quick weeknight meal can be a nutrition dynamoFeb 02, 2022 5:00 am - Want to make a fabulous weeknight meal and provide your family with vitamins A, B and D? Choose salmon. Not only does it contain these vitamins, but it is also far and a...
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Learning to cook with plant-based 'meats'Feb 02, 2022 5:00 am - It's that time of year when many people resolve to eat less meat. The “whys” are varied: sustainability and worry for the planet, health considerations, ethical concerns...
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Layer flavors for tastier Spanish meatballsFeb 02, 2022 5:00 am - The secret to bold, elegant food is a technique called layering flavor. When you layer flavor, you maximize the effect of a single ingredient, producing multiple distinc...
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Blood oranges add drama to kid-friendly pancake recipeFeb 02, 2022 5:00 am - Each week, I am challenged to develop a recipe for a cooking enrichment class I teach. There are four criteria: Is it easy enough for kids as young as 4? Does it use sea...
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No schnitzel, but you can still get beer at new pizzeria that opens Wednesday at former Hofbräuhaus in RosemontFeb 01, 2022 12:00 pm - A year after the last schnitzel was fried and oompa played, a portion of what was a former German beer hall in Rosemont is set to reopen Wednesday under a different rest...
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Still time to enjoy Naperville Restaurant WeekFeb 01, 2022 12:00 am - Even though the ninth annual Naperville Restaurant Week has been in full swing since mid-January, there's still plenty of time to enjoy discounts at dozens of city eater...
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Enjoy watching curling in the Olympics? Try it out at suburban, Chicago barsJan 27, 2022 5:00 am - The shuffleboard-like sport of curling, which originated in 16th-century Scotland, involves sliding a stone over a sheet of ice to try to land it in a series of circles....
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Recipe for success: Stop throwing out the pasta waterJan 26, 2022 5:00 am - Talk to the best cooks in Italy, and they'll tell you the secret to great pasta is an ingredient many American cooks throw out - the starchy pasta cooking water. They al...
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The answer to wintry weather is a hot pot of split pea soupJan 26, 2022 5:00 am - This is a favorite time, not because I like to shovel snow or dig through the ice; it's winter soup time. A pot of soup slowly simmering in my oven (I'll get to that in ...
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Bev's pop-up restaurant opens in Naperville, ahead of major renovation at Jimmy's Grill siteJan 26, 2022 12:00 am - Visitors to downtown Naperville have been doing double-takes at the storied northwest corner of Washington Street and Chicago Avenue. The sight of Bev's restaurant has r...