Food
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Fremd cook retiring after 30 yearsJun 14, 2009 11:00 pm - Michiko Murakami cooked up french fries for students at Fremd High School in Palatine for nearly 30 years. Virtually every student has sunk his or her teeth into a crunc...
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Burlington Central comes up short in Class 3A semifinal, losing 4-0Jun 11, 2009 11:00 pm - Burlington Central's girls softball team came up short in Class 3A state semifinal play Friday morning at Eastside Centre in East Peoria as Oak Forest topped the Rockets...
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Low-fat Roasted Vegetable BisqueJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - 4 pounds ripe Roma tomatoes, cored and partially seeded to reduce moisture 1 green pepper, halved 1 red pepper, halved 1 yellow pepper, halved 1 orange pepper, halved 16...
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Florentine Carretiera Dipping SauceJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - ½ cup extra virgin olive oil 8 cloves garlic, chopped, or 2 tablespoons chopped garlic, bottled 4 pounds ripe Roma tomatoes, peeled and diced 4 dried Italian chiles, s...
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Fire-Roasted Tomatoes and Chicken over ZitiJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - 8 ounces ziti pasta 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken-breast halves 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 cup diced onions 6 ounces already sliced button mushrooms Salt and black pe...
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Miso-marinated Chilean Sea BassJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - 1 ounce fresh ginger (peeled and chopped) 4 ounces sake 8 ounces miso paste 1 ounce soy sauce 4 Chilean sea bass fillets Pea puree 8 ounces fresh peas 3 ounces olive oi...
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Make frugality work for you, don't let it to stress you outJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - Frugality should be peaceful. But there are times when frugal living might cause you to be unhappy or stressed. It's usually when you take on too much or when you try st...
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Onion, Bacon and Sour Cream DipJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - 2 pounds yellow onions, peeled and chopped 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 teaspoon light brown sugar ½ teaspoon salt Fresh ground black pepper 6 thick-cut slices lean bac...
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Campfire Pork and BeansJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - 2 cups dried pinto or navy beans, rinsed, picked over and soaked in water overnight 1 tablespoon cumin seeds ½ cup chopped yellow onion 1 cup diced uncooked sa...
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Elusive wines a little less so, at a price
Jun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - NAPA, Calif. - Wine-lover R.J. Hilgers is caught in a Cabernet Catch-22. The good news, he notes, is that the recession means once impossible-to-find vintages suddenly a...