Food
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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...
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Dining bites: Chili's to give away 27,000 Molten Chocolate CakesJan 25, 2022 2:00 pm - Note: Events are subject to change. Check the website or call before you go. National Chocolate Cake Day Yes, chocolate lovers, National Chocolate Cake Day is a real thi...
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Stave off winter's chill with a warm bowl of soup from a Chicago-area restaurantJan 19, 2022 10:00 pm - Chicago winters can be brutal at the best of times, but the spread of the omicron variant during the regular cold and flu season has made this year especially rough. If ...