Food
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New Year's Eve 2020: Restaurant dinners to go are all the rage this yearDec 23, 2020 5:00 am - Planning to ring in the New Year virtually with family and friends this year? Why not order takeout so you don't have to worry about cooking. It will make your life easi...
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Hot cocoa bombs are exploding in the suburbs. Goodness, why wouldn't they be?Dec 23, 2020 4:25 am - For a person who doesn't like chocolate, self-described "cottage baker" Ashlei Nordmeyer chose for her specialty a surprising confection - one that has generated million...
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Downers Grove redevelopment deal approvedDec 22, 2020 12:00 am - The Downers Grove Village Council recently approved the rezoning and redevelopment agreement for 1111 Ogden Ave. A four-unit multiuse complex with a drive-through is to ...
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Christmas 2020: Suburban restaurants offer to-go packages this holidayDec 16, 2020 1:15 pm - Staying home for the holidays this year because of the pandemic but don't feel like cooking? Restaurants across the suburbs have Christmas Eve and Christmas Day dinners ...
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Holiday chocolate "cookies"Dec 16, 2020 5:00 am - Chocolate Mint "Cookies" 1 pound melted chocolate coating, or semisweet chocolate chips (See note about coating.) 15 drops food-safe peppermint oil Ritz Crackers Line ba...
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You can make shiny, tasty chocolates for giving or just eatingDec 16, 2020 5:00 am - If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, pay tribute to Girl Scout Cookies with these chocolate mint copycats
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7 smart tips for baking better cookies
Dec 16, 2020 5:00 am - We've baked a lot of cookies in our time. Dozens of batches, untold hundreds (thousands?) of individual treats. Between all that cooking, along with a healthy dose of de...
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Look ma, no instant ramen - why it pays to teach kids to cookDec 16, 2020 5:00 am - Like many students, I ate poorly in college. The nadir was surely that summer I shared an apartment with friends who raided their fraternity kitchen to stock our cupboar...
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Candy industry film featuring Dist. 21 board member airs ThursdayDec 16, 2020 12:00 am - A longtime Northwest suburban school board member will be featured in a documentary airing Thursday night on WTTW about a Chicago candy company and the rich history of t...
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Christmas dinner can be festive - and thrifty - with this $60 feast for four