Food
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Rick Kennedy, St. CharlesOct 14, 2020 6:00 am - Newly retired with more time on his hands, Rick Kennedy of St. Charles has taken on the cooking duties for his wife and sons, who range in age from 17 to 24. "All were ...
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Toast to fall with Naperville's 2 Fools and Chicago's Right Bee craft cidersOct 07, 2020 11:00 pm - If you were going to raise a glass to a fall day of golden sunshine and a blaze of tree color, what would it be? There's really only one beverage to complement the seaso...
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Dining events: Below Zero Alcohol Soft Serve now available at Naperville's 2 Fools CiderOct 07, 2020 6:00 pm - Frozen Naperville native Will Rogers recently invented the Below Zero Alcohol Soft Serve, which transforms liquid cocktails into an “ice cream like” solid that can then ...
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A stuffed portobello only food writer Nigel Slater could design
Oct 07, 2020 6:00 am - Nigel Slater is a food writer's food writer. The prolific British author's famously brief recipe introductions read like haikus: "Roasted pumpkin. Smooth, silky mash." "...
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Chicken cutlets can stretch your dollar in a delicious way
Oct 07, 2020 6:00 am - Sometimes stretching an ingredient - making it feed four instead of two - can be detrimental to a dish, but on rare occasions it can actually make it better. Case in poi...
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Making your own Italian-style beef is an easy one-pot affairOct 07, 2020 6:00 am - As soon as the weather starts to get chilly, my first thought is to make beef in my Dutch oven. Not just any beef - Chicago Italian Style beef! If you love Italian beef,...
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Gingery carrot-apple pancakes welcome fall with a subtle sweetness
Oct 07, 2020 6:00 am - These are not typical flapjacks with bits of apple and carrot mixed in for seasoning. Here, the produce leads the way with mounds of shredded green apple and carrot boun...
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A flavor-packed sauce can be the linchpin to weeknight meal planning
Oct 07, 2020 6:00 am - In the early weeks of the pandemic, two distinct camps of home cooks emerged online and among my friends. There were the sourdough early adopters, let's call them, who b...
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Mud pies to high-end cakes: How an accountant lost on Food Network, got a Naperville shopOct 02, 2020 5:30 am - Denise Chambliss can point to specific life moments that seem to have foretold her future as a professional baker and cake decorator. And yet, looking back, she never im...
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After 20 years, Wee-Dee's in South Elgin is on the moveOct 02, 2020 1:00 am - A staple of downtown South Elgin is on the move after 20 years. But don't worry, it's only going a couple of blocks up the street. Wee-Dee's Restaurant, a well-known f...