Food
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Memorial Day 2021: Suburban restaurants kick off summer with grill packs, specialsMay 26, 2021 6:00 am - Can you believe that Memorial Day weekend is almost here? Well, it is. And now that COVID-19 restrictions are easing, people are eager to get back to pre-pandemic events...
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Dunham Foundation awards Fox Valley Food for Health $50,000 grant for Healthy Meals ProgramMay 20, 2021 11:00 pm - Fox Valley Food for Health was recently awarded a $50,000 grant by the Dunham Foundation. The grant will allow it to continue expanding their Healthy Meals and Teen Educ...
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In season: Where - and when - to find local farmers marketsMay 20, 2021 6:00 am - If you wanted to, you could visit a farmers market every day of the week. That's what we learned when we decided to sort our list of suburban farmers markets by day, not...
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Dining events: Portillo's debuts spicy chicken sandwich, Two Brothers hosts Summer BBQ PartyMay 20, 2021 6:00 am - Hot stuff Portillo's is making a foray into the spicy chicken wars. But with a kick. Portillo's spicy chicken sandwich comes topped with a new specialty hot giardiniera ...
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For Memorial Day: Start off grilling season right with a famed BBQ pork chop sandwichMay 19, 2021 6:00 am - Summer is quickly approaching, signaling the start of a barbecue season that runs unofficially from Memorial Day through Labor Day. For a small group of us that voluntee...
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The Legendary BHS Chuckwagon BBQ Pork-Chop SandwichMay 19, 2021 6:00 am - Vegetable oil 6 boneless pork loin chops - each 1¼- to 1½-inch thick, brined if desired (see recipe below) Lawry's Seasoned Salt 2 cups of your favorite barbecue sauce -...
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A Facebook food group comes together to make a cookbook
May 18, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK - The pandemic gave them lemons. So they made lemon rosemary chicken. A Facebook group that swapped homemade recipes after restaurants were shuttered during loc...
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Deli eyeing former Le Francais site in WheelingMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - A long-vacant building on Wheeling's Restaurant Row may finally have found a new occupant. The owner of Chicago's Alex Super Deli is planning to relocate to the former L...
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Portillo's enters spicy chicken wars with new hot giardiniera sauce on sandwichMay 18, 2021 1:00 am - Portillo's, famous for its Chicago-style hot dogs, Italian beef sandwiches and yes, popular chocolate cake, is making a foray into the spicy chicken wars. But with a kic...
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Arlington Heights Farmers Market opens for the seasonMay 15, 2021 1:00 am - The Arlington Heights Farmers Market opened for the season Saturday in the commuter parking lot across from the Arlington Heights Historical Museum on Vail Avenue and Fr...