Food
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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...
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Patios, pizza, masks and more: Suburban sports bars tweak playbooks for fall sportsOct 01, 2020 6:00 am - Many Americans first began to wake up to the threat of COVID-19 when the NBA indefinitely suspended its season on March 11 after a player tested positive for the virus. ...