Food
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Suburban, city restaurants aim to entice diners with Chicago Restaurant Week dealsMar 18, 2021 6:00 am - After a year of devastating uncertainty, closures due to COVID-19 and reopening under safety restrictions for bars and restaurants around the country, Choose Chicago is ...
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Too many cherry tomatoes? Why not make them into soupMar 17, 2021 6:00 am - Even after a year, I still don't have a 100% track record with ordering my groceries from a delivery service. So, as it happened, I found myself with more cherry tomatoe...
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Cherry Tomato and White Bean SoupMar 17, 2021 6:00 am - ½ cup roughly chopped parsley 2 teaspoons lemon zest 2 (10-ounce) containers cherry or grape tomatoes ¼ cup olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons and more for drizzling (optiona...
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Try a smoky, silky, salty, salmon spread for EasterMar 17, 2021 6:00 am - Easter is in a few weeks, so instead of a St. Patrick's Day recipe for corned beef or Irish soda bread, I thought I would share a recipe that would be great for Easter, ...
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Smoked Salmon Layered SpreadMar 17, 2021 6:00 am - 8 ounces cream cheese 4 ounces fresh goat cheese 4 tablespoons prepared horseradish 1 tablespoon finely grated lemon zest 1 pound hot-smoked salmon, skin removed, flaked...
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Dining events: Restaurants pumped for March MadnessMar 16, 2021 10:00 am - March Madness Ready for the NCAA basketball tournament? So are some suburban restaurants, with COVID-19 protocols in place, of course. Here are some specials you might w...
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First Watch restaurants enter Chicago-area market in Oak BrookMar 15, 2021 5:30 am - Editor's note: The first Illinois location of First Watch: The Daytime Cafe is in O'Fallon, Illinois, east of St. Louis. A high-growth breakfast, brunch and lunch ...
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Amazon Fresh opens today in BloomingdaleMar 11, 2021 12:00 am - The suburbs' newest Amazon Fresh grocery store will open today in Bloomingdale. Mayor Franco Coladipietro and an Amazon spokesman confirmed the opening of the store at 4...
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St. Patrick's Day 2021: Raise a glass (or get corned beef to go) at suburban eateriesMar 10, 2021 5:00 am - What a difference a year makes! It was almost a year ago that pretty much everything shut down to stem the spread of COVID-19. Now with bars and restaurants back open at...
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Try a new way to prepare Brussels sprouts and become a fanMar 09, 2021 10:00 pm - If you don't like Brussels sprouts - keep reading. My way of preparing them may just change your mind. Twenty-five years ago, I told my cousin, Kathy, that I would make ...