Food
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Homemade honey graham crackers are a simple, not-too-sweet treat
May 06, 2020 6:00 am - Store-bought graham crackers are fine. I've eaten my share of them both as a child and an adult. I tend to think of them as a supporting player, however — as the outside...
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This year's Ramadan calls for a light and healthy celebration
May 06, 2020 6:00 am - In a normal year, Muslims around the world would be crowding into bazaars and markets to prepare for the holy month of Ramadan, which began April 23. And many would be p...
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Stir-crazy cooking: Mamma Mia! Leonardo soup cracks the lockdown codeMay 06, 2020 6:00 am - A cold spring day, and I'm thinking soup for dinner to satisfy the hungry crew. There's a lovely recipe for a sublime carrot-orange soup I'm leaning toward, but the 9-ye...
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Dining in: Mother's Day to-go specials bloom across the suburbsMay 05, 2020 11:00 pm - Mother's Day While you won't be able to dine in at a suburban restaurant for Mother's Day, you can still do the next best thing: Order brunch, lunch or dinner to-go from...
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Palatine farmers market opens with host of restrictionsMay 02, 2020 1:00 am - Warm weather greeted a host of people Saturday as they carefully made their way through the opening day of the Palatine farmers market. Joan Entwhistle of Palatine, who...
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Stir Crazy Cooking: Tacos when you're out of almost everything? You bet.Apr 29, 2020 6:03 am - Taco Tuesday? Amateurs. Every day is potentially a taco day in the Findlay-Shamie household. Name a meal, and my husband and I have a taco - or a taco-adjacent item - th...
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Now you can enjoy Ikea's Swedish meatballs at home - some assembly required
Apr 29, 2020 6:00 am - When I told my colleague - via Zoom, of course - that I was going to tackle making Ikea's Swedish Meatballs, her eyes lit up. "I LOVE them," she exclaimed. She's not alo...
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Canned tuna goes bold with Mediterranean flavors
Apr 29, 2020 6:00 am - I love canned tuna. A simple tuna salad piled on toasted bread or stuffed inside a ripe avocado or tomato is my idea of a delicious lunch. I eagerly dig into a salad niç...
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Dining in: Restaurants fete Cinco de Mayo, others re-open for take outApr 29, 2020 6:00 am - Cinco de Mayo Di Pescara: In honor of Cinco de Mayo, from Friday through Tuesday, May 1-5, the Northbrook restaurant will be offering special fish tacos to-go. A combo o...
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Adapt this simple pasta salad to whatever vegetable is in your fridge or freezer
Apr 29, 2020 6:00 am - Adaptability. That's what the world is requiring of us right now, and that's certainly what we need in our recipes. Because who knows what we'll find the next time we ch...