Food
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Running shrimp under the broiler is a lightning-fast path to dinner
Jun 03, 2020 6:00 am - One of my favorite ways to prepare shrimp is to slip them onto a sheet pan and run them under the broiler. It is lickety-split fast, giving me more time to spend on fuss...
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Four tips to help you get the most out of that farm box or CSA produce
Jun 03, 2020 6:00 am - I've long been a devoted farmers market shopper. I'm also someone who appreciates control, at least in the kitchen. So I'd never taken the plunge into community-supporte...
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This chickpea salad has a royal backstory that doesn't involve chickpeas
Jun 03, 2020 6:00 am - I wasn't around for the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; I wouldn't be born for a dozen years. Even if I had been, I doubt coronation chicken - so named because it...
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Stir-crazy cooking: Potato tacos a good balance between meat-free and comfort foodJun 03, 2020 6:00 am - My wife and I have different tastes when it comes to some foods. She is genetically disinclined to like cilantro, while I'm a salsa fanatic (heavy on the cilantro, pleas...
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Raise a toast to white bread with a recipe even a nonbaker can master
Jun 03, 2020 6:00 am - I love white bread. I know I'm not supposed to love it. Either I should love only artisanal whole grain breads with beautiful leaf motifs carved into their crusty tops, ...
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A soup that makes you work for those sublime resultsJun 03, 2020 6:00 am - As I was standing at my kitchen counter grating two pounds of tomatoes, I started wondering if this was going to be worth it. Sitting on my deck a few hours later, tasti...
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SalmorejoJun 03, 2020 6:00 am - 2 pounds vine-ripened tomatoes, halved crosswise ½ pound rustic white bread, crusts removed, bread cubed (1½ cups) 2 garlic cloves, finely grated 1 tablespoon sherry vin...
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Dining events: Free doughnuts for National Doughnut Day FridayJun 03, 2020 6:00 am - Doughnuts! National Doughnut Day is Friday, June 5. Here's how some eateries are celebrating: Dunkin': It's a doughnut party Friday, as Dunkin' locations will b...
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Schaumburg Farmers Market returns June 5May 31, 2020 1:00 am - Schaumburg's 2020 Farmers Market returns Friday, June 5, and will run every Friday through Oct. 30 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of Trickster Art Gallery, 190...
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St. Charles church's free spaghetti dinner re-opens with drive-throughMay 29, 2020 6:00 am - When things got difficult for families during the recession a decade ago, area churches began offering free monthly meals on various nights. It lifted spirits, brought f...