Food
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Dining in: Despite tough times, restaurants giving back to front-line workersApr 14, 2020 11:00 pm - As Illinois residents continue to abide by Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home order, it's important to support suburban restaurants by ordering meals to dine on at home. ...
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Cooking shows provide comfort - and kitchen company - while we're homeApr 14, 2020 11:00 pm - Under our stay-at-home order, I've turned to TV cooking shows to feel like I'm, at least, seeing three-dimensional people. And Ina Garten and the chefs at "America's Tes...
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The industry says we have enough food. Here's why some store shelves are empty anyway.
Apr 14, 2020 1:00 am - Tempers are getting short. Supplies of ground beef even shorter. People are looking into each other's shopping carts. Is that guy really going to use all four cans of ch...
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Stove-top steaming is our favorite way to hard-cook eggs
Apr 08, 2020 6:00 am - In spring our thoughts often turn to eggs, especially those of us who celebrate Easter, with its customs of egg "hunts" and decorating; and Passover, which traditionally...
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Stir-Crazy Cooking: Pantry staples make veggie taco recipe a keeper when supplies run lowApr 08, 2020 6:00 am - A number of weeks ago — when the world seemed vastly different from how it does now — I was on the hunt for more vegetarian recipes. Motivated by both a desire to eat he...
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Dry herbs get a bad rap, but they can be flavor powerhouses. Here's how to use them.
Apr 08, 2020 6:00 am - Dried herbs have a tendency to collect dust in the pantry. You buy a jar of them, use a little and then forget about them or just dip into them occasionally. But now tha...
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Egg substitutions for cooking and baking when the store shelves are empty
Apr 08, 2020 6:00 am - First went the toilet paper, and then the flour and the yeast. Next up, eggs? The coronavirus outbreak has laid bare many grocery store shelves, leaving some shoppers fr...
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Crunchy is the name of the game in this oven-fried chicken recipeApr 08, 2020 6:00 am - Note: Don Mauer is taking some time off. Enjoy this column which originally published on Aug. 9, 2017. The idea of “oven-fried” chicken has been around for decades....
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Coral Ferry's PavlovaApr 08, 2020 6:00 am - For the base shell: 4 egg whites 1 cup granulated sugar - separated 1 teaspoon white vinegar ¼ teaspoon cream of tartar 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon vanilla For th...
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Making the most of what you've gotApr 07, 2020 11:00 pm - Passover and Easter are upon us, and these celebrations are sure to be much more intimate affairs than usual due to friends and family sheltering in place during the cor...