Food
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Taking over the family Passover dinner can mean breaking traditions, and hearts
Apr 07, 2020 11:00 pm - One would think attending the first Passover dinner hosted by your daughter would be a mother's pure joy, but my mother was becoming unhinged. No one peering into my kit...
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Enjoy an easy-to-make Pavlova for EasterApr 07, 2020 11:00 pm - Easter celebrations will be different this year. Perhaps there will be fewer people gathered around your table. Still, no matter how many people are there, you always ne...
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Easter 2020: Suburban restaurants fete holiday with premade dinners to-goApr 07, 2020 11:00 pm - This year, those who normally gather with family and friends for Easter brunch or dinner at a suburban restaurant unfortunately have to make other plans Sunday because o...
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Deerfields Bakery offers indoor activity that yields tasty treatApr 06, 2020 1:00 am - What to do, what to do, what to do while cooped up inside? Deerfields Bakery has come up with a fun indoor activity for all ages that yields a tasty treat upon completio...
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New Batavia Popcorn Depot owners hope to open in MayApr 03, 2020 6:00 am - New Batavia Popcorn Depot owners hope to open in May
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Dining in: Suburban restaurants supporting first responders and offering more to-go dealsApr 02, 2020 7:05 am - With Gov. Pritzker's stay-at-home order extended through April 30, now more than ever it's important to support local restaurants by ordering curbside, carryout or deliv...
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A Passover like no other: Embrace a more intimate celebration of the Jewish holiday
Apr 01, 2020 6:06 am - This year, it won't be Passover as usual. Few people will host large gatherings for Seders, instead creating smaller, more intimate celebrations with just immediate fami...
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Wine deemed essential, so learn to taste like a proApr 01, 2020 6:04 am - By Mary Ross Daily Herald correspondent Along with toilet paper and hand sanitizer, our government has designated wine as essential to our daily existence. We knew it al...
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This flexible pesto pasta is a keeper for whatever vegetable you have handy
Apr 01, 2020 6:00 am - Pesto belongs in the pantheon of flexible recipes. Sure, the classic combination is basil, garlic, Parmesan, pine nuts and olive oil, but I've made it with all manner of...
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Wine tasting goes beyond swirlingApr 01, 2020 6:00 am - Note: This column was previously published in the Daily Herald in 2005. Here in the Chicago metro area we will enjoy 70 percent of our annual wine consumption from now u...