Food
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Eggplant can be a love-or-hate proposition. Here's how to treat it right.
Aug 12, 2020 6:00 am - Mere moments into our conversation, chef and restaurateur Adrian Lipscombe perfectly sums up eggplant's reputation: "It's a really unique plant. Either you love it, or y...
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Wine insider tip No. 1: Check the flip side of the bottle when shopping for wineAug 12, 2020 6:00 am - While wine shopping, you might flip the bottle to the back label, scanning tidbits including alcohol content, winery mission and tasting notes. Wine pros do it too. But ...
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Tuna melt: One of the world's great sandwiches is making a comeback
Aug 12, 2020 6:00 am - American home kitchens are in an unprecedented moment, where the most pedestrian supermarket staples can be as valuable as finicky homemade products. A household's most ...
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Dining events: It's a Southern Thing debuts in Naperville, HEY SUGAR bakery now open in GenevaAug 06, 2020 6:00 am - It's a Southern Thing Southern classics. Barbecue. Comfort food. Put them all together and you have the new It's a Southern Thing restaurant opening at 4 p.m. Monday, Au...
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Welcome to (suburban) wine country: Local wineries offer mix of outdoor tastings, toursAug 05, 2020 6:00 am - If the pandemic dashed your dreams of winery tours in Tuscany, or even a long weekend in Napa, you don't have to give up on picturesque patios or romantic vineyard views...
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Sheet Pan Honey-Garlic Chicken And Broccoli
Aug 05, 2020 6:00 am - 6 skinless, boneless chicken thighs (about 2 pounds) 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided, plus more to grease baking sheet 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted 2 tablespoo...
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Ugly produce is the best bargain at farmers markets. Here's how to buy and use it.
Aug 05, 2020 6:00 am - We all grew up hearing that it's not what's on the outside but the inside that counts, that you can't judge a book by its cover, and all those other oft-repeated pieces ...
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Workhorse ingredients get a refresh in this honey-garlic chicken sheet-pan dinner
Aug 05, 2020 6:00 am - Confession: Sometimes, I open my refrigerator or look in my pantry, make a mental note of a few main ingredients and then do an internet search on those few items just t...
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The grill brings out eggplant's best flavors in this colorful summer salad
Aug 05, 2020 6:00 am - Eggplant takes to grilling like perhaps no other vegetable I know. The spongy flesh soaks up smoke flavor from a charcoal or wood fire and turns buttery without the use ...
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Skillet-cook summer corn and chorizo for tacos that pop with summer flavor
Aug 05, 2020 6:00 am - You know what it feels like when you bite into really good corn on the cob. Sweet, flavorful pops. Juices flying as if you bit into an apple. Maybe a little smoky char f...