Food
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For the ultimate grilled cheese, use both stovetop and ovenFeb 26, 2020 5:00 am - Grilled cheese is the ultimate comfort food, an adult treat that harkens back to childhood. I never met a grilled cheese sandwich I didn't like. Where I grew up, there w...
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How to use gluten-free flour blends in your everyday baking
Feb 26, 2020 5:00 am - I realize that not every recipe is for every person. Interest, diet, skill, equipment: They're all variables that make it impossible to please everyone all the time. One...
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Beans are good for the planet, for you and for your dinner table. Here's how to cook them right.
Feb 26, 2020 5:00 am - The following is an edited excerpt from "Cool Beans" by Joe Yonan (Ten Speed Press, 2020). "We're just here for the beans." That's what we told the waiter at Máximo Bist...
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Potatoes, beans and salsa add up to an easy riff on chili fries
Feb 26, 2020 5:00 am - Here's another way to cook up the protein-on-starch marriage that's so popular the world over. You know, the one that produced black beans and rice in Cuba, pasta with l...
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Mustard, cream and lemon make for fast and flavor-packed pork chops
Feb 25, 2020 5:00 am - Pull out your large skillet tonight if you're up for a pork dish that comes together in minutes but has a surprisingly complex-tasting sauce. Too often, fast-cooking rec...
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Visiting chef and ECC alum Bridget Mooney to bring Chicago flavor to ECC's Spartan Terrace RestaurantFeb 23, 2020 10:00 pm - On Thursday, March 5, visiting chef Bridget Mooney will bring her Soldier Field specialties to campus at 6 p.m. at the Elgin Community College Spartan Terrace Restaurant...
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St. Charles Restaurant Week Feb. 24-28 aims to bring foodies to local eateriesFeb 23, 2020 6:30 am - In its 10th year, St. Charles Restaurant Week is looking to continue serving up good eats. The event, which returns Monday through Friday, Feb. 24-28, will feature more ...
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Some ideas for where St. Charles Beef Shack should relocateFeb 23, 2020 6:28 am - It could be that we've been waiting all of these years to ask the same question Clara Peller did in 1984 when pitching for Wendy's restaurants - without the laughs she g...
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5 fun weekend events: Suds up at the Lake County Craft Beer Fest in GrayslakeFeb 21, 2020 5:00 am - The Lincoln State Cat Club's 59th annual Cat Show returns to St. Charles, the Lake County Craft Beer Festival returns to Grayslake and Scott Simon of NPR's "Weekend Edit...
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Mardi Gras 2020 specials ready to roll at suburban restaurantsFeb 20, 2020 5:00 am - Can you believe it's almost time for Mardi Gras? After all the cold, gray weather we've endured this winter, feting Fat Tuesday on Feb. 25 is certainly a welcome respite...