Food
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Stir-crazy cooking: Spicy peanut noodles offer endless varietyApr 15, 2020 6:00 am - Back in the Before Days, when daily grocery runs for recipe supplies were commonplace, the spicy peanut noodles my wife would make were a winning recipe for the two of u...
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Go grocery shopping every two weeks? You can — and without hoarding
Apr 15, 2020 6:00 am - Among the essential activities allowed during mandatory stay-at-home orders caused by the coronavirus pandemic is grocery shopping, but most experts agree that residents...
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Tips for weeding out, cooking through that kitchen pantryApr 15, 2020 6:00 am - I've always had a love/hate relationship with my pantry. It's a virtual Rorschach test of my food psyche, a physical manifestation of my expired hopes and culinary dream...
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On the fridge: These black bean and corn taquitos are fun to make, fun to eat
Apr 15, 2020 6:00 am - I challenged myself this week to make a truly fast, easy, cheap dinner from what I had in my pantry and refrigerator, and I found myself falling back on an old standby f...
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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...