Food
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Braised Beets With Lemon And AlmondsJul 23, 2019 6:00 am - 1½ pounds beets, trimmed and halved horizontally 1¼ cups water Salt and pepper 3 tablespoons distilled white vinegar 1 tablespoon packed light brown sugar 1 shallot, sli...
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Avocado, Cucumber And Fennel SoupJul 23, 2019 6:00 am - Flesh from 1 ripe avocado 1 large cucumber, chopped (unpeeled) ½ large fennel bulb (tough outer layer removed), cored and chopped 2 tablespoons Greek-style yogurt (may s...
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How to maximize beets' sweet, earthy flavor without messJul 23, 2019 6:00 am - We sought a streamlined stovetop recipe for beets that maximized their sweet, earthy flavor with minimal mess. Braising worked perfectly. We partially submerged the beet...
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Sugar Grove Corn Boil returns with new carnival, music and family funJul 22, 2019 11:00 pm - There will be plenty of sweet corn at the Sugar Grove Corn Boil festival this week. “I heard that we ordered 10,000 ears,” said festival President Jackie Link. But, of c...
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Food, music, animals and more at the Lake County Fair July 24-28Jul 22, 2019 8:00 am - An array of activities, performances, demonstrations and more returns to Grayslake when the 91st Annual Lake County Fair comes to down Wednesday through Sunday, July 24-...
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Bring your best chili recipe to Batavia for cook-offJul 21, 2019 11:00 pm - Show off your cooking skills at the 27th annual State Championship Chili Cook-Off Saturday, July 27, in Batavia! Don't want to compete? Come to eat! Tasting spoons are ...
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Get your butter chicken fix at Indian restaurant in AlgonquinJul 21, 2019 11:00 pm - Jay Gulati has owned an Indian clothing store along the Randall Road corridor for about a year. Each time his loyal customers would stop into Tanaaya at 2713 W. Algonqui...
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5 things to do this weekend in the suburbsJul 19, 2019 9:00 am - Crooner Michael Bublé headlines Rosemont's Allstate Arena Saturday, The Tedeschi Trucks Band brings its Wheels of Soul Tour to Aurora's RiverEdge Park Sunday and the Kan...
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Here's how the homemade Italian sausage gets madeJul 17, 2019 6:06 am - Good Italian sausage begins with the right cut of meat, most often pork butt, providing the perfect ratio of meat and fat, a grind that is not too fine, and seasonings. ...
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This classic barbecue chicken recipe will complete your summerJul 17, 2019 6:00 am - My parents just sold our family house of 31 years. One of my earliest memories there - food-related memories, anyway - is of my dad making barbecue chicken on his old We...