Food
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Fire up your summer with recipes from the season's new grilling cookbooksJul 03, 2019 6:00 am - The food media spotlight seems to shine brightest on the genre I'll call “grilling cookbooks,” for lack of a better designator. Top 10 lists delivered at year's end rare...
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Ham SaladJul 03, 2019 6:00 am - 12 ounces cooked ham, coarsely chopped (see note) 1 celery rib, coarsely chopped 1 small shallot, minced and soaked in ice water for 30 minutes, then drained (see headno...
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This deserves to be your summer's go-to bacon saladJul 03, 2019 6:00 am - It looks like we have Pennsylvania Dutch tradition to thank for warm bacon dressing, and that makes kitchen sense to me. Finding a use for the just-rendered fat from a p...
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Green Bean Salad With Potatoes, Capers And EggsJul 03, 2019 6:00 am - 8 ounces small potatoes, such as fingerlings or new potatoes ½ teaspoon kosher salt, plus more as needed 4 large eggs 4 ounces green beans, trimmed (may use yellow or pu...
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Ham salad, a retro throwback, keeps its cool by losing the mayoJul 03, 2019 6:00 am - Picnic salads, such as egg salad and ham salad, tuna salad and chicken salad, are welcome bring-alongs to office lunches, outdoor get-togethers and cookouts. Perfect for...
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This colorful slaw will brighten your next cookoutJul 03, 2019 6:00 am - It's well-worth having this unique slaw at top of mind for your summer menus. It offers crisp, fresh contrast and colorful nutritional balance to whatever you might be g...
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How to keep food-borne illnesses from spoiling Fourth of July partiesJul 02, 2019 1:00 am - The combination of outdoor cooking, perishable food and muggy, hot weather can be a recipe for an intestinal disaster on the Fourth of July. To avoid those kinds of fir...
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Hoffman Estates woman wanted to eat better, so she learned to cook betterJul 01, 2019 11:00 pm - One thing is certain: Our Cook of the Week, Kelly Kelley from Hoffman Estates, did not learn to cook from her mother. For two reasons. First, Kelley was one of 11 child...
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This salad of green beans, potatoes and eggs is the breezy dish your summer needsJul 01, 2019 11:00 pm - The best summer salads are mere suggestions: Buy what looks good and fresh and calls to you at the market, cook it simply or not at all, season it well (combining it wit...
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Festivals through July 4: Frontier Days, Ribfest, Eyes to the Skies, Northwest Fourth Fest & moreJul 01, 2019 11:00 pm - This week Naperville's Ribfest: Noon to 10 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, July 3-6, at Knoch Park, 724 S. West St., Naperville. “Last Nights at Knoch” features a varie...