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Whiskey adds old-fashioned flair to weeknight pork chops

By Aaron Hutcherson
Feb 24, 2026 5:33 am - The classic old-fashioned cocktail gets turned into a luscious pan sauce for pork chops. The sauce features bourbon or rye whiskey, fresh orange juice, cherry preserves and a dash of Angostura bitters. Serve the pork with steamed or sautéed vegetables and potatoes or grains.
How do I peel oddly shaped vegetables?

By Becky Krystal
Feb 24, 2026 5:23 am - Q: Do you have any tips for peeling turnips and rutabaga? They’ve always been hard for me to peel, so much so that I gave up buying them. Especially with rutabaga, I feel I’m going to slice off a digit trying to slice off the wax coating and rind.
1929 Italian cookbook holds the secret to perfect tortiglioni with peppers and eggplant

By ADI BONI
Feb 24, 2026 4:34 am - Every type of pasta has a purpose, and often a sauce to match. This recipe from the cookbook “The Talisman of Happiness” matches tortiglioni (a short, tubular pasta with spiraling ridges) with peppers and eggplant.
‘Everyone deserves a cake for their birthday’: Grayslake teen baker donates creations to food pantry

By Barbara Vitello
Feb 22, 2026 8:45 pm - Thirteen-year-old baker and budding entrepreneur Abby Mack sells her creations online through her Abby Cakes Facebook page. Earlier this year, the Grayslake Middle School student began donating cake kits to the Avon Township Food Pantry.
Chili chefs put their best dish forward at Palatine cook-off

Daily Herald report
Feb 22, 2026 5:49 pm - Chefs from seven Palatine restaurants gathered Sunday to determine whose chili is tops, but the real winners may have been the judges.
Forget the frosting: Bake the design right into your cake with this Patterned Swiss Roll

By Penny Kazmier
Feb 18, 2026 5:58 am - It’s Penny Kazmier’s birthday. This year she made herself a Patterned Swiss Roll, complete with Happy Birthday message and a multicolored candles design.
How to change the way you make coffee to improve your life — forever

By Michael J. Coren
Feb 18, 2026 5:06 am - Coffee needs a Buy It For Life makeover. We’re wasting good money, and beans, on shoddy equipment. That new $50 drip coffee maker on your counter? Destined for the landfill after a few years of dispensing mediocre coffee. Here’s a guide to affordable, repairable coffee equipment that’s designed to last decades.
A 30-minute shrimp stew offers a vibrant taste of Brazil

By Ellie Krieger
Feb 18, 2026 5:03 am - This quick skillet stew is a take on a Brazilian moqueca in which succulent shrimp simmer in a luxurious sauce made with tomatoes and coconut milk. Flavored with lime juice, garlic and cayenne pepper, and showered with cilantro, it makes for a weeknight-friendly meal you’ll want on repeat.
A kaleidoscope of oddball tomatoes to try as seed-starting season nears

By JESSICA DAMIANO
Feb 17, 2026 4:55 pm - Seed-starting time is right around the corner, and that means it’s time to think about tomatoes. There’s a whole kaleidoscope of tomatoes you can grow in your garden.
Papa Johns is taking on Pizza Hut (and Domino’s) pan pizza. We tried all 3.

By Emily Heil and Tim Carman
Feb 17, 2026 12:03 pm - In a crowded landscape, Papa Johns is going deep. In an effort to compete with its fellow pie-slinging rivals — not to mention apps that can deliver stay-at-home diners anything from sushi to burritos — the chain has introduced a new pan-crust option.

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