Food
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Tips for getting the most flavor, and juice, out of lemonsMar 21, 2017 6:00 am - Fresh lemon - including the juice and the peel - is one of my all-time favorite ingredients, in part because it's just so versatile. It can be the star of the show (as i...
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Pie Five Pizza closes all but one suburban Chicago locationMar 21, 2017 1:00 am - Pie Five Pizza Co., the Texas-based fast casual pizza chain entangled in a breach of contract lawsuit, has shuttered all but one of its suburban Chicago locations, the c...
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Chicken & Sun-Dried Tomato OrzoMar 19, 2017 7:20 am - Ingredients 8 ounces orzo, preferably whole-wheat 1 cup water ½ cup chopped sun-dried tomatoes, (not oil-packed), divided 1 plum tomato, diced 1 clove garlic, peeled 3 t...
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Raising Cane's bringing famous chicken fingers to NapervilleMar 17, 2017 1:00 am - As the new Raising Cane's chicken fingers restaurant goes up in Naperville, look for the number 1. Tucked into the architecture of the fast-food restaurant, the 1 signif...
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Trader Joe's breakfast burritos recalled over possible plastic in productMar 17, 2017 1:00 am - Trader Joe's issued a voluntary recall today for frozen breakfast burritos because of potential plastic pieces in the product. The recall affects Trader Jose's Break...
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Roasted Fennel and Lemon Salad With Turmeric WalnutsMar 15, 2017 6:00 am - ¼ cup honey ¼ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes ½ teaspoon ground turmeric ½ teaspoon fine sea salt Water (optional) 1 cup raw walnut halves 2 lemons 4 medium fennel bu...
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Cook of the Week: Homegrown cook baking enthusiast returns to Hawthorn WoodsMar 15, 2017 6:00 am - Thomas Wolfe may have said you can't go home again, but Donna Abbott, our cook of the week from Hawthorn Woods, would beg to differ. Donna grew up in Lake Zurich, but ma...
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If you think you don't like lima beans, these recipes may win you overMar 15, 2017 6:00 am - We all have those foods we turn to, without elaborate planning or complex execution, when we want to feel taken care of. We don't worry that they won't turn out, because...
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Who says a winter salad has to be heavy?Mar 15, 2017 6:00 am - For us Mid-Atlantic folks, this has been a strange winter, weatherwise. Overall, it has been much milder than usual. Then last week, we saw 70 degrees one day - and 30 t...
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Recipes from Donna Abbott, Cook of the WeekMar 14, 2017 11:00 pm - Chocolate Cake 2/3 cup regular olive oil, plus more for greasing 6 tablespoons good-quality unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted ½ cup boiling water 2 teaspoons best vanilla...