Food
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Savory Smoky Bacon & Sweet Tomato Hand PieJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - 4 ounces cooked bacon, crumbled 2 cups spinach, arugula, basil or watercress 1 pint cherry or grape tomatoes, roasted Salt and pepper to taste 1 batch pie crust Pr...
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Summer Squash SaladJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 medium zucchini or summer squash (about 1½ pounds total) 1 medium sweet onion (such as Vidalia), peeled ¾ teaspoon fresh ground black ...
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Juicy Blueberry Hand PieJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - 4 cups blueberries (about 20 ounces) Zest of one lemon 2 tablespoons lemon juice ½ cup sugar ½ teaspoon sugar ½ teaspoon salt 1 large egg, whisked with 1 teaspoon...
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Sweet or savory, individual hand pies sure to satisfyJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - A slice of pie is nice, but a hand pie, be still my heart! Double crust, warm filling, a single serving pastry you can eat out of hand; a grown-up pop tart, only better!...
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Skate Wing With Brown Butter, Garlic and ArugulaJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - 2 tablespoons clarified butter or ghee 1 tablespoon olive oil 10 ounces baby arugula 4 cloves garlic, minced Dash fish sauce, or more as needed Dash hot sauce, or more a...
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Wisdom from a 'vegetable butcher' can get you through farmers market seasonJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - I'm sure this has happened to you: You spy some piece of produce that looks great and interesting at the market (farmers, super or otherwise), and then you get home and ...
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The Perfect Hand Pie Crust = 3-2-1 Pie Dough (Pate Brisee)Jul 06, 2016 6:00 am - 12 ounces flour 8 ounces butter/fat 2-4 ounces ice water ½ teaspoon salt A simple equation to remember: 3 parts flour; 2 parts fat; and 1 part water. Combine the flo...
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Eggplant Steaks With Salsa VerdeJul 06, 2016 6:00 am - For the salsa verde 1 clove garlic 1½ cups loosely packed fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves and tender stems ½ cup loosely packed fresh cilantro leaves and tender stems ½ c...
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Taste of Chicago returns with record number of pop-upsJul 05, 2016 12:00 pm - In recent years, the Taste of Chicago has undergone a transformation of sorts. Newer festival elements such as pop-up restaurants, celebrity chef meals and food podcast...
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Brunch idea: Grilled potatoes, onion and bacon skewersJul 05, 2016 6:00 am - This is a smack-your-forehead, wish-I'd-thought-of-it, glad-someone-else-did dish that could just as easily be hors d'oeuvres or even breakfast with a side of fried eggs...