Food
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Try these tricks to avoid the dreaded holiday weight gainDec 01, 2015 4:57 am - When you gaze into your crystal ball, do you see yourself on New Year's Day smiling because you fit comfortably into the same clothes you're in right now? That scene doe...
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Food packaging gimmicks give consumers lessNov 28, 2015 5:42 am - Few things are more infuriating than tearing into a bag of chips to find that it's mostly filled with air, or digging into a "pint" of ice cream that - on closer inspect...
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It's a Gingerbread Christmas at Mt. Prospect museumNov 27, 2015 12:00 am - Celebrate a "Gingerbread Christmas" when the Mount Prospect Historical Society holds its second annual holiday open house from 1 to 4:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, in the D...
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A holiday shopping list for wine loversNov 26, 2015 5:00 am - We're #1! Good work, American wine lovers; again, we have crushed contenders France, Germany and Italy in volume of wine consumed, (according to International Wine & Spi...
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Should you store holiday leftovers in glass or plastic?Nov 26, 2015 4:12 am - Until we all started taking our own reusable bags to the grocery store, there was the inevitable question at the checkout lane: paper or plastic? Now there's still at le...
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A critic answers all your wine on Thanksgiving questionsNov 26, 2015 4:00 am - Everyone knows Thanksgiving is not as relaxing as it pretends to be. But the drinking part should be easy - the antidote to any stress about relatives or kitchen snafus....
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Set the scene for a successful FriendsgivingNov 24, 2015 5:00 am - Everyone loves Friendsgiving. Really, what's not to love? It's the ideal Thanksgiving dinner alternative — no expensive ticket home, no familial drama and no one who wil...
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Giving thanks always a good thing — giving even betterNov 24, 2015 5:00 am - Thanksgiving is upon us, ushering in the year-end holiday calendar with Hannukah beginning on Dec. 6, followed by Christmas, Kwanzaa and celebrating the New Year. It can...
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Making sweet potato souffle healthierNov 24, 2015 5:00 am - When my editors first asked me to make over a holiday favorite from The Washington Post's Recipe Finder archives, I hesitated. Some classic recipes shouldn't be tinkered...
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A trio of cranberry sauces for your Thanksgiving tableNov 24, 2015 5:00 am - Cranberry sauce is one of the traditional dishes essential for any Thanksgiving menu. For me, it wouldn't be Thanksgiving without at least one of the following recipes. ...