Food
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Mediterranean SaladApr 21, 2015 6:00 am - Dressing ½ cup red wine vinegar 6 tablespoons water 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 teaspoons honey 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard ½ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper 1 teaspoon...
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Layered salads in jars are pretty and practicalApr 20, 2015 11:00 pm - I blame Pinterest for this one. By "this one" I mean the craze of packing salads into jars, usually the Mason or Ball jars people use for canning tomato sauce and jams. ...
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Wheeling artist chooses chocolate to make his sculpturesApr 20, 2015 11:00 am - Some sculptors work in marble, others in clay, and still others in wood and ice. But for artist Jan Wakulinski, chocolate is his choice of medium. Wakulinski is the in-h...
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Why are we so bad at imagining the food of the future?Apr 18, 2015 1:00 am - For all its cross-cultural and technological prescience, Star Trek - the most prestigious science-fiction universe of all time - was absolutely awful when it came to foo...
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When the cherry brews begin to blossom, it must be springApr 17, 2015 6:00 am - There's a seasonality about cherry beers that fits perfectly with local legend and custom. The early birds start to pop up, appropriately, around George Washington's Bir...
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ECC gourmet dinner to support culinary student activitiesApr 16, 2015 11:00 pm - For the 33rd year, guests are invited to Elgin Community College's Culinary Arts and Hospitality Program's annual Gourmet Dinner on Friday, May 1, at the college's Build...
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Lemony Poppy seed DressingApr 16, 2015 6:00 am - ½ cup honey ¼ cup fresh lemon juice 1 teaspoon onion powder ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon dry mustard ⅔ cup vegetable oil 1 teaspoon poppy seeds In a blender or food proc...
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Kitchen scoop: Lemony poppyseed dressing enchances spring veggiesApr 16, 2015 6:00 am - If I say lemons and poppy seeds, what comes to mind? Muffins? Tiny little cakes dripping with icing? I do love a good, buttery lemon poppy seed cake, but today I'm talki...
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Bucatini with Sausage and PeppersApr 15, 2015 6:00 am - 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 8 ounces sweet Italian turkey sausage (2 links), removed from casings 1 large onion, sliced (about 1½ cups) 1 medium red bell pepper,...
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Seriously Simple: Smartly prepared pasta fits into healthy dietApr 15, 2015 6:00 am - Food trends come and go. Pasta got a bad rap when carbohydrates became our enemy. If you talk to nutritionists, they will tell you carbs are an important part of our die...