Food
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From the Food Editor: Edible butterflies roost on spring treat tablesApr 21, 2015 6:00 am - Editor's note: This story was updated to reflect the new price of the Fuel Hungry Lunch Bag. I've been into butterflies lately. Monarchs especially. I read Barbara...
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Stained Glass Butterfly CookiesApr 21, 2015 6:00 am - 2¾ cups of all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature ¾ cup granulated sugar 1 large egg 1½ ...
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Cook of the Week: 4-H inspires Arlington Heights teen cook to challenge herselfApr 21, 2015 6:00 am - From cake decorating to canning, Kaitlyn Ball has learned to do so much in the kitchen. The Arlington Heights cook credits her budding culinary passion and ability to le...
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Maple Bacon Scones with Neufchâtel FrostingApr 21, 2015 6:00 am - Scones 2 cups all-purpose flour 2 tablespoons brown sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder ½ cup cold butter, cut into small pieces ⅓ cup maple syrup 10 strips bacon, cooked an...
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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...