Food
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Soupalooza: Minestrone a melting pot for summer veggiesAug 27, 2014 5:45 am - I don't know about you, but there's something about farmers markets that makes me lose all reason. Even though I know I have a busy week ahead — work events, family obli...
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Alice Waters' Summer MinestroneAug 27, 2014 5:45 am - 1 cup dried cannellini beans (or 2 cups canned) ¼ cup olive oil 1 large onion, finely chopped 2 carrots, peeled and finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 5 th...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: 16 prepare for the heat of competitionAug 27, 2014 5:30 am - We've had a pretty cool summer, but things are about to heat up. Especially for the 16 home cooks who have been selected to take part in the Daily Herald's Cook of the W...
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Filmmakers find we're watching what we eatAug 26, 2014 11:00 pm - The theater is dark, the film is rolling — and your mouth is watering. Forget popcorn. This feast is for your eyes: sizzling green tomatoes, perfectly pink onions, a rip...
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Warm Harvest Salad with Peach Flavored Sweet Tea Vinaigrette Warm Harvest Salad with Peach Flavored Sweet Tea VinaigretteAug 26, 2014 6:30 am - 3 bunches of radishes (including the leafy tops) 3 small onions 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided 1 bunch lacinato kale Salt and pepper to taste Peach Flavored Sweet Tea...
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Summery Quinoa TabboulehAug 26, 2014 6:00 am - 1½ cups cooked quinoa 1 bunch scallions, green parts only, chopped 1 red bell pepper, chopped 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved 1 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley ½ cup chopped...
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Making the case for a simple well-stocked home barAug 26, 2014 5:45 am - It's the bane of the home mixologist - complicated cocktail recipes that call for multiple (and often pricey) esoteric liquors doomed to be used once, then linger for ye...
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Lean and lovin' it: Learning to recognize, curb sugar addictionAug 25, 2014 11:00 pm - “Sugar and me, we go way back. I love sugar. LOOOOVVVVVE it. I love everything about it: how it makes little occasions special and special occasions fabulous. How it per...
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Jen School students expand from growing vegetables to selling themAug 25, 2014 1:01 am - Students returned last week to the Jen School on the campus of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines just in time. The large vegetable garden they planted last spring - which...
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Go for the food: In Annapolis, crab rulesAug 24, 2014 6:15 am - ANNAPOLIS, Md. - Do not wear your Sunday best. That's the first rule for eating messy crabs here on the Chesapeake Bay. Everything else - demonstrating brutal hammer ski...