Food
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Hummus and chocolate together?Oct 29, 2014 6:01 am - Admittedly, it sounds like a Halloween trick. Chocolate hummus. It's either disgusting or just a cruel joke, right? Neither, actually. But when I first saw it sold along...
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No trick-or-treaters? Buy Halloween candy anyway!Oct 29, 2014 6:00 am - NEW YORK - Don Stewart and his wife will be home with the lights on Halloween night, waiting for trick-or-treaters. But like a lot of folks who stock up on candy, they'l...
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Soupalooza: Chili a way to savor Buffalo wing taste without the bonesOct 29, 2014 6:00 am - True confession: I have never eaten a Buffalo chicken wing. A travesty, I know, but I think the popularity — and easy availability — of the spicy hot snack became popula...
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Libertyville High students wrap up annual food drive by loading trucksOct 29, 2014 1:01 am - An annual traditional mixing charity, teamwork and a healthy dose of manual labor continued Wednesday morning at Libertyville High School. About 40 students came togethe...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: What the 2014 cooks learned along the wayOct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - They may not have cooked their way into the Nov. 3 cook-off finale, but our 2014 Cook of the Week Challenge contestants didn't walk away from the kitchen without somethi...
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From sadistic to sympathetic, runners-up suggest mystery baskets for Cook of the Week Challenge finaleOct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - If you're not the one faced with having just one hour to cook with peanut butter, mussels, vodka and ricotta cheese, those ingredients might not sound so scary. Then aga...
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Chipotle Orange Duck Tacos with Red Cabbage and Watercress Slaw, Goat Cheese and Spicy Black BeansOct 28, 2014 6:01 am - 4 duck legs with the thighs attached 1 tablespoon of salt and a pinch more ½ tablespoon fresh ground black pepper 10 cloves garlic, crushed 4 bay leaves, crumbled 8 spri...
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Spicy Black BeansOct 28, 2014 6:01 am - ½ yellow onion, small dice 1 medium jalapeño, seeded (keep the seeds if you like spicy) 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon ground cumin 2 cans (15 ounces each) black bea...
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From the food editor: Turning over a new leaf and discovering a superfoodOct 28, 2014 6:00 am - When you buy heads of broccoli at the grocery store, you get just a fraction of the plant. So what happens to the enormous leaves that feed and protect those verdant flo...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: Four finalists ready for cook-off finaleOct 28, 2014 6:00 am - They survived oddities like licorice extract and lentils and unknowns like watercress and chia seeds — things waay scarier than zombies and last-minute campaign robocall...