Food
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Asked and answered: By popular demand, French market coming to downtown West DundeeMar 22, 2025 4:41 pm - By popular demand, a weekly French market will be held this summer in downtown West Dundee.
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Put some skins in the game with these hearty and crispy potato wedgesMar 19, 2025 6:16 am - What’s not to like about potato skins? Crispy bacon pieces nestled inside potato skins topped with a generous amount of gooey melted cheddar cheese. Add a dallop of sour cream and a sprinkle of green onions and you have the snack version of a twice-baked potato.
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3-ingredient chicken wings a fan favorite every timeMar 19, 2025 5:50 am - 3-Ingredient Chicken Wing tip: Make a separate tray for adults; otherwise the kids will never leave any for their parents.
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These shareable Italian sub sliders boast big, bold flavors
Mar 19, 2025 5:19 am - Cured deli meats, melty provolone cheese, pickled peppers, briny olives and a zippy sauce pack these Italian slider sandwiches with loads of flavor. Put out a platter of these as a party appetizer, or serve them with chips or a salad for a casual meal.
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A spicy, herby peanut salsa adds punch and crunch to seared grouper
Mar 18, 2025 6:09 am - A bold salsa — packed with herbs, garlic, hot peppers and peanuts — makes a thrilling topping for pan-seared grouper (or any firm white fish you like). One taste, and you’ll understand why chef Eric Adjepong featured it in his debut cookbook, “Ghana to the World.”
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Throw out the rules. Pairing beef and white wine is great.
Mar 18, 2025 5:46 am - As tastes and menus evolve, forward-thinking wine professionals are bucking convention by pairing beefy dishes with bone-dry rieslings, bubbly blanc de blancs and other white wines.
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Baking fails happen. Here are 4 things that might have gone wrong.
Mar 18, 2025 5:36 am - Sometimes all we can do is shrug our shoulders and chalk it up to bad luck. At other times, there’s a diagnosable reason your recipe went awry.
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Jalapeño poppers are great. These shishito popper tacos are better.
Mar 18, 2025 5:22 am - Inspired by jalapeño poppers — a popular bar and game-day snack — these shishito pepper tacos are well-suited for a crowd. Mild shishitos turn silky when they’re stuffed with a savory cream cheese mixture, topped with shredded cheese and baked on top of tortillas.
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Salty pancetta and fermented pepper paste lend deep umami to this meaty pasta dish
Mar 18, 2025 5:12 am - Zuppa forte, an old-school Neapolitan dish, traditionally was made with odds and ends of meats, including offal. This spicy pasta dish from Milk Street uses salty cured pancetta as a stand-in.
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RFK Jr. is targeting ultraprocessed foods. What are they, and are they bad for you?
Mar 15, 2025 12:30 pm - In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cited “highly chemically processed foods” as a chief culprit behind an epidemic of chronic disease in the U.S.