Food
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Heavenly Chocolate CakeSep 02, 2014 6:30 am - ½ cup sugar (or a 50-50 mix of sugar and sugar substitute) 1 cup all-purpose flour ¾ cup almond flour ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder ½ teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon ...
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Tangy Tomato-Eggplant CrostiniSep 02, 2014 6:30 am - 2 large yellow onions, quartered and sliced Extra-virgin olive oil Kosher salt 2 small eggplants, diced 1 pint cherry tomatoes, halved Toasted, sliced French bread Balsa...
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Long Grove Strawberry Fest appears on Food NetworkSep 02, 2014 1:01 am - People who attended the Long Grove Strawberry Festival in June may see themselves on the Food Network on Monday when an episode of "Eating America with Anthony Anderson,...
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An easy 2-step process to get more from veggiesSep 01, 2014 11:00 pm - Want to get the most out of your late summer tomatoes and eggplants? Try the simple two-step prep we use for these easy crostini. We start by salting and draining the eg...
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Eat right, live well: Best oil for baking isn't the best for sauteingSep 01, 2014 11:00 pm - In the beginning cooks used lard, then semisolid shortenings and vegetable oil made their way onto shelves. Today, the saturated fats from lard (animal fat) and the hydr...
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Cannabis cuisine rises in wake of legalizationsSep 01, 2014 6:45 am - There are books about cooking with herbs. And then there are books about cooking with herb. Yes, we're talking cannabis cuisine, a small niche in the culinary world but ...
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Suburban orchards ready for apple-picking season to beginAug 31, 2014 6:00 am - School is back in session, the days are growing shorter and apples that have been ripening in the late summer sunshine are ready for picking at many suburban apple orcha...
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Baked Stuffed PearsAug 30, 2014 6:30 am - 4 large pears, washed ½ cup sugar 6 ounces sweet marsala wine, divided 4 ounces amaretti cookies, crushed 4 tablespoons (½ stick) unsalted butter Heat oven to 375 degre...
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California lawmakers pass first plastic bag banAug 30, 2014 1:01 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Lawmakers are sending Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would make California the first to impose a statewide ban on single-use plastic bags. SB270 clear...
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South American food chains use Florida as gatewayAug 30, 2014 1:01 am - MIAMI - When El Corral Burgers opened its first U.S. restaurant near Miami last year, Colombian-Americans came in droves to get a taste of home. They had missed the chai...