Food
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Springtime PoundcakeMay 13, 2014 5:30 am - 3 cups cake flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda ½ cup orange juice ½ cup heavy whipping cream 2 cups sugar 1 cup unsalted butter, softe...
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Sour Cream Coffee CakeMay 13, 2014 5:30 am - Coffee cake 2 sticks (1 cup) butter 2 cups sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract or almond extract 2 eggs 1 cup sour cream 2 cups flour 1 teaspoon baking powder Filling 1 cu...
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'Cupcake bill' moves through legislatureMay 13, 2014 1:01 am - SPRINGFIELD - Legislation prompted by the shutdown of an Illinois girl's home-baked cupcake operation is one step closer to law. The Belleville News-Democrat reported a...
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Getting in touch with forgotten kitchen skillsMay 12, 2014 12:30 pm - Processed and convenience foods and shortcut cooking methods have become so entrenched in our culinary culture, it's easy to forget just how much we have forgotten about...
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Go for the food: Rhode Island's taste of summerMay 11, 2014 5:45 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - If summer in Rhode Island has a taste, it's lemon - or, rather, Del's Frozen Lemonade. The lemony slush is nothing fancy: It's made of water, sugar, l...
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Arlington Hts. farmers' market opens under new managerMay 10, 2014 8:00 am - The Arlington Heights Farmers Market opens for the season on Saturday, June 7, under new management. The Arlington Heights Historical Society will manage the weekly even...
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District 214 drops National School Lunch ProgramMay 09, 2014 1:01 am - Northwest Suburban High School District 214 has voted to join a small number of suburban schools no longer following USDA guidelines for school lunches, deciding this we...
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Wine lingo revisited: Oh, those crunchy tanninsMay 08, 2014 5:45 am - After I wrote about malolactic fermentation and bottle shock recently as examples of vinogeek-speak, I heard from a reader. He was unhappy: "I cannot tell you how frustr...
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Go for the food: Athens, Ohio, diner a must-tasteMay 08, 2014 5:30 am - ATHENS, Ohio - There's a reason there is almost always a wait at the Court Street Diner here. The menu is heavy on simple favorites: thick slabs of meatloaf, fries piled...
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Despite closures, Chicago relishes its hot dogsMay 08, 2014 1:00 am - CHICAGO — In a city known for its love of both eating and bragging about its hot dogs, this was news nobody relished: Gourmet stand Hot Doug's, known for serving up opti...