Food
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Eat right, live well: Bananas full of a-peeling health benefitsMay 05, 2014 12:15 pm - If you believe what you have seen in cartoons and slapstick comedies over your lifetime you might think this month's featured food is dangerous to have around. But, whil...
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Letter carriers to collect food door-to-door SaturdayMay 04, 2014 1:01 am - The 21st National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive is being held Saturday, May 10, in partnership with the U.S. Postal Service, Campbell Soup, ...
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When it comes to spring wine, think pink — roséMay 03, 2014 5:30 am - Warmer weather has arrived; soon it will be time for rosé. Pink wine is a harbinger of spring, like red-breasted robins, cherry blossoms, tax forms and tissues. Those se...
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Washington man tastes his way toward beer-rating milestone: 10,000 and countingMay 03, 2014 5:30 am - “Without the Internet, I couldn't remember anything,” says Gene Bonventre, reaching for his iPad. We are in the living room of his Washington row house and about to shar...
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Making fractions work with bourbonMay 02, 2014 5:30 am - My son's fourth grade math homework has taught me an incredibly valuable lesson. About bourbon. Inappropriate association, you say? Perhaps. But if a bit of bourbon is w...
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Growing number of women working as sommeliersMay 01, 2014 5:45 am - This Mother's Day, sommeliers will be on hand to help you select just the right wine to go with that special meal out. And some of those somms will be moms. Though it's ...
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Philly's 13th St. brings good luck to great foodMay 01, 2014 5:45 am - PHILADELPHIA - Tourism officials will tell you the restaurant-rich area at the heart of downtown is called Midtown Village, but that moniker hasn't entirely caught on wi...
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Food allergies highlighted with 100-foot sandwich in GlenviewMay 01, 2014 1:01 am - Area youngsters will kick off Food Allergy Awareness Week at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 10, by building a 100-foot nut-free sandwich consisting of 100 pounds of soy butter, m...
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Ask the nutritionist: Colorful tortillas not always more healthfulApr 30, 2014 6:09 am - Q. Are wheat tortillas a good choice as I try to eat whole grains more often? Do the ones with spinach and tomato offer extra nutrition? A. Most wheat tortillas are made...
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Move over beef: Pork, shrimp, beans take their turn between the bunsApr 30, 2014 6:01 am - Not too long ago, when you invited people over for burgers on the grill they'd assume you meant a traditional beef hamburger. These days the definition of burger has exp...