Food
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Go for the food: Gourmet sliders in gritty DetroitFeb 11, 2014 4:45 am - DETROIT — Enough with all the downtrodden-Detroit talk: Green Dot Stables, a bustling sliders joint in an industrial area not far from downtown, may restore your faith i...
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Cook of the Week: Conventional to contemporary, she's got it coveredFeb 11, 2014 4:30 am - Despite the fact that her husband is a conventional meat and potatoes lover, Judy Pauzuolis, of Hoffman Estates, occasionally likes to stir up something a bit more conte...
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Chip Beef DipFeb 11, 2014 4:30 am - 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese 1-2 teaspoons celery salt 1-2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce 1 package (2 ounces) thin sliced beef (such as Carl Budding), chopped 1 bu...
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Lemon PoundcakeFeb 11, 2014 4:30 am - 2 sticks (1 cup) butter 4 eggs 4 cups flour 2 cups sugar 2 cups milk 4 teaspoons baking powder 1 bottle (2 ounces) lemon extract Powdered sugar, for garnish Heat oven t...
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NJ festival lets you eat, drink, floss with baconFeb 11, 2014 12:01 am - ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Get ready for bacon like you've never eaten, drunk or worn it before. Bacon milkshakes. Chocolate-covered bacon shaped like roses. Bacon-flavored t...
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4-H holds favorite foods contest in Arlington Hts.Feb 10, 2014 10:00 pm - Enticing aromas filled the corridor outside the foods lab of Thomas Middle School on Feb. 1, as 4-H members from Cook County competed in the annual Favorite Foods Contes...
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Dark Chocolate BrowniesFeb 10, 2014 3:30 pm - ½ cup unsalted butter 1 cup sugar ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed ⅔ cup cocoa powder (recommend Callebaut CP 776) ½ teaspoons salt 2 teaspoons coffee liqueur 2 large egg...
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Baking Secrets: Dark cocoa powder holds key to decadent browniesFeb 10, 2014 3:30 pm - Chocolate desserts have come a long way since I first tried my hand baking from-scratch brownies in the early 1970s. That original recipe relied upon a few tablespoons o...
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Bordeaux Cup cultivating wine collectors of tomorrowFeb 07, 2014 5:00 am - Snow fell furiously outside as 27 young oenophiles swirled, sniffed and sipped fine Bordeaux. They huddled in teams of three to discuss the wines — not to appreciate the...
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Gins are turning up in darker shadesFeb 07, 2014 5:00 am - WASHINGTON — If you spend time in liquor stores — as I do, even when they call and beg my family to come for me — you’ll have noticed that more and more gins seem to be ...