Food
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Cook of the Week Challenge Fan FavoritesSep 24, 2013 4:31 pm - Voters picked Mike Baron’s Campanelle with Shrimp and Sweet Peas in Lemon Cream Sauce and Garlic Parmesan Toast and Carrie Shawala’s Farro Italiano in the style of Risot...
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Jewel-Osco getting rid of self-checkout lanesSep 24, 2013 4:00 pm - Is it the end of the line for self-checkout? It is for some Jewel-Osco customers. The Itasca-based grocer, which is under new ownership from an investment group led by C...
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From the Food Editor: Sweet on honey and new honey cookbookSep 24, 2013 6:00 am - Honey is one of my guilty pleasures. As a kid I loved squeezing amber syrup from the belly of the bear-shaped bottle all over my toast. Today I appreciate honey for more...
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Online orders replace mom's college care packagesSep 24, 2013 6:00 am - NEW YORK — In the decade Sarah Tetley has worked with college students, she's seen a change in care packages sent from home. The box of homemade goodies “is something of...
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Roasted Delicata Squash with Tuscan KaleSep 24, 2013 6:00 am - 3 delicata squash (about 3 pounds total) Extra-virgin olive oil ¼ teaspoon coarse salt ¼ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 pound bow-tie pasta 2 bunches Italian (la...
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Imperfect fruit: Do we forgo nutrition when we 'eat with our eyes'?Sep 23, 2013 11:00 pm - Several weeks ago, my patient Mary brought me a bag of Gravenstein apples fresh-picked from her backyard tree. They were squat and mottled, and, from the occasional punc...
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Key to healthy eating is knowing where food comes fromSep 23, 2013 12:00 pm - You wanted to know At Frederick Nerge Elementary in Roselle, Maureen Petricca's sixth-grade class wanted to know about healthy foods. Students asked, “What would you sel...
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Lean and lovin' it: Trimming down a cafeteria favoriteSep 22, 2013 11:00 pm - There's one kind of restaurant that I can never pass up: an all-American cafeteria. Cafeterias never had the historic and cozy cache of diners, even though they frequen...
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Nutrition Q&A: Getting enough whole grains, fiberSep 22, 2013 11:00 pm - Q: Do all whole grains contain dietary fiber? What are other sources of fiber? A: Your questions seem simple, but they're not. Answering them, however, is important beca...
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Olive Garden woos millennials with smaller portionsSep 22, 2013 7:04 am - Olive Garden, purveyor of the Never Ending Pasta Bowl, has discovered portion control. In an effort to attract millennials and boost flagging sales, Darden Restaurants I...