Food
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Favorite recipe yields different result. What's up with that?Mar 26, 2013 1:00 pm - Everyone has their favorite go-to recipe, right? It's the one that's easy, tasty and, most importantly, surefire. You can make it in your sleep and it never varies. My ...
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Italian Iced CookiesMar 26, 2013 6:00 am - 5 pounds flour 1 pound shortening (such as Crisco) 10 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 4 cups granulated sugar 10 teaspoons vanilla extract 12 eggs 1 cup milk Ic...
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Cook of the Week: Feeding family, friends in her natureMar 26, 2013 6:00 am - Angie Gergen was just a babe in arms when her mother and father left the tiny Sicilian village of Cefalu and brought their family to the United States. They ended up in ...
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CannolisMar 26, 2013 6:00 am - Shells 2 cups flour 1 egg 2 teaspoons shortening (Crisco) Dash ground cinnamon ½ cup white wine Lard, for frying Filling 2 pounds ricotta cheese, drained (see notes) 2 ...
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Zucchini SoupMar 26, 2013 6:00 am - 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 medium onion, chopped 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 pounds zucchini, peeled and diced into ½-inch cubes 2 cans (14.5 ounces each) whole new potatoe...
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Fizzy soft drink sales fizzle again in 2012Mar 25, 2013 7:40 pm - Americans’ consumption of fizzy soft drinks, on the decline since 2005, fell last year to its lowest level since 1996. If it weren’t for increasingly popular energy drin...
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Lombard's Vino Cellar a place to sip and savorMar 22, 2013 6:00 am - Cesar and Courtney Pena have turned their hobby into a business, opening The Vino Cellar Nov. 30 to share their love of wine with downtown Lombard. A bar and retail shop...
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Pockets of deliciousness easy to prepareMar 21, 2013 6:00 am - I like pizza Hot Pockets. They're easy to make — just pull them out of the freezer and put them in the microwave for two minutes. But I don't like how they get really ho...
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Pizza PocketsMar 21, 2013 5:21 am - 1 can (8 ounces) refrigerated seamless crescent dough 1 package (3½) ounces pepperoni slices ¼ cup pizza or pasta sauce 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese Heat oven to 37...
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Lorene’s RavioliMar 20, 2013 2:31 pm - Filling 3½ pounds ricotta cheese 2½ cups grated Romano or parmesan cheese ½ bunch fresh flat parsley, finely chopped 5 large eggs Salt and pepper to taste Dough 9 cu...