Lifestyle
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Bringing the outdoors in: Tips for creating a floral displayJul 22, 2025 1:05 pm - This is a good time to cut some of your outdoor flowers for an indoor display.
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Want a healthier frozen pizza? Here’s what to look for
Jul 22, 2025 5:44 am - You probably shouldn’t eat frozen pizza every day, nutrition experts say, but it can still be part of a healthy, occasional lunch or dinner. Here’s how to make frozen pizza a more nutritious meal, red flags to watch out for — and six of the healthiest pizzas we found.
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These flavor-packed pork burgers were inspired by Indian street food
Jul 22, 2025 5:40 am - Goan sausage is ubiquitous in southern India, where you can find it sold at street food carts and high-end restaurants alike, sometimes baked into a bun or minced and stuffed between layers of fried naan. This recipe takes inspiration from those burger-like sandwiches, using a combination of grated garlic, garam masala, cumin, paprika and cayenne to give the all-pork patties deep, complex flavor and a rusty hue.
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Salmon cakes with cabbage salad are as exciting as they are bold
Jul 22, 2025 4:47 am - These salmon cakes, fragrant with ginger, garlic, scallion and cilantro, are accompanied by a crisp napa cabbage salad spiked with toasted sesame and lime. A dollop of sriracha mayo is the finishing touch for this satisfying, healthful meal.
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This creamy corn chowder gets a boost from barbecue sauce butter
Jul 22, 2025 4:36 am - This creamy corn chowder contains no cream, thanks to a speedy broth made with scraped cobs that’s thickened with stone-ground cornmeal. The real star of this bowl is the dollop of barbecue sauce butter added just before serving.
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‘Pictures outlast your memories’: 96-year-old Elgin man’s photos featured in book celebrating 70th anniversary of DisneylandJul 21, 2025 3:04 pm - A 96-year-old Elgin man has seven photographs featured in a new book celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California.
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Our Saviour’s Lutheran in Naperville launches Little Free PantryJul 21, 2025 11:42 am - Our Saviour's Lutheran Church in Naperville launched a Little Free Pantry for those in need of free meals and snacks.
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Geneva artist gifts mosaic to the Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in ChicagoJul 21, 2025 11:19 am - On Wednesday, July 23, Blessed Carlo Acutis Parish in Chicago will unveil a 1,000-piece mosaic of the first millennial saint by Geneva artist Johnny Vrba who gifted similar artwork to the Vatican.
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Geneva man beats stage 4 cancer, completes Half Ironman
Jul 21, 2025 9:00 am - Geneva cancer survivor Keith Giffney says: “Whatever adversity, I was not going to let it destroy me.”
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Is Mexican Coke really better than the U.S. version? Here are the taste-test results.
Jul 21, 2025 8:50 am - Coke made in Mexico, where it is still produced with cane sugar, has a devoted following stateside. But how does it fare against the domestic drink in a side-by-side, blind taste test?