Lifestyle
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Throw out the rules. Pairing beef and white wine is great.
Mar 18, 2025 5:46 am - As tastes and menus evolve, forward-thinking wine professionals are bucking convention by pairing beefy dishes with bone-dry rieslings, bubbly blanc de blancs and other white wines.
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Baking fails happen. Here are 4 things that might have gone wrong.
Mar 18, 2025 5:36 am - Sometimes all we can do is shrug our shoulders and chalk it up to bad luck. At other times, there’s a diagnosable reason your recipe went awry.
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Jalapeño poppers are great. These shishito popper tacos are better.
Mar 18, 2025 5:22 am - Inspired by jalapeño poppers — a popular bar and game-day snack — these shishito pepper tacos are well-suited for a crowd. Mild shishitos turn silky when they’re stuffed with a savory cream cheese mixture, topped with shredded cheese and baked on top of tortillas.
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Salty pancetta and fermented pepper paste lend deep umami to this meaty pasta dish
Mar 18, 2025 5:12 am - Zuppa forte, an old-school Neapolitan dish, traditionally was made with odds and ends of meats, including offal. This spicy pasta dish from Milk Street uses salty cured pancetta as a stand-in.
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Wheaton church taking art submissions for summer showMar 17, 2025 10:58 pm - Calling all artists to explore the symbolic dimensions of shared spaces. Selected works will be featured in the public exhibition, “The Symbolic Dimensions of Shared Spaces,” on June 6-7 at Gary UMC.
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‘Overwhelmed by the love and support’: Historic Elgin church deals with storm’s aftermathMar 17, 2025 6:32 pm - While it won’t be business as usual, the pastor of First United Methodist Church in Elgin said the powerful storm that tore off a portion of their roof over the weekend won’t stop them from their mission.
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How to protect your children during a measles outbreakMar 16, 2025 9:32 am - Measles outbreaks are occurring due to unvaccinated individuals, putting infants and those with compromised immune systems at risk. A pediatrician details what parents can do to protect their children.
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How to set and invest your emergency fund
Mar 15, 2025 1:40 pm - Emergency funds are an absolutely crucial aspect of any financial plan, regardless of the life stage or situation.
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‘A sprint and a marathon at the same time’: Public health care workers describe early pandemic challengesMar 15, 2025 12:30 pm - Though trained to deal with a variety of situations, it quickly became apparent the snowballing coronavirus was unlike anything Patti Corn, emergency response coordinator, or Sara Zamor, associate director of prevention, or their colleagues at the Lake County Health Department had faced.
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RFK Jr. is targeting ultraprocessed foods. What are they, and are they bad for you?
Mar 15, 2025 12:30 pm - In the Trump administration’s quest to “Make America Healthy Again,” there may be no bigger target than ultraprocessed foods. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cited “highly chemically processed foods” as a chief culprit behind an epidemic of chronic disease in the U.S.