Deborah Pankey
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From the food editor: 'Food Truck Extravaganza' and Don MauerOct 22, 2013 12:00 pm - No need to race all over the suburbs trying to catch up with your favorite food trucks: They'll all be in one place on Saturday. From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Oct. 26, 14 food ...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: Round 2 contestants don't wilt under heat of the grillOct 16, 2013 6:00 am - Don't you just love firing up the grill on cool autumn days? The tailgating recipes our Round 2 contestants created sure gave us plenty of new reasons to keep the Weber ...
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Small plates burst with bold flavors at Geneva's AltiroOct 16, 2013 6:00 am - Things I learned while dining at Altiro Latin Fusion: In the right hands, roasted peppers can be transformed into an ethereal soup; grapefruit juice does magical things ...
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Tickets on sale for Cook of the Week Challenge cook-offOct 08, 2013 11:00 pm - If you want to attend the Cook of the Week Challenge Final Four Cook-off without the pressure of cooking with mystery ingredients, you'll be pleased to know that tickets...
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From the Food Editor: Suburban treat makers sweet on chocolateOct 08, 2013 6:00 am - When the wind blows in the right direction, the sweet aroma of Bloomer Chocolate Company can nearly knock you right off the road as you drive into the Loop. But chocolat...
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Volunteers harvest seeds at Fermilab prairieOct 05, 2013 3:07 pm - Crickets, grasshoppers and bees had to open their grassy home to some well-meaning guests Saturday morning. More than 100 volunteers plodded through fields of tall plant...
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Civil War comes alive at CantignyOct 05, 2013 10:06 am - The deep “BOOM!” of the cannons shook the leaves off the oaks and sent little hands covering little ears Saturday afternoon during a Civil War re-enactment at Cantigny P...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: 'Less is more' recipes get Monaco, Moytka into Round 2Oct 02, 2013 6:00 am - Judy Monaco made the most of her second chance. The Glendale Heights retiree who entered the inaugural Cook of the Week Challenge in 2011 and was out-cooked in the first...
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From the Food Editor: Discovering the pure joy of homemade mayonnaiseSep 30, 2013 11:00 pm - The other week I enjoyed the opening-night production of “To Master the Art.” The play, running at the Broadway Playhouse, tells the story of culinary icon Julia Child a...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: Rich, Baron advance to Round 2Sep 25, 2013 6:06 am - Two former Cooks of the Week got bumped from the competition this week by two men who work in the service sector. Curried salmon and corn fritters created by Dan Rich, s...