Deborah Pankey
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Deadline looming for Cook of the Week ChallengeJul 18, 2013 6:00 am - I've been reading through applications for our Cook of the Week Challenge and I realized something's missing: your entry. The contest challenges 16 home cooks to come up...
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Our staff weighs in on the burbs' best barbecueJul 17, 2013 6:00 am - 2013 could go down as the Summer of Barbecue. Slow-cooked, spiced, smoked and sauced meats are everywhere ... in new barbecue shacks — and I use the term endearingly — i...
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Chef du Jour: Mobile chefs brings brick-oven pizza to the massesJul 17, 2013 6:00 am - The dark-haired kid who used to sell you lemonade as you tooled through Downers Grove, today, owns a mobile pizza oven. So instead of quenching customers' thirst with co...
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Naperville mom helps food allergy sufferers travel safelyJul 16, 2013 10:00 am - Naperville mom Amy Wicker was determined that her daughter's food allergies were not going to affect their family vacation. That was easier said than done, though. She s...
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Itasca dad takes the cake, and $250,000, to win baking reality showJul 10, 2013 3:00 pm - With popcorn-topped meringue pavlovas, mascarpone blueberry tartlettes and a peanut butter mousse-filled cake roll, Itasca's Brian Emmett proved Wednesday night he's Ame...
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From the Food Editor: Cooking contest, cans and cheesecakeJul 09, 2013 10:00 am - I've been reading through applications for our Cook of the Week Challenge and I realized something's missing: your entry. To refresh your memory, our Cook of the Week Ch...
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Naperville garage fire spreads to houseJul 06, 2013 10:49 am - A Friday night fire that started in a Naperville garage spread to the attic caused $150,000 in damages and left the house uninhabitable. Naperville Fire Department inspe...
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No injuries in Island Lake cigarette store fireJul 06, 2013 9:54 am - A fire in a walk-in cooler at an Island Lake cigarette store early Saturday morning caused an unknown amount of damage. The store’s alarm system alerted crews to the fir...
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Suburbanites rise to the finals on CBS baking showJul 03, 2013 11:00 pm - When it comes to pastry, Darlene Pawlukowsky and Brian Emmett speak French. The two suburban bakers turned out exemplary tarte Tatins, napoleons and puff pastry towers d...
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Welcome to the dog days — hot dogs, of courseJul 03, 2013 5:00 am - Welcome to National Hot Dog Month, also known as July. This Fourth of July weekend we Americans are expected to eat 150 million hot dogs — a good chunk of the 7 billion ...