Deborah Pankey
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Whirl of possibilities: Smoothies the hot way to cool offJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Need to boost your protein intake? There's a smoothie for that. Looking for more fiber? There's a smoothie for that. Yes, smoothies are so versatile that you can adapt t...
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What goes around comes around rings true for local chefJun 08, 2010 11:00 pm - Sometimes you have to leave home to realize it's where you belong. That happened to Theodore "Ted" Stay. Stay grew up in far north suburban Ingleside and graduated from ...
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Celeb chef Tramonto steps away from the stoveJun 03, 2010 11:00 pm - Chef Rick Tramonto has cut his ties with Tru, the internationally acclaimed restaurant he founded in 1999, to pursue yet undisclosed culinary ventures. "It's been a grea...
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Commuters not left out of farmers market optionsJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - By the time your train pulls into the station, there's not enough time to make it to your local farmers market. Yet, if you work in the Loop, you don't have to miss out ...
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New books help turn market bounty into mealsJun 01, 2010 11:00 pm - Radishes, spring peas, rhubarb and greens of all shades soon will be coming to a farmers market near you - if they're not there already. In a few weeks eggplant, cherrie...
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Patience part of recipe for better bratsMay 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Wally Tenhoopen knows a thing or two about bratwurst. As owner of Thuringer Meats in Arlington Heights, Tenhoopen has been making and selling brats and other sausages at...
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Gadgets for great grilling, and then someMay 25, 2010 11:00 pm - Memorial Day waits just around the corner and I'm crossing my fingers that May will stick with these sunny, warm days - the kind of days a fair-weather griller like me p...
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In its Prime: Schaumburg steakhouse continues to dazzleMay 24, 2010 11:00 pm - Flawless. It's not often that I have occasion to use that word to describe a restaurant, but in the case of Chicago Prime Steakhouse in Schaumburg it's the first word th...
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Stylish sips for ever so stylish galsMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - The excitement is building. Can you feel it? A long-awaited movie sequel opens soon and I ain't talking about "Shrek." "Sex and the City 2" opens May 27 and I'm already ...
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Variety spices up that classic brunch beverage, the Bloody MaryMay 18, 2010 11:00 pm - We could sit here and debate the beginnings of the Bloody Mary (sometimes credited to a waitress at Chicago's Bucket of Blood bar or bartenders in New York or Paris), bu...