Deborah Pankey
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Pumpkin treats to think about outside the crustNov 19, 2014 5:00 am - Pumpkin pie has been a fall tradition since Colonists shared a feast with American Indians. American Indians would roast long strips of pumpkin, a gourd native to the Am...
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Ditka's scores with casual atmosphere, diverse menuNov 18, 2014 4:30 am - Heaven help me if I jinxed the Chicago bears. On a recent Saturday evening I dropped by Ditka's for dinner — as in former coach Mike Ditka's new steak and chop house in ...
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From the Food Editor: Palatine teen teams up with celebrity chef for soup cooking demoNov 12, 2014 5:00 am - Palatine tween Tess Boghossian will join forces with Paul Kahan, one of Chicago's top chefs, on Saturday and show people how to make Lincoln's Inaugural Soup, the recipe...
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Chewy lemon bars earn Prospect Heights mom top baking honorsNov 11, 2014 5:01 am - Lemon squares routinely rank as a baking sale favorite, and a Prospect Heights mom's coconutty take on this tart treat earned her Best of Show honors at the Daily Herald...
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Lemon bars put Prospect Heights cook in finalsNov 07, 2014 12:00 am - Coconutty lemon bars won Best in Show at the Daily Herald's Home Baking Challenge on Thursday night and earned Prospect Heights baker Laura Hill a spot in the finals at ...
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Elk Grove Village mom nets Cook of the Week Challenge win with crusted sturgeon, spicy pumpkin puréeNov 04, 2014 11:00 am - At the mention of canned pumpkin and whiskey I could see smiles cross their faces and the wheels in their minds start turning. When I told the four Cook of the Week Chal...
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Geneva mom to represent suburbs at World Food Championships in Las VegasNov 04, 2014 5:00 am - Don't call her a contester just yet. That's what her mom is, claims Ann Jones, a mom herself residing in Geneva. Jones heads to Las Vegas this weekend to compete wit...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: What the 2014 cooks learned along the wayOct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - They may not have cooked their way into the Nov. 3 cook-off finale, but our 2014 Cook of the Week Challenge contestants didn't walk away from the kitchen without somethi...
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From sadistic to sympathetic, runners-up suggest mystery baskets for Cook of the Week Challenge finaleOct 28, 2014 11:00 pm - If you're not the one faced with having just one hour to cook with peanut butter, mussels, vodka and ricotta cheese, those ingredients might not sound so scary. Then aga...
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From the food editor: Turning over a new leaf and discovering a superfoodOct 28, 2014 6:00 am - When you buy heads of broccoli at the grocery store, you get just a fraction of the plant. So what happens to the enormous leaves that feed and protect those verdant flo...