Deborah Pankey
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Cook of the Week Challenge: Four finalists ready for cook-off finaleOct 28, 2014 6:00 am - They survived oddities like licorice extract and lentils and unknowns like watercress and chia seeds — things waay scarier than zombies and last-minute campaign robocall...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: Judges try their hand at the mystery basketsOct 22, 2014 6:01 am - So our home cooks don't think I'm picking on them and so the judges don't think I'm letting them off too easy, I ask those judges to pick a mystery basket and come up wi...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: Judges weigh in on Emmentaler, chia seed mystery basket recipesOct 22, 2014 6:00 am - Molly Sutton and Juanita Harrell round out our Final Four. The cook-off will be held Nov. 3 at the Hyatt Regency Schaumburg. Sutton's cassoulet and biscuits won the deli...
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Four finalists named for this year's live cook-offOct 21, 2014 11:00 pm - Women from Arlington Heights, Elk Grove Village, Geneva and Wheaton to compete in Cook of the Week Challenge cook-off
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Judges praise creativity in Cook of the Week Challenge tailgate match-upsOct 14, 2014 11:00 pm - The first Round 2 Cook of the Week Challenge contestants fired up their grills as we added a tailgating theme to the weekly mystery basket matchups and the judges certai...
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From the food editor: Baking deadline approaching; Sur La Table plans Achatz, Mantuanos demosOct 14, 2014 6:00 am - As our Cook of the Week Challenge starts to wind down — the final recipe matchups appear Wednesday, Oct. 15, and we reveal the four finalists next week — our Home Baking...
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Tickets for 2014 Cook of the Week Challenge cook-off on sale todayOct 08, 2014 6:00 am - Celebrity chefs demonstrations, gourmet nibbles and a heated cooking competition. We've got all that on tap at the Nov. 3 Cook of the Week Challenge Final Four Cook-off ...
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From the Food Editor: Mario Batali kicks off holiday book seasonOct 07, 2014 6:00 am - The leaves are changing colors, a crisp breeze is in the air and you know what that signals? Holiday book season. Between now and mid-December, cookbook authors will hit...
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Cook of the Week Challenge: Harrell, Crabtree excel in lentil, amaranth matchupsOct 01, 2014 6:00 am - Today we round out our Round 2 lineup, or as I've taken to calling them, the Epicurean Eight, with Juanita Harrel of Wheaton and Chris Crabtree of Winfield. Harrell and ...
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From the food editor: Attention bakers! Enter our home baking challengeSep 30, 2014 6:01 am - For all you bakers who have been following our savory-slanted Cook of the Week Challenge and wondering "what about me?" - well, here's your chance to shine. For the sec...