Laura Bianchi
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Simple is as simple does when it comes to roasted chickenJun 23, 2009 11:00 pm - I'm sitting at the kitchen table with John and Nada (Nayd uh) Kostovich, 90 and 86, inhaling the savory goodness of Nada's homemade Chicken Barley Soup and John's signat...
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Antonio DePau makes pasta and peasJun 16, 2009 11:00 pm - Fast-food restaurants and frozen dinners don't impress 13-year-old Assunta and 10-year-old Robert DePau. Their favorite foods are the authentic Italian meals their fathe...
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Steve Kirchner makes low-fat roasted vegetable bisqueJun 09, 2009 11:00 pm - There's nothing like a little quadruple bypass surgery to motivate a guy to change his lifestyle. Just ask 51-year-old Steve Kirchner of Palatine who was hospitalized fi...
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Jim Arrigo creates make-at-home maki sushiJun 02, 2009 11:00 pm - Jim Arrigo doesn't think long when asked to name his best culinary experience of the year so far. It was "the sushi party," an event that actually straddled two years as...
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Holly Peterson makes Garlic Skewered Beef, Chicken, ShrimpMay 26, 2009 11:00 pm - Growing up in the aggressively feminist '70s, Holly Petersen didn't want to fit the female stereotypes her sisters-in-arms were fighting. But she did. Cooking and sewing...
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Jeanne Luminiello makes Italian Rice PieMay 19, 2009 11:00 pm - Don't call Jeanne Luminiello a purist. She's just a stickler for buying high quality ingredients to feed her family. "Good food makes us happy, so try to get the best y...
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Pastor Scott Barron makes Macaroni and CheeseMay 12, 2009 11:00 pm - Scott Barron is pastor of St. John's Episcopal Church, has been married 29 years and has three grown children, but the 57-year-old clergyman has a confession to make: "I...
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Gail D'Antonio makes artichoke buttonsApr 28, 2009 11:00 pm - You might call Gail D'Antonio the "theme queen." This woman loves to throw a party, and she says it's just easier to start with a theme and add recipes and décor. A Dee...
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He's creating special surprises in the kitchenApr 21, 2009 11:00 pm - Don Cwynar breaks one of his cardinal, culinary rules for us today: nobody is allowed in his kitchen while he's cooking. "I chase them out," he says. "I get too nervous,...
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Bryan Gillis makes rigatoni with spicy sausage, portobello mushroomsApr 14, 2009 11:00 pm - To be honest, the first meal Bryan Gillis prepared to impress his future bride, Lauren, didn't go down so well. A college senior, Lauren had traveled from Ohio to Minne...