Laura Bianchi
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Roll with itJun 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Rita Dini jokingly calls herself "the meatball lady of Friendship Village," a retirement community in Schaumburg. The 80-year-old cook recently took first place in a mea...
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Elgin cop rolls in the (cookie) doughJun 10, 2008 11:00 pm - An Elgin police officer for more than 16 years, Lorenz Burkert never knows what will be coming at him. "I can go from handling something as simple as a parking complaint...
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Palatine cook serves her communityMay 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Ever since her college days TerrieAnn Jones has been preparing meals for people in need. It started with college friends starved for home-cooked food and treats and prog...
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Slow food fastMay 20, 2008 11:00 pm - A heavy workload doesn't stop Nikki Golden from enjoying home-cooked dinners. She turns to her crockpot to turn out favorites like this mock lasagna. Nikki Golden doesn'...
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John Barleycorn: New kid on the blockMay 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Titanic-sized and nautically themed, John Barleycorn is the newest eatery to open on Schaumburg's ever-developing American Lane, amid office buildings and hotels and not...
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A citizen of the world in the kitchenMay 13, 2008 11:00 pm - Molly Sutton pledges no culinary allegiance to her English/Irish heritage. She grew up with traditional roasts and potatoes, with nothing so exotic as pasta or stir-frie...
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Family timeMay 06, 2008 11:00 pm - Mother's Day for Mary Ann Bobosky brings back memories of big family gatherings at Grandmother Meyer's farm in Lisle. The day began when her grandfathers, father and unc...
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Free-spirited cook loves to immerse herself in the processApr 29, 2008 11:00 pm - Sue Sullivan is the kind of cook I would love to watch on the Food Network. She's messy. She doesn't always have the ingredients she needs, so she enlists her family to ...
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In the hunt and the kitchenApr 22, 2008 11:00 pm - When Jack Madden was 11, he and his buddy, Gary, started cooking outdoors. The two were Cub Scouts, equipped with bikes, mess kits, canteens and enough money to buy a co...
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Entertaining comes naturally to husband-wife duoApr 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Scott and Jayne Hezner are the kind of people who rarely get an invitation to dinner at someone else's house. It isn't that they spill wine on the rug, it's just that th...