Articles filed under Cook of the Week
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Cook of the Week: A young love of creating in the kitchen evolves into lifetime careerMar 08, 2017 5:00 am - Lori Hartnett believes cooking doesn't have to be complicated. She learned that in grade school, coming home from school and not finding much in the refrigerator for her...
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Palatine teacher keeps family's culture alive cooking from scratchMar 01, 2017 5:00 am - When it comes to immigration stories, our Cook of the Week Norma Lara of Palatine has an unusual one. Norma was born in Mexico but came to Chicago when she was 10 months...
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Couple takes to cooking outside, all year roundJan 31, 2017 5:00 am - For our Cook "couple" of the week, John Harty and Sue Ascher from Riverwoods, it's all about the Green Egg. Three of them to be exact (small, medium and large.) John and...
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Cook of the Week: Theresa Salgado keeps a tight grip on food budgetDec 07, 2016 5:00 am - Oddly enough, one of the reasons our cook of the week, Theresa Salgado of Schaumburg, is such a good cook may be because she is so cheap. “Basically, I'm cheap!” Theresa...
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Pressure-packed evening highlights competitive juicesNov 22, 2016 5:00 am - At the call "begin!" John Hampson of Antioch ran with cool efficiency to the Daily Herald "open pantry" with a large bowl, while his sous chef, wife Chandra, placed two ...
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Antioch man wins Cook of the Week challenge with pork rouladeOct 31, 2016 11:00 pm - John Hampson's creativity won him the sixth annual Cook of the Week Challenge finale Tuesday at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca. “The way I approached the entire ...
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Get tickets for the Cook of the Week finaleOct 31, 2016 1:00 am - Weeks of intense competition come to a boil today - and not just in the World Series. Four suburban home cooks will battle it out in the 2016 Daily Herald Cook of the We...
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Both taste, presentation key to Round 2 winsOct 19, 2016 6:00 am - On Oct. 26, we'll announce the four Cook of the Week Challenge finalists who will meet in a live cook-off Nov. 1 at the Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca. In Challenge ...
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Cooks come out strong in Round 2's first two challengesOct 12, 2016 6:00 am - In Challenge 9, home cooks Micheal Ek of Bartlett and Daniel Imburgia of Elk Grove Village found Absolut Vodka, courtesy of Moretti's Ristorante; celery root, courtesy o...
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Cook of the Week Challenge Round 2: New matchups look to be fierceOct 05, 2016 6:00 am - Welcome to Round 2 of the 2016 Daily Herald Cook of the Week Challenge. The cooks moving forward to new matchups are Christina Anderson-Heller of Wood Dale, Craig Branna...