Articles filed under Cook of the Week
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Arlington Heights mom eats like a cavemanJan 31, 2012 11:00 am - What's a caveman's favorite sandwich? Club, of course! All kidding aside, according to Karen Stoychoff Inman, an advocate of the paleo lifestyle, our cavemen ancestors a...
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Cook of the Week: Favorite recipes for Super BowlJan 23, 2012 10:00 am - Do not expect to talk football with Donna Penyak. “Everyone who knows me will say that I know zero about football,” she said, adding. “I can tell you about tennis.” But ...
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Motor City ChiliJan 23, 2012 10:00 am - 3 pounds beef stew meat, ¼-inch cubed, or mix of cubed beef and veal 1 green pepper, chopped 1 Spanish onion, chopped 1 tablespoon minced garlic 1 teaspoon red ...
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Holy HaluskiJan 23, 2012 10:00 am - ¼ cup unsalted butter, divided ½ pound thinly sliced pancetta, diced 2 large onions, sliced ¼ inch thick 1 medium head green cabbage, cored and sliced ½ inch thi...
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Weight-loss leads to better cooking, smarter eatingJan 17, 2012 1:00 pm - Peter Doherty is half the man he used to be. Literally. “I weighed over 400 pounds. I used to eat massive amounts of food. I was only concerned with quantity, not qualit...
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Have apron, will cookJan 10, 2012 10:00 am - There is one habit Mary Lou Salato cannot — and will not — break when she is cooking; a habit that has led to some teasing. She cannot cook without an apron tied around ...
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Naperville cook's culinary education a lifelong journeyJan 03, 2012 10:00 am - When Anthony Caragol, an IT consultant from Naperville, plugged into the Internet one day at Panera, he noticed an intriguing contest on the Panera login page. On a whim...
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Competition fuels cook's creative recipesDec 26, 2011 11:00 am - The year 2011 turned out to be a pretty decent one for Cate Brusenbach. Yes, she's still trying to find full-time employment, but between job hunting and volunteer work ...
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Mom keeps favorite pie recipe in the familyDec 20, 2011 1:00 pm - Erin Walsh prides herself on cooking from scratch. It is simply what she remembers growing up on an Indiana farm. And as she spends the holidays 200 miles away from fami...
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Smaller kitchen doesn't mean downsized menusDec 13, 2011 10:00 am - When interior designer Susan Brunstrum, from Libertyville, decided to downsize last year, one of the major areas of focus was her kitchen. Brunstrum likes to entertain, ...