Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup
For all its legendary, soul-soothing status, chicken noodle soup recipes—those rich with homemade stock, fresh vegetables, herbs, and egg noodles—are rather hard to find. This classic, homemade recipe is a…
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North Shore Foodie
Gonny’s Zucchini Bread
This time of year, gardens and farmers’ markets are abundant with produce. One crop in particular that seems to grow almost overnight is zucchini. There are so many great cooking…
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The Crisp Apple
AUTUMN SPICED SIMPLE SYRUP MAKES APPROXIMATELY 1 1/2 CUPS • 1 cup turbinado sugar • 1 cup water • 3 cinnamon sticks • 2 cloves • 2 whole allspice berries…
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Watermelon Limeade
As the mercury climbs its way to summer’s pinnacle into September, a zingy and refreshing beverage is in order. Perfect for family picnics, an evening at Ravinia, or simply puttering…
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Tequila Daisy
Let us start by saying that this is a loose recipe (the best kind—yes?). Next of note is that the Spanish word for “daisy” is “margarita.” The classic margarita that…
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Sparkling Peach
SPARKLING PEACH SANGRIA • 3 ripe peaches, sliced into thin wedges • 6 ounces Mathilde’s Peche liqueur (or another high-quality peach liqueur) • 10-12 small thyme sprigs, divided • 8…
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Sour Cherry Hand Pies
Hand pies take a person back. To fourth grade, maybe (or even earlier), when you’d bike to that corner grocery store with friends after school, finding the rack of pies,…
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Mile-High Strawberry Pie
This recipe for fresh strawberry pie, stacked high with just-picked farmers-market berries in a strawberry-juice glaze, comes with a great back story. Liberace (pianist Vladziu Valentino Liberace), once the world’s…
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Zucchini Cake
When I was little, summer picnics, Ladies Aid Society functions, and fundraising bake sales always included fat loaves of zucchini bread. I remember asking my Mom why they called it…
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Summer Berry Pie
Juneberry, Sugarplum, Shadblow, Saskatoon … there are many names around the U.S. and Canada for what we know in Illinois as the Serviceberry tree. We planted ours to beautify the…
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