A Christmas Story
Holiday movies have come a long way since the days of Miracle on 34th Street and It’s A Wonderful Life. While they seem to be as plentiful as holiday sales…
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Russian Tea Cakes
These little snowballs of melt-in-your-mouth pleasure are full of crunchy toasted walnut. They’re the perfect go-along with that mug of hot chocolate, tea, or cider. Put some out for Santa,…
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Common Ground
Chicago-based Iranian-American artist Azadeh Hussaini first discovered her passion for artistry as a teen. She received what she describes as “informal training” from her father Reza Hossaini, a prolific Tehran-based…
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Adventurous To The Gills
Ed Stein, Man of a Thousand Adventures and a fly-fishing aficionado, sits in the spacious, immaculate basement of his home in Highland Park, regaling a first-time visitor with details of…
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Persimmon Spice Cake With Caramel Icing
For anybody unfamiliar with the pretty orange fruits, American persimmons are native, highly nutritious, and were prized by American Indians and early settlers. They also make a fabulous cake! A…
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Women Supporting Women
Wilmette’s Liz Prior spent 25 years in advertising, co-founding a digital agency in 2006. As she approached the 15th anniversary of launching her own business, Prior began thinking about another…
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Bloch Hearty
Dr. Steven Bloch, the plastic surgeon, is a lot like Steven Bloch, the garden aficionado. But not only because they’re the same person. “I like things to be beautiful,” he…
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Melting Apple Cake
Baking recipes usually frown on softer apples, specifying instead that you use Granny Smith. But this fragrantly spiced, fabulously flavored and pleasingly textured cake makes beautiful use of varieties such…
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Winter Wonderlands
The holiday season is fast upon us. Here is a quick round-up of just a few of the festive events throughout the North Shore you might want to save the…
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Shuttle Rock
Right around the time 90-year-old William Shatner was aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft for a suborbital spaceflight in mid- October, Highland Park High School graduate (Class of 1976) and…
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