Tender Wedge Salad With Homemade Blue Cheese …
Wedge salad is the perfect showcase for garden-grown lettuce and tomatoes. We tender it up by using Baby Butterhead (aka Boston or Bibb) lettuce rather than iceberg. One lettuce head,…
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Set For The Race Of His Life
Forgive Rev. Gregory Ostdiek, SJ, if he shows up for the first day of his tenure as Loyola Academy president in head-to-toe runner’s gear and a racer’s bib on July…
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Gluten-Free Cinnamon Rolls or Coffee Cake
America’s love affair with cinnamon baked treats is alive and well. I’ve featured recipes for cinnamon rolls, sticky buns, coffee cake, and more. But lately I’ve had more queries for…
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Man On A Mission – Or Ten
Joey Morelli is frightened. The butterflies in the stomach of the owner of Max’s Deli in Highland Park have been flitting incessantly since he committed to spend the month of…
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Cara Cara Orange And Lentil Salad With Kale Pesto
Tiny beluga lentils really do look like caviar pearls, and this brightly flavored salad is a fine way to feature them. For textural contrast and flavor enhancement, I’ve included the…
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What’s Cooking
The Kenilworth Cookbook Club has never been just about a cookbook. So says the founder, Winnetka resident Allison McEntee, 42, who is as frank and as fun-loving as they come….
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Homemade Potato Chips With Egg And Truffle Oil
For crispy decadent enjoyment, there is nothing better than homemade potato chips. Except, of course, if you shake those chips in a bag with soft poached egg and finish with…
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Father Negotiates Best
The son of a man who helped resolve the Major League Baseball umpires’ strike in 1979 has written a book about his father. It’s a home run—if you’re into reading…
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Homing In On A Classical Approach
Jennifer Burns loved working for a small marketing consulting firm in Evanston nearly 20 years ago. The Fortini-Campbell Company’s clients were large corporations, Hewlett-Packard among them, and Burns—with a master’s…
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Wild Ramp Risotto With Spring Asparagus
Last year, we planted our first crop of asparagus and were delighted to see the spears shoot up from the earth at the same time the woods filled with ramps—those…
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