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Tollway Oases' new Community Supported Agriculture program connects farmers with the suburbs

When it comes to sustainability and supporting your local farmers, there's no better way to do so than by joining a Community Supported...
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Professional cooking 101: Where can I find cooking classes in Chicago?

To many home cooks, culinary school is an elusive dream--often kept out of reach by prohibitive costs and time requirements--but there are still...
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Interview: Top Chef Stephanie Izard on The Drunken Goat, offal and pitching for the Cubs

She cooks, she blogs, she pitches for the Cubs--okay, she threw out the first pitch for the Cubs--and now she's opening her second restaurant in...
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DIY: Chicago's hottest restaurants dish up their most popular recipes

Whether it's Avec's chorizo-stuffed, bacon-wrapped dates, Hopleaf's Belgian-style mussels or Mado's shortbread that gets your mouth watering, you...
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Recipe: Crock Pot Carnitas (it doesn't get easier than this)

I had never used a crock pot before making this recipe, but I figured it couldn't be much different from slow braising on the stove. And, surprise...
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Make the most of what you've got: Creative dining during the Depression

Today, when you put "Chicago" and "creative food" in the same sentence, it's likely you'll find names like Achatz, Gras, Kahan,...
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Dining at home on Valentine's Day: Chicago take-out options

Hate the table jockeying hustle-and-bustle of Hallmark holidays?Don't hate! Valentine's Day is all about love, which means you don't need a...
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Recipe for National Homemade Soup Day: Roasted butternut squash-leek bisque

I don't think we could have picked a more temperature-appropriate day here in Chicago to celebrate National Homemade Soup Day. Warm up with this...
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Chinese Lunar New Year in Chicago: Recipes and food symbolism

According to the Chinese calendar, January 26th marked the beginning of the year 4706, the Year of the Ox. The fifteen-day celebration is called...
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Super Bowl recipe: Plum-lacquered beef ribs with scallion pancakes

After drooling over my friend Jessie's amazing rib recipes for months (check them all out here at The Hungry Mouse), I simply had to come up with a...
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