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Food: What's Cooking
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When it comes to Italian dressing, grocery store aisles are filled with a dizzying array of options. But which bottles are dressed to impress, and which ones should simply be tossed? Here’s how they shook out in a blind taste test.
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Recent journeys testing boxed baking mixes landed me on another new-to-me product: King Arthur Flour’s Gluten Free Classic Yellow Cake Mix. How was it? Excellent, with a definite, authentic vanilla flavor, and it nearly melted in my mouth.
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Made with savory-sweet tomatoes and fluffy eggs, this substantial, brothy soup shares the same key ingredients as a classic Chinese stir-fry. With just a little flour and water, it’s a reliable way of turning whatever bits and bobs you have on hand into a satisfying meal.
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Sprouts Farmers Market is not yet a household name in suburban Chicago, but that will soon change with planned stores in Wheaton and Buffalo Grove.
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This skillet dinner features tender chicken breasts and crisp snap peas in a creamy sauce studded with sautéed mushrooms and shallot, and flavored with tarragon, garlic and mustard. Made with milk rather than heavy cream, it is as healthful as it is satisfying.
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You’ve almost certainly seen the Jupiter glass: It has rows of raised beads, like a stack of delicate pearl necklaces looped around the vessel. It comes in a rainbow of colors, from sky-blue to a pale rose. Once you notice, you’ll see them everywhere. But why is it so popular?
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Pineapple upside-down cake topping gives a little ’60s flair to this coconut custard pie from the cookbook “50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant's Love Letter to the United States Through Pie" by Stacey Mei Yan Fong.
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If your experience with sake is limited to the warm cup at your local sushi spot, you’re missing the larger world of sake, which is as nuanced and layered as wine. Here are some quick sake facts.
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This dish from Michael Mina’s cookbook “My Egypt” uses the classic “under a brick” technique to maximize the chicken’s contact with the hot surface, all but guaranteeing even cooking and crisp skin.
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