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Usually a bit player, the onion also can play a starring...

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:26:32 -0400

By DANIEL NEMAN - Is any ingredient more hardworking, yet humble, than the onion?

SPOTLIGHT: Woman connects food, memories

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:05:20 -0400

PITTSFIELD, Illinois - Becky Acuff stands at a cutting board, carefully slicing green onions.

'Commando spice' pepper is nothing to sneeze at

Tue, 14 May 2013 16:48:54 -0400

By JANET K. KEELER - Pepper is hot.

For Memorial Day, memorable takes on burgers, potato salad...

Tue, 14 May 2013 14:24:33 -0400

By GRETCHEN MCKAY - Burgers and potato salad are traditional fare at Memorial Day picnics, but it's also fun to shake things up every now and again with an unexpected new flavor. And if the recipe for said dish is as easy as it is lip-smacking? So much the better for the cook, who would much rather be relaxing in the sunshine with guests than fretting over complicated details.

Care packages aim to give soldiers taste of home

Sun, 12 May 2013 11:11:08 -0400

LARAMIE, Wyoming - The 160 members of the Wyoming Army National Guard's 133rd Engineering Company left the state a few weeks ago and won't return until next year. In the meantime, they'll receive regular reminders of home.

Bloomington man rolls out neighborhood oven idea

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:34:51 -0400

BLOOMINGTON, Indiana - Keith Romaine of the McDoel Gardens neighborhood has always enjoyed baking bread. As an artist, he sees a batch of french bread for his neighbors as another extension of his work.

Schools noted for nutrition, physical activity

Tue, 07 May 2013 04:08:03 -0400

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois - More than 120 schools in Illinois have been newly certified as meeting federal health benchmarks for nutrition and physical activity.

Beards name ChopChop top food publication of 2013

Fri, 03 May 2013 22:01:33 -0400

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