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Pat Patek makes Carmel French Toast
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 11/18/2009
Entertaining 16 to 24 people at lunch is miles easier with teamwork; just ask Kathy Zweidinger and Pat Patek. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 11/18/2009
Entertaining 16 to 24 people at lunch is miles easier with teamwork; just ask Kathy Zweidinger and Pat Patek. FULL STORY
Kathy Zweidinger makes a Sky-High Brunch Bake
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 11/18/2009
Entertaining 16 to 24 people at lunch is miles easier with teamwork; just ask Kathy Zweidinger and Pat Patek. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 11/18/2009
Entertaining 16 to 24 people at lunch is miles easier with teamwork; just ask Kathy Zweidinger and Pat Patek. FULL STORY
Deb Klein makes Beef Bourguignon
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/11/2009
When the pizza is spicy enough to "about blow our heads off," and the stir-fry makes her sneeze, cough or momentarily unable to breath, Deb Klein knows "I've got it right." FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 11/11/2009
When the pizza is spicy enough to "about blow our heads off," and the stir-fry makes her sneeze, cough or momentarily unable to breath, Deb Klein knows "I've got it right." FULL STORY
Palatine's Anthem Grill serving up hits
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 11/10/2009
Anthem Grill is about equidistant from Harper College and Fremd High School on a busy corner in Palatine, but the clientele swings predominantly to the parents, and perhaps grandparents, of students from those institutions. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 11/10/2009
Anthem Grill is about equidistant from Harper College and Fremd High School on a busy corner in Palatine, but the clientele swings predominantly to the parents, and perhaps grandparents, of students from those institutions. FULL STORY
Niels Heemskerk makes Indonesian Fried Rice
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 11/4/2009
Most weekdays at 2 p.m. Deb Heemskerk phones her husband Niels and asks, "What's for dinner?" The two discuss that vital question in general terms - fish or chicken? - and Deb shops for whatever fresh ingredients are required. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 11/4/2009
Most weekdays at 2 p.m. Deb Heemskerk phones her husband Niels and asks, "What's for dinner?" The two discuss that vital question in general terms - fish or chicken? - and Deb shops for whatever fresh ingredients are required. FULL STORY
Cindy Boles makes shepherd's pie
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 10/28/2009
Don't call Cindy Boles on a Saturday when she's elbow-deep in a daylong cooking marathon. Like an athlete with an eye toward the finish line, Cindy likes to focus on her game while she stocks up meals for the busy weeknights to come. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 10/28/2009
Don't call Cindy Boles on a Saturday when she's elbow-deep in a daylong cooking marathon. Like an athlete with an eye toward the finish line, Cindy likes to focus on her game while she stocks up meals for the busy weeknights to come. FULL STORY
Nancy Smith makes Crunchy Honey-Mustard Tilapia
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 10/21/2009
What should you do when a dozen cordial glasses appear on your front porch one morning, lined up next to the daily newspaper? FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 10/21/2009
What should you do when a dozen cordial glasses appear on your front porch one morning, lined up next to the daily newspaper? FULL STORY
Karen Goettsche makes spicy sausage dip
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/14/2009
In a neat stack, piled in front of her on the kitchen table, Karen Goettsche is showing me years of dinner party menus filed alphabetically by guest. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 10/14/2009
In a neat stack, piled in front of her on the kitchen table, Karen Goettsche is showing me years of dinner party menus filed alphabetically by guest. FULL STORY
Toni Bugay makes pumpkin bars with cream cheese frosting
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Corresondent
Posted 10/7/2009
Some people might call it an obsession. Toni Bugay protests that baking is just a hobby, but we'll let you be the judge. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Corresondent
Posted 10/7/2009
Some people might call it an obsession. Toni Bugay protests that baking is just a hobby, but we'll let you be the judge. FULL STORY
Kyle Turriff makes grilled pork chops
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/30/2009
Confident and free-wheeling in the kitchen, 23-year-old Kyle Turriff likes nothing better than spoiling friends and family with his eclectic culinary endeavors. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/30/2009
Confident and free-wheeling in the kitchen, 23-year-old Kyle Turriff likes nothing better than spoiling friends and family with his eclectic culinary endeavors. FULL STORY
Karen Baker makes Mexican Stacks
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/23/2009
The "bunco babes" call Karen Baker "Mother Bunco" for organizing this dice-rolling, appetizer-munching, cocktail-sipping group eight years ago. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 9/23/2009
The "bunco babes" call Karen Baker "Mother Bunco" for organizing this dice-rolling, appetizer-munching, cocktail-sipping group eight years ago. FULL STORY
Kaili Harding makes fried green tomatoes
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 9/16/2009
In the traditional, small Southern community of Cedar Town, Ga., vegetarianism hasn't really caught fire, so Kaili Harding was just a little different as a kid. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 9/16/2009
In the traditional, small Southern community of Cedar Town, Ga., vegetarianism hasn't really caught fire, so Kaili Harding was just a little different as a kid. FULL STORY
Barbara Riebe makes seafood crepes with mornay sauce
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 9/9/2009
Eat and run? No way. Not if Barbara Riebe invites you over for a dinner party. With a multicourse, theme-based dinner on the menu Barbara sets a leisurely pace with several hours devoted to conversation and food. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 9/9/2009
Eat and run? No way. Not if Barbara Riebe invites you over for a dinner party. With a multicourse, theme-based dinner on the menu Barbara sets a leisurely pace with several hours devoted to conversation and food. FULL STORY
Debbie Lowen makes eggplant parmesan
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 9/2/2009
Debbie Lowen lives dangerously close to upscale cookware giant Williams-Sonoma and Home Goods, both in Algonquin, and it wouldn't take a CSI team to find the evidence. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 9/2/2009
Debbie Lowen lives dangerously close to upscale cookware giant Williams-Sonoma and Home Goods, both in Algonquin, and it wouldn't take a CSI team to find the evidence. FULL STORY
Kathleen Bonham makes cinnamon rolls
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 8/26/2009
As I write this, Kathleen Bonham is cooking up a celebration at the family summer home in the Northwoods of Wisconsin with her husband, their eight children plus five spouses and five grandchildren. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 8/26/2009
As I write this, Kathleen Bonham is cooking up a celebration at the family summer home in the Northwoods of Wisconsin with her husband, their eight children plus five spouses and five grandchildren. FULL STORY
Bartlett's Bistro 59 thinking big but focusing small
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 8/25/2009
Inventive "small plate" menus have become a familiar concept on the Chicago restaurant scene in the new millennium, but we have no more than a handful in the suburbs, including the new Bistro 59 in Bartlett. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 8/25/2009
Inventive "small plate" menus have become a familiar concept on the Chicago restaurant scene in the new millennium, but we have no more than a handful in the suburbs, including the new Bistro 59 in Bartlett. FULL STORY
Jamie Bordoshuk makes Panko-crusted chicken breasts
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 8/19/2009
Amid the high unemployment following 9/11, when Jamie Bordoshuk lost his job and became a stay-at-home dad, he discovered a love for cooking and teaching. Over the years that passion has grown to include not only preparing daily meals for his family of four but catering a friend's cocktail party for 65. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 8/19/2009
Amid the high unemployment following 9/11, when Jamie Bordoshuk lost his job and became a stay-at-home dad, he discovered a love for cooking and teaching. Over the years that passion has grown to include not only preparing daily meals for his family of four but catering a friend's cocktail party for 65. FULL STORY
Barbara Mitchell makes Chicken Cordon Bleu
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 8/12/2009
Playing the part of a 19th century German farm wife, cooking over a wood stove and hauling water from the well, suits Barbara Mitchell just fine a couple days a month as a volunteer at Spring Valley Nature Center in Schaumburg. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Columnist
Posted 8/12/2009
Playing the part of a 19th century German farm wife, cooking over a wood stove and hauling water from the well, suits Barbara Mitchell just fine a couple days a month as a volunteer at Spring Valley Nature Center in Schaumburg. FULL STORY
Barbara Simeo makes cabbage rolls
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 8/5/2009
From 30-minute meals to all-day cooking and baking marathons, weekly canning sessions during the growing season, gardening and foraging for berries, Barbara Simeo is the complete cook. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 8/5/2009
From 30-minute meals to all-day cooking and baking marathons, weekly canning sessions during the growing season, gardening and foraging for berries, Barbara Simeo is the complete cook. FULL STORY
George Schneider German beef rouladen
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 7/29/2009
George and Angela Schneider have been sous chefs for each other throughout their 43-year marriage, a simpatico relationship that would scarcely ruffle an eyebrow today. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 7/29/2009
George and Angela Schneider have been sous chefs for each other throughout their 43-year marriage, a simpatico relationship that would scarcely ruffle an eyebrow today. FULL STORY
Stephanie Foy makes egg rolls
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Corresspondent
Posted 7/22/2009
Stephanie Foy cooks by instinct and this simple motto, "use enough," because she likes "full-flavored food." FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Corresspondent
Posted 7/22/2009
Stephanie Foy cooks by instinct and this simple motto, "use enough," because she likes "full-flavored food." FULL STORY
Cathy Adamsick makes gluten-free stuffed pork chops
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 7/15/2009
Good grief. Cathy Adamsick was only trying to cook more healthy meals and lose a little weight five years ago when she started preparing from-scratch, fresh meals for her family. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 7/15/2009
Good grief. Cathy Adamsick was only trying to cook more healthy meals and lose a little weight five years ago when she started preparing from-scratch, fresh meals for her family. FULL STORY
Jeanne Enright makes peanut-free cookies
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Corresondent
Posted 7/8/2009
Jeanne Enright became a cookie-baking machine about six years ago when she discovered that her daughter, Grace, now 8, has a life-threatening allergy to peanuts. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Corresondent
Posted 7/8/2009
Jeanne Enright became a cookie-baking machine about six years ago when she discovered that her daughter, Grace, now 8, has a life-threatening allergy to peanuts. FULL STORY
Cindy House makes gazpacho
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 7/1/2009
It would have been easier for Cindy House's family just to buy canned or frozen corn from the Jolly Green Giant. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 7/1/2009
It would have been easier for Cindy House's family just to buy canned or frozen corn from the Jolly Green Giant. FULL STORY
Simple is as simple does when it comes to roasted chicken
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 6/24/2009
I'm sitting at the kitchen table with John and Nada (Nayd uh) Kostovich, 90 and 86, inhaling the savory goodness of Nada's homemade Chicken Barley Soup and John's signature Chicken in a Barrel, expertly roasted and paired with a steaming sweet potato. FULL STORY
By Laura Bianchi | Daily Herald Correspondent
Posted 6/24/2009
I'm sitting at the kitchen table with John and Nada (Nayd uh) Kostovich, 90 and 86, inhaling the savory goodness of Nada's homemade Chicken Barley Soup and John's signature Chicken in a Barrel, expertly roasted and paired with a steaming sweet potato. FULL STORY
