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How sweet is this? Sweet potatoes (which are not related to the yam, but are members of the morning glory family) satisfy part of your daily requirement for vegetable consumption...
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What’s cooking on The Stew
Here are some recent items from the Stew, our food and dining blog. Check it out at chicagotribune.com/stew. Spiaggia hosts benefit for Bishop Chicago's food and wine community will converge...
Realistic advice for feeding kids
Any parent not vexed by the amount of time, worry and finesse required to feed a child well these days is either the inventor of the Food Pyramid or is...
The gift of cooking
Cookbooks make splendid gifts -- not just for the wow factor when the book is unwrapped, but because they're gifts that continue to give long after the holiday decorations come...
Countdown to calm: Timetable will make you a happy host on Thanksgiving
Cooking at Thanksgiving is supposed to be a joyous time, full of nurturing love for family and friends, marked by renewed appreciation for our good fortune and the fruitful bounty...
Easy potato soup
1. Peel and quarter 5-6 russet potatoes lengthwise, then cut into 1/3-inch pieces. 2. Chop 1 large onion and 2-3 stalks of celery, halved lengthwise and then sliced into 1/4-inch...
Cookbook takes culinary history for a stirring ride
'Eat Feed Autumn Winter' By Anne Bramley (Stewart Tabori & Chang, $35) What it is: Anne Bramley -- a native Midwesterner, University of Chicago grad, host of the popular food-culture...
Seasonal cooking with fantasy to spare
"In Season: Cooking with Vegetables and Fruits" By Sarah Raven (Universe, $40) What it is: "In Season," a garden-to-table cookbook from Sarah Raven, gardening expert and presenter on the long-running...
Power to the cranberry
Cranberries, it could be said, long ago played a crucial part in assuring that the United States was eventually formed, which is a glorious thing or just an OK thing,...
A tuber with staying power
The potato—nutritious, accommodating and unassuming; a species (Solanum tuberosum) with thousands of varieties—has certainly been taken for granted more than it should have been throughout its history. It originated 8,000...