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Catch Mindy Segal around Chicago and suburbs and maybe get a taste of her cookie recipes, as she tours for her cookbook, "Cookie Love."

Meet Mindy Segal

June 16, 2018 at 6:25 p.m.

Hot Chocolate restaurant chef/owner Mindy Segal will be touring locations around Chicago in the coming weeks to promote her new cookbook, "Cookie Love" (Ten Speed Press, $24.99). Get a copy...

Easter egg hunts can provoke anxiety in parents whose kids have nut allergies.

Nut-free egg hunt draws kids by the dozens

June 16, 2018 at 6:40 p.m.

Easter egg hunts aren't hoppy-go-lucky for every family. Parents who have children with severe food allergies worry about what's inside those colorful plastic shells. Nutphree's Bakery in Mount Prospect wanted...

‘Love Playbook’ author La La Anthony offers winning strategies for romance

June 15, 2018 at 9:46 p.m.

It's not surprising that Alani "La La" Anthony, being the wife of New York Knicks star Carmelo Anthony, compares love to basketball: It gets your heart racing, palms sweating and...

Author James Patterson plans to donate a total of $1.25 million to school libraries throughout the United States.

No shushing this: Author James Patterson is donating $1.25 million to school libraries

February 29, 2020 at 4:18 p.m.

In the age of screens, author James Patterson thinks fewer children are growing up in households filled with books. He is donating $1.25 million in grants to school libraries to...

Just because you're tired of clutter doesn't mean your roommates are.

Fighting the war on clutter — without alienating loved ones

June 11, 2019 at 6:41 p.m.

Shoes litter the living room floor, unopened mail and catalogs are scattered across the dining room table, dirty dishes are stacked next to the empty pizza carton. You had hoped...

Populations of monarch butterflies have declined. A National Wildlife Federation campaign aims to help.

Got milkweed? National Wildlife Federation kit can make you a butterfly hero

June 16, 2018 at 6:55 p.m.

As the snowpack surrenders to the sun, flowers will bloom, birds will sing, and monarch butterflies will return from their winter vacations in Mexico and California. But fewer numbers will...

Eugenia Japp urges husband Leonard (who founded Jay's Potato Chips) to put a recipe on the chip bags. He used her version of a tuna fish casserole topped with crushed potato chips.

In defense of the humble casserole

June 10, 2019 at 12:43 p.m.

Step away from the sous-vide machine and microwave. It's time to embrace the casserole, that oven-baked creation, and give it the respect it deserves. Its legacy is rich, having sustained...

In the myriad preparations to get the turkey on the Thanksgiving table, things sometimes go bad. That's when you need to call a hotline.

Hotline help that may save Thanksgiving

August 18, 2019 at 12:53 p.m.

Burnt turkey. Bland stuffing. Crumbly pie crust. Don't let these Thanksgiving nightmares become your reality. Call the cooking experts at these hotlines or check out the websites to save your...

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