Brunch Coffeecake
Julie Kern-Morrison of New Berlin, Ill., loves this coffeecake. “My mom, June Kern, made this recipe all the time. She found it in a farmer’s magazine many years ago. She’s gone now, but I make it al…
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Food Network star Jeff Mauro hosts coffee showdown at five state fairs
GateHouse News ServiceAs Food Network celebrity Jeff Mauro was explaining the rules of an on-stage coffee competition at the Illinois State Fair last Friday, he jokingly said he likes to see mishaps.…
The birth of Crisco
Proctor & Gamble needed a way to produce hardened soap from fats. They didn’t get a soap, but they did get a billion-dollar winner: Crisco shortening, which was introduced on Aug. 15, 1911. The produ…
Happiness comes from your actions
A person’s emotional health is just as important as his or her physical health. There are various aspects of an individual’s emotional health, such as being sad, depressed, angry, insecure... and the…
On target
GateHouse News ServiceMaggie Smith, a junior at Southeast High School in Springfield, Ill., started practicing archery before Katniss Everdeen and her hunting skills spearheaded a franchise into popu…
Benefit for local painter
Lifetime Dodge City resident Danny Cox suffered some major health problems over the past few months. Cox's thyroid when into a 'thyroid storm,' which is a condition that develops in some cases of hyp…
Misunderstood
GateHouse News ServiceAlmost nobody wants to eat Asian carp. “There’s no market for them. I’ve had one or two people ask for them,” said Clint Carter, co-owner of Carter’s Fish Market in Springfield,…
Peter Chianca: Springsteen delivers a moving house party at Fenway
GateHouse News ServiceWhen Bruce Springsteen asked Boston’s Fenway Park crowd who was seeing him and the E Street Band for the first time, a surprising number of hands went up.
“The pressure’s on!”…
New book features 180 ways to eat quinoa
GateHouse News ServiceA bag of quinoa sat lonely in our pantry for five years. I’d never gotten around to doing anything with it, mostly as I had no clue. Then came Susan Irby’s “Quinoa Cookbook,” 32…
Maine’s Hartstone Inn honors Julia Child
GateHouse News ServiceJulia Child would have turned 100 years old on Aug. 15. The author of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking” and star of PBS television’s “The French Chef” was recently honored a…