… Chef Ramiro Velasquez has been working at Carlos, a fine dining restaurant in Highland Park for 17 years. A skilled chef in contemporary French cuisine, Ramiro participates in many … 1 cup red wine 1 cup red port ½ cup sugar 2 shallots, sliced thin butter salt and pepper to taste Leek and Fennel Confit Cut leek and fennel into roughly the same size. Cook in a little … white wine. Reduce by half and add the chicken stock. Cook until tender. Add salt and pepper to taste. Espresso-Port Beurre Rouge Cook shallots in a little butter until soft. Add the red …
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… and double-digit years of volunteer service. Larry Aronson is one of them. You’re likely to find Larry on Thursdays at his favorite volunteer station: the Pepper Discovery Cart. There, … a favorite resource: Chile Pepper magazine. He owns every issue, and says it has the best recipes in the world. A professional chef and baker on his non-volunteer days (he’s owned 27 … six-plus decades of cooking, including Chicago’s My π Pizza), Larry likes to re-create recipes for great food that is new to him. (He’s in the process of writing a cookbook now.) While talking …
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… botanically speaking (and that’s what we speak here at the Chicago Botanic Garden). The way botanists see it, fruits are made by flowering plants and contain seeds. So pumpkins are … question now? Take the Fruit Pursuit quiz below. Is This a Fruit? Click on each picture for the answer. × Yes, bell peppers are fruits. Fun fact: Red bell peppers are green peppers that … small black berries. Close × Yes, jackfruits are fruits. Fun fact: A jackfruit can weigh up to 100 pounds, or about as much as a big dog. Close × Yes, pineapples are fruits. Fun fact: …
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… For most gardeners, the top vegetable is the tomato. As they plant in late May, visions of red, … blocky pink hybrid 'Early Wonder' , early maturing and determinate. Determinate tomatoes grow to a certain size and stop, producing all their fruit over a few weeks and then quitting. Because … plant them too early. Let them enjoy warm soil and summer sunlight so they can grow into their best flavor and color—whatever that color may be. Beth Botts is a garden writer and speaker who …
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… a garden that demands a slower pace, where you’ll find plants in raised beds, making them easy to smell and touch for people with limited mobility and others. Don’t be shy about rubbing the bristly, rust-colored … cosmos ( Cosmos atrosanguineus ) smells like—yep, you guessed it—chocolate. Take a moment to note the color combinations—the yellow, red, and orange plants are intended to be warm and …
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… the days click on, and we are led farther away from the beloved fall season. The days continue to get shorter, and the sun doesn’t seem to shine quite as bright so naturally; moods shift, and … there are many ways to remedy this SAD state of mind. HT ‘Simmering Spices’ supply list for 15 participants Let’s begin by talking about a few winter-themed Horticultural Therapy (HT) …
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… at 3 p.m. Grab & Go available until 3 p.m. Additional Dining Locations Garden Grille: Closed for the season Rose Terrace Bar: Closed for the season The Garden Vine: Closed for the season Garden Shop 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. daily Greenhouses Open during Garden hours Plant …
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… Looking for a fun and novel table decoration for a special event? Here’s an idea. We turned our table … into a game. We paired unusual plant containers with plants that had some relationship to those planters and asked teachers to guess the connections. We provided an easy example to … around with the idea before we decided to fill it with sweetgum tree seeds. (Sorry, I did not get a good photo of it.) I had a ceramic birdhouse, so I filled it with soil and planted birdseed …
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… lakeside view of the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden. There are plenty of tables to accommodate up to 200 people. With sunny paved and lawn areas, it’s the perfect gathering spot for family, friends, and school groups. Bicyclists, walkers, and all visitors are welcome to take …
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… Looking for a feel-good, beautiful, reasonably priced gift? Plants are all that and more. Here's a quick guide on which plants to buy—as a gift or for yourself. If you buy them at a store, wrap them up completely and get them back indoors as soon as you can. Holiday plants come in all shapes, sizes, and colors. …
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