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The sales tax sidestep
Chicago Tribune reporterChicagoan Giao Nguyen thinks it only makes sense for savvy shoppers to try to minimize sales taxes on their purchases. The 32-year-old software developer does that by buying books, consumer electronics and camera equipment on the Internet, where he...Tags: Small Businesses, Corporate Crime, Amazon.com Inc., E-Commerce Industry, Fraud
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Puzzle peekers
People who can't trust themselves not to look at the crossword puzzle answers (until the next day) probably cheat at Solitaire too. —William Emshoff Western Springs -
July 16
Chef Paul Virant Vie 4471 Lawn Avenue Western Springs (708) 246-2668 www.vierestaurant.com Pickled Green Beans Ingredients: 1 liter champagne vinegar 500 ml water 1oz salt 1/2 oz sugar 1 tsp mustard seed, 1tsp coriander for each quart jar 1/2 tsp... -
Learn to pickle
If our article on pickling whets your appetite about preserving summer produce, but you're daunted by the process, here are a few classes that teach the ropes: •A "Get Pickled" class at The Chopping Block will teach simple pickling techniques....Tags: Forestry and Timber, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Merchandise Mart
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Summer, captured
Special to the TribuneWhen I was a kid, I wished I could capture a jar of summer air right along with the lightning bugs. A jar I could open at will, through our impossibly long winters, and just breathe it in, making it summer again. Home pickles are about as close as...Tags: Restaurant and Catering Industry, West Town, Health and Safety at School, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Crystal Lake
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Calendar
French flair: Madelaine Bullwinkel leads a "Bastille Day in Provence" demonstration class. $85; $75 members. 10 a.m. Saturday. Alliance Francaise, 810 N. Dearborn St. Register, 312-337-1070 or af-chicago.org. Asian faves: Chef Dan Nguyen of Pasteur...Tags: Christianity, Orthodoxy, Merchandise Mart
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Resources for locavores
BOOKS "The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals" by Michael Pollan "Real Food: What to Eat and Why" by Nina Planck "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle" by Barbara Kingsolver "Plenty: One Man, One Woman and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally"...Tags: Arable Farming
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Ideologically rigid U. of C. professors
Instead of celebrating the success of a towering leader in economic theory from the U. of C., it seems some professors simply are ideologically rigid themselves. Eight percent of professors don't want him honored for fear they might be tarred by the...Tags: Milton Friedman
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Butting in
Thank you for your very informative and necessary article on cigarette butt litter ("Kicking butts; Cigarettes rank at the top of litter problems—for their ubiquity, toxicity and durability; Now, finally, the city is doing something about it,"... -
WESTERN SPRINGS: Fire station contract veto is overridden
Western Springs trustees voted unanimously this week to override Village President Jack Lynch's veto of a $12,000 contract that would allow an Itasca construction management firm to determine the cost of a second fire station to be built at 5501 Grand...Tags: Itasca, Water Supply, Fires, Jack Lynch
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