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Epicuriosity 101 on the SJ-R food page today features answers by Nancy Sweet, culinary operations manager, to readers’ questions about blueberry/gooseberry pie, and whether we should be concerned about mercury in the fish we eat.

Jamie Stout, director, Community Education and Betty Workman, Academy of Lifelong Learning member were interviewed July 14 for a feature in the August Springfield Business Journal.

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DeniseLLCC’s Chef Denise Perry (left) was a judge, along with Governor Bruce Rauner and Mayor Jim Langfelder, for the Downtown Bacon Throwdown July 11.

The LLCC Culinary Institute and SIU Center for Workforce Development recently partnered and hosted 30 Family and Consumer Science teachers from Central Illinois. The teachers spent the day in LLCC labs learning new cooking techniques that they will be able to take back to their classrooms. A short video about the training was provided by Linda Walker, SIU Family and Consumer Sciences Facilitator. The video is also featured on their website.

Several stories in the current edition of SO magazine, “Recipes for Success,” “Get Cooking,” and “Feast for the Eyes” feature the Culinary Institute and Culinary Arts programs, with comments from Nancy Sweet, operations manager, Jay Kitterman, consultant and Chef Denise Perry along with several credit and non-credit culinary students.

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Todd McDonald, vice president of administrative services, is the subject of a Personality Profile in the new July edition of the Springfield Business Journal.

Pam McClelland, chair, LLCC Foundation, wrote an essay for the State Journal-Register July 5 entitled, “#ILoveLLCC – proudly”.

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Kevin Lust, director, Illinois Small Business Development Center at LLCC, was interviewed for this story in the State Journal-Register about a business manufacturing a device that would work with smartphones to replace remote control devices for electronic equipment.

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Marnie Record, workforce specialist, wrote “The Many Roles of Herbs” for the Epicuriosity 101 column today in the SJ-R.

Lynn Whalen, executive director, PRM, was interviewed by the SJ-R for an upcoming article on the smoking ban on campus.

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Marnie Record, workforce specialist, and Greg Christian, culinary instructor, local foods, along with several students, were interviewed for a June 12 front page State Journal-Register story on using local foods in District 186 cafeterias.

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Read 2015 Outstanding Graduate Sister Mary Gianna’s essay, “The community I experienced at LLCC,” published June 7 in the State Journal-Register.

A class offered by LLCC’s Value-Added Local Foods program for District 186 cafeteria food service managers was featured on WICS news June 10. Marnie Record, workforce specialist, instructor Greg Christian and several students were interviewed.

“Make Dad’s day special with grilling sauces and marinades” by Nancy Sweet, culinary operations manager, is this week’s Epicuriosity 101 column in the SJ-R.