Guest Post by Ginnette Simko, Countryside Farm Manager In times of global crisis, it is not unusual for the federal government to ask its citizens to help out by planting a home garden. During WWI, the U.S. National War Garden Commission was created to encourage home gardening efforts so that our agricultural producers could focus …read more…
Trey Kirchoff was biking home from his job at a New York City pie shop—having just returned from a yoga retreat in India, where he had eloped with his wife—when he experienced an existential epiphany: he was too settled to feel completely content. He knew he needed to challenge himself. The only question was how? …read more…
Aficionados of craft butchery will want to RSVP to their dream party—the upcoming Fête des Bouchers, a one-day event on Saturday, October 12, at the Culinary Vegetable Institute that will gather Northeast Ohio’s finest meat purveyors and chefs. This “party of butchers” tradition goes back a few hundred years, originating as a collaborative hog slaughter …read more…
Eating is, perhaps, your most important daily activity. And, it’s about more than sustenance. Our food choices contribute to the health of our bodies, the health of our local economy, and the health of the environment. And, yet, something so impactful is usually taken for granted. On Wednesday, June 5, the Warrensville Area Chamber of …read more…
Chefs Michael Symon and Matt Del Regno are some of the busiest guys we know, yet they’ve teamed up once again to execute University Hospitals Five Star Sensation. The event returns after a customary hiatus and will take place on June 15 at the eastern campus of Cuyahoga Community College. More than 50 chefs and vintners …read more…
Ashtabula County is home to beautiful beaches, big skies, covered bridges, and sweeping, glaciated landscapes—a setting which can, in some cases, lure families home to farm. Connie and Randall Moores of Moores Heritage Farm followed that call. When Randall returned home from active duty service, he and Connie began breathing new life into Randall’s grandparents’ …read more…
Pysanky, or Ukrainian Easter eggs, are written, rather than painted or decorated. According to Walter Ciszkewycz, an employee of the Ukrainian Museum-Archives in Tremont, “the word Pysanka is derived from the Ukrainian word pysaty (Писати), which means to write.” To make these intricate works of art, the pysanka-maker utilizes a writing tool, or kistka, and …read more…
“May suitable doses of guaranteed sensual pleasure and slow, long-lasting enjoyment preserve us from the contagion of the multitude who mistake frenzy for efficiency. Our defense should begin at the table with Slow Food. Let us rediscover the flavors and savors of regional cooking and banish the degrading effects of Fast Food.”—Excerpt from the Official …read more…
How does a child achieve educational goals if their family doesn’t have consistent access to nutritious foods? How do we help all of our neighbors live a healthy life, even if they are unable to cook? How does a vibrant civic life emerge in our neighborhoods if we must leave them to meet our basic …read more…
