Could a surplus of Easter hams spark a new business idea? For local chef Rasul Welch, the answer was an emphatic “yes.” Since founding Ronin Chef in 2015, Welch’s mission has been to build community and help further our food ecosystem by connecting food producers, consumers, and restaurants. At the dawn of the COVID-19 crisis …read more…
At Irie Jamaican Kitchen, the island vibes and “jah-potle” goodness are in full force on any given day. So when Governor Mike DeWine announced that all restaurants and bars would close to in-house patrons on March 15, owner Omar McKay’s world was turned on its axis. “Life as we knew it in the service industry …read more…
Cue the “fun guy” jokes: From fermenting to foraging, Jeremy Umansky is a self-professed fungus fanatic—and it’s earned him global renown. Here in Cleveland, Umansky is best known as the James Beard-nominated co-owner of Ohio City-based Larder Delicatessen and Bakery. Yet he is also one of the country’s foremost experts on koji—the fungal microbe responsible for the …read more…
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…
