A Christmas breakfast casserole that has it all
What you want on Christmas morning — a house that effortlessly fills itself with joyous sounds and delicious aromas. What you usually get on Christmas morning — towers of wrapping paper, hermetically...
View ArticleNew in food: Critters put the cute in cookies
Add a dollop of cute to your cookie cutter collection with these Critter Cookie Cutters from Crate & Barrel. The seven-piece set includes an owl, fox, penguin, rabbit, deer, bird and bear, and they...
View ArticleAsk Lisa: What is Hoover style steak?
Q.: At Bender’s Tavern in Canton, they sell a steak called “Hoover style.” What exactly is that and how did it get its name?— M.T., AkronA.: Jerry Jacob, owner of Bender’s Tavern, the oldest restaurant...
View ArticleCooking Classes — week of Dec. 18 and beyond
Fishers Foods, North Canton, 440-729-1110, www.lpscinc.com.Southern Christmas Dinner, with Tim McCoy, 6 p.m. Thursday. $45.Michaels craft store, Cuyahoga Falls, 330-929-2012.Wilton cake-decorating...
View ArticleWine of the week: 2013 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Nouveau
Of the several Beaujolais nouveaux that make it to our shores every year in mid-November, the one we have most consistently sampled and tracked is that offered by Georges Duboeuf. We continue that...
View ArticleKitchen Scoop: Sweet and easy pancake recipe a warm holiday treat
When your business is breakfast, you’re bound to have some pretty amazing ideas. So when I needed a fantastic Christmas breakfast dish, I asked friends Doug and Margi Erickson, owners of the C.W. Worth...
View ArticleBeer notes: Frosted Frog hops to fourth title in four years
Call it a four-peat.Hoppin’ Frog Frosted Frog Christmas Ale won the recent blind Christmas beer tasting at Vintage Estate Wine & Beer in Boardman for the fourth consecutive year.Fat Head’s Holly...
View ArticleQuick & Easy: Ketchup is the surprise ingredient in Pepin’s elegant pork entrée
PORK IN PORT WINE¾ lb. pork tenderloin1 tsp. olive oilSalt and freshly ground black pepper½ cup port wine½ cup fat-free, low-salt chicken broth2 tbsp. ketchup½ tsp. dried thyme1 small bunch watercress2...
View ArticleLisa Abraham: It’s all I want for Christmas
Dear Santa,I hope you aren’t too surprised to be hearing from me. I know it’s been a while. I stopped believing in you in the third grade. Or at least that’s what I told everyone. Another girl was...
View ArticleBeef: It’s what’s for Christmas dinner
Majestic standing rib roast, juicy tenderloin or flavorful strip loin — increasingly folks are turning to beef for their Christmas dinner centerpiece. Butchers say beef has surpassed ham as the meat...
View ArticlePeople Helping People — Dec. 18
People Helping People is a list of charitable causes in our area that need donations or volunteers. The Beacon Journal has not investigated these causes, so donors should verify their worthiness and...
View Article‘Mr. Banks’ worth saving
The immovable object that is P.L. Travers meets the irresistible force of Walt Disney in the new movie Saving Mr. Banks, and the result is charming, more than a little sad but ultimately as uplifting...
View ArticlePeople Helping People — Dec. 19
People Helping People is a list of charitable causes in our area that need donations or volunteers. The Beacon Journal has not investigated these causes, so donors should verify their worthiness and...
View ArticleHigher blood pressure threshold OK in older adults, panel says
CHICAGO: Many older adults with high blood pressure can be treated less aggressively, which could mean taking fewer pills to get it under control, according to new treatment guidelines from an expert...
View ArticleA killer brownie by any other name is not
When Shakespeare’s Juliet said, “What’s in a name?” she clearly wasn’t talking about Killer Brownies. The past few days have been tense ones in local bakery cases over the use of that name. Most...
View ArticlePeople Helping People — Dec. 20
People Helping People is a list of charitable causes in our area that need donations or volunteers. The Beacon Journal has not investigated these causes, so donors should verify their worthiness and...
View ArticleWhen an over stimulated cat bites, it’s best to walk away, expert says
Q: My daughter adopted a 1-year-old female cat. She is sweet but has a bad habit of biting that actually breaks the skin. A friend also has this problem with her 6-month-old female cat. Why do they...
View ArticleAnimal rescue workers help save pets’ lives
Do you ever wonder how animal rescue groups get the animals they put into adopted homes?I have to give them credit. I don’t want to walk the roads they travel. I don’t want to see the suffering they...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Books for the plant lover
A friend at work — a graduate student studying honey bee ecology — is a new father. Molly and Doug welcomed Eleanor Hope just as Doug was finishing up final exams and getting ready to start winter...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: Removing carpet dents
Q: How can I remove dents the furniture has left in my carpet?— Donna CunhaCuyahoga FallsA: Carpet dents are tricky because the pad gets compressed as well as the carpet. Some dents will never recover...
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