Cookbook: Fish and veggies will whittle your waist, book says
The Pescetarian Plan: The Vegetarian + Seafood Way to Lose Weight and Love Your Food by Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D., with recipes by Sidra Forman (384 pages, $26) is a guide to eating a vegetarian diet...
View ArticleKitchen Scoop: Deviled eggs always make a special treat
Have you noticed the peeled, hard-cooked eggs sold in the dairy case at your local grocery? I found mine right above the egg cartons in vacuum-sealed packages, ready to eat. I was a bit skeptical at...
View ArticleForget about greetings: Strawberries need no introduction
Salutations, meant to welcome the reader, come in all kinds of dreary.“Dear” seems unduly cozy. It brings to mind the long-coupled couple. “To Whom it May Concern” begs the snide retort. If a letter is...
View ArticleBetter by the bowl: Add greens and veggies to soup for satisfying winter meal
If you’ve resolved to eat more healthfully in 2014, think soup.It’s filling and, when made with the right ingredients, can make you feel better by the bowlful.“There is research that suggests when you...
View ArticleNew matzo tool and type
A discussion of matzo balls (sinkers vs. floaters, scratch vs. package mix, etc.) may come up during Passover culinary conversations. Whatever your personal preference, something that limits...
View ArticleAkron General ends joint venture with Signet
Akron General Health System has pulled out of its joint venture with Signet Enterprises to develop health and wellness centers nationwide. The health system launched Integrated Wellness Partners with...
View ArticleLocal doctor seeks tech-savvy teens to locate AEDs
A local doctor wants to challenge area teens to help save lives by playing a game on their smartphones.Dr. Terry A. Gordon is meeting with dozens of school superintendents, fire chiefs and police...
View ArticleUnwitting callers talk to the animals at Akron Zoo
Receptionist April Pascu answered the phone.“Mr. Bear? He’s very popular today. But this is the Akron Zoo and it’s April Fools’ Day. Someone pulled a prank on you. Find out who did it and get even,”...
View ArticleOhio-based food supplier recalling 8,700 pounds of chicken
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the products from AdvancePierre Foods were formulated with milk and soy, which are not declared on the label.The recall affects 10-pound bulk cases of Our Down...
View ArticleAkron mayor wants Akron General, Summa to merge
Akron Mayor Don Plusquellic again is calling for the city’s rival hospitals to quit competing and to merge.During his State of the City address in front of 650 attendees at the John S. Knight Center on...
View ArticleMusic therapy prepares hospice patients for death and gives comfort to the...
Bill Hibbs stroked the keys and a tune gently spilled from the keyboard speakers. It wasn’t just any song. It was a love ballad written for his wife, Sharon, who died last spring. Standing beside...
View ArticleEffects linger for Ohio breeder’s poisoned dogs
BROWNSVILLE, OHIO: Seventeen dogs poisoned with antifreeze at an Ohio family’s kennels are still showing some problems but have returned home after veterinarians used intravenous vodka to counteract...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: incentives for energy efficiency
Q: I built a house last year and included a lot of energy-saving features, including a geothermal heating system and foam insulation. What tax credits and rebates do I qualify for, and how can I claim...
View ArticleMary Beth Breckenridge: Without safeguards, smart home can be a dumb choice,...
Smart technology can perform all sorts of tasks in our homes.Turn on our lights. Unlock our doors. Crank up our thermostats.And quite possibly, give someone access to our valuables or our bank...
View ArticleHome and garden happenings — week of April 5
Nine quilt shops in Northeast Ohio are enticing shoppers with a Sweet Treats Quilt Shop Hop, starting Wednesday.At each shop, visitors will receive a tea packet and a different pattern for a tea-theme...
View ArticlePlumbing woes: Black, smelly substance coats inside of pipe
Q: Our bathroom sink has a sewerlike odor coming out of it. I removed the drain pipe, and there is a black, slimy, gelatinous substance coating the inside of the pipe. It wasn’t enough to clog the...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac
The warming weather, the accumulation of heat units that drive flower development on plants, the emergence and development of insects, the wakening of spring peepers. Ah, what a time of year.The storm...
View ArticleCleveland educator’s book makes garden experiments fun
Projects like Journey North’s tulip test gardens are second nature for Renata Fossen Brown.Brown is a science educator who looks at gardening as the perfect opportunity to experiment and learn. She’s...
View ArticleTulip gardens help young scientists track seasonal change
When Renata Fossen Brown checks on the progress of a patch of tulips at Cleveland Botanical Garden, schoolchildren across the Northern Hemisphere are watching.Brown is a participant in Journey North’s...
View ArticleRules of wheelchair rugby and more information
About the gameThe Adaptive Sports Program of Ohio says the objective of murderball, or the much less sinister-sounding wheelchair rugby, is for a player to carry a ball across the opponent’s goal line...
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