Cookbook: Love with a slice of pie
National pie-baking champ Linda Hundt brings the best of her Michigan bakery cafes to her book, Sweetie-Licious Pies: Eat Pie, Love Life (Skirt!, $26.95). It’s filled with her enthusiasm for all...
View ArticleQuick & Easy: Mother’s Day dessert that’s easy, flaky, delicious
BLACKBERRY-ORANGENAPOLEONS17.3-oz. package puff pastry (each package contains 2 sheets), thawed4 tbsp. granulated sugar, divided2 cups fresh blackberriesZest and juice of 1 orange16-oz. container...
View ArticleCleveland home chef hosts ‘Not Luck’ parties
CLEVELAND: What do rabbit, banana leaves and Fruity Pebbles have in common? They have all been featured ingredients at Troy Piper’s Not Luck Dinner parties in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood.What is...
View ArticleFood Notes: Cannoli has connection to beloved Ninni’s bakery
Tom Ciccarelli panicked a bit. His daughter’s wedding is in June. And Ninni’s Italian bakery, an Akron institution for more than 70 years, has closed for good. Where to get the cannoli? Retz’s...
View ArticleSumma to close St. Thomas Hospital emergency room, end inpatient care at...
Summa Health System is closing Wadsworth-Rittman Hospital’s inpatient units and converting St. Thomas Hospital’s emergency department into a primary-care practice in a sweeping systemwide...
View ArticleCommunity reacts to coming changes at St. Thomas
The way Kristine “Kris” Drummond sees it, the looming closure of St. Thomas Hospital’s emergency department won’t mean less medical care for the surrounding community.When the ER space converts to a...
View ArticleBurger King offers burgers for breakfast
NEW YORK: Burger King has some new additions to its breakfast menu — its flame-broiled burgers.The Miami-based chain says its “Burgers at Breakfast” includes its Whoppers, Cheeseburgers and Big King...
View Article“Fault” phenoms come to Cleveland
The morning after an estimated 3,000 fans came to see them in Cleveland’s Tower City Center, the people associated with the movie The Fault in Our Stars were still marveling at the turnout.They were...
View ArticleHome and garden happenings — week of May 10
Help is available to community gardens in Summit County that could use some guidance.The Summit County Master Gardeners’ Community Gardening Committee makes garden mentors available to community...
View ArticleMary Beth Breckenridge: Thrift shopping with a strategy
Give me a secondhand store over a shopping mall any day.There’s just something satisfying about pawing through other people’s old stuff and coming up with a gem.Sure, I like saving money and saving...
View ArticleDetails: Eastern Ohio Home Show
The Eastern Ohio Home Show will be open from Friday through May 18 at the MAPS Air Museum in Green.The show will feature 20 factory-built homes that are furnished and landscaped, as well as more than...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: Using nature’s calendar to manage pests
Q: I have not been able to absorb the science of growing degree days. I get the idea of it — in my terms, it seems to be a measure of the increasing warmth of nature as it shakes off winter. But what...
View ArticlePlant Lovers’ Almanac: Mining bees busy in Toledo
Star magnolias were blooming at the Toledo Botanical Garden, and I wondered: would the mining bees be active?Two years earlier, I was at the Botanical Garden teaching a Master Gardener class in early...
View ArticleShow aims to polish image of factory-built homes
Factory-built homes have long suffered from an image problem.But it’s time for that image to change, representatives from the industry say.They’ll be showcasing the latest in manufactured homes during...
View ArticleMcDonald’s tests seasoned french fries
NEW YORK: McDonald’s said Friday it plans to start testing seasoned french fries at select U.S. locations.The world’s biggest hamburger chain says the test of its “Shakin’ Flavor Fries” will take place...
View ArticlePet Place
Rabies vaccination clinics — Summit County Public Health is offering low-cost rabies vaccinations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today at Springfield Township Fire Station, 2459 Canfield Road. Pet Guards will...
View ArticleChristian radio station, The Light, airs program to help people struggling...
A new radio program dedicated to helping people dealing with addiction airs at 1:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays on WNPQ (95.9-FM) “The Light.” The program, Addiction: Voices of Hope, is hosted by...
View ArticleFormer downtown Akron congregation making inroads in Green
GREEN: It wasn’t easy for Lee Strawn to leave the building in downtown Akron that he called his church home for nearly seven decades.But he knew the move was necessary if the congregation was to...
View ArticleWhat’s for dinner? Asian Grilled Salmon Sandwich
Here’s an East-meets-West sandwich supper that’s easy to make and serve. While ginger, soy sauce and wasabi give the grilled salmon an Asian touch, grilling the bread gives an added smoky flavor.Wasabi...
View ArticleLife in Brief — week of May 11
Report says best partof travel is anticipationDoes traveling make you happy?Not necessarily, reports the industry journal Travel Weekly.It cited Dutch research showing that the happiest period for...
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