Quick & Easy: Fast, flavorful curry a great way to load up on vegetables and...
VEGETABLE CURRY WITH BROWN RICE½ lb. eggplant, diced (about 2 cups)1 lb. zucchini, sliced (about 2 cups)½ medium red bell pepper, sliced (about 1 cup)2 tsp. canola oil1 medium red onion, sliced (about...
View ArticleCookbook: ‘Fire & Smoke: A Pitmaster’s Secrets’
Chris Lilly is executive chef of the Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q chain, and a figure on the barbecue competition circuit. His new book, Fire & Smoke: A Pitmaster’s Secrets (Clarkson Potter, $24.99) hits...
View ArticleWine of the Week: 2013 J California Pinot Gris
Toasty might not be the first quality that pops to mind when you think of a cooling summer sipper, but the 2013 J California Pinot Gris (about $13) delivers admirably on that seeming contradiction.The...
View ArticlePliny the Elder tops homebrewers’ list as best beer in U.S.
Pliny the Elder cannot be stopped.For the sixth year in a row, the double India pale ale from Russian River Brewing Co. in Santa Rosa, Calif., has been named the “Best Commercial Beer in America” by...
View ArticleCooking Classes
Fishers Foods, North Canton, 440-729-1110, www.lpscinc.com.The Mediterranean Approach to Healthy Eating, with Brandon Torre, 6 p.m. July 8. $45.Grill Master: Chicken on the Grill, with Tim McCoy, 6...
View ArticleFood Notes: Heaping taste of Germany in Brimfield; Bricco’s downtown closing...
It’s late June and it’s time for sausage, schnitzel, polka music, stuffed cabbage and, oh yes, beer. Don’t worry, we’re not ahead of ourselves, thinking it’s time for Oktoberfests.Saturday and Sunday...
View ArticleAkron General gains new partner for wellness center development
Akron General Health System has found a new partner in its efforts to capitalize on its experience creating and running wellness centers.The health system announced this week it signed an agreement...
View ArticleHow to build a plastic-bottle greenhouse
How to build a plastic-bottle greenhouse ■ Blue Rock Station sells an instruction booklet for making the plastic-bottle greenhouse that inspired the Nature Realm’s structure.■ It costs $6.95 for a...
View ArticleNew life for plastic pop bottles: teens use them to construct greenhouse
When Katie Fulton learned she’d be making a pop-bottle greenhouse during a camp for teens at F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, she pictured a terrarium with a plant in it.She never imagined she’d be using...
View ArticleKim Hone-McMahan: Happy hour at grocery store in Green
Something has happened between the pickles and the snap peas at my neighborhood grocery store.On a recent Friday night, I ran into the Giant Eagle Market District in Green to do a little shopping....
View ArticleDoes It Work? reviews: StufZ Stuffed Burger Maker, Potato Express, Perfect...
The kitchen has to be the most gadget-heavy room of the house.Some of those implements are true time savers. Some just end up as cupboard clutter.In today’s installment of Does It Work?, the two of us...
View ArticleSeth Meyers starts Paris fashion week with giggles
PARIS: As the seriously style-minded switch their focus from Milan to Paris, the first day of menswear collections showed that even the haughty world of fashion can have a giggle.Comedians Seth Meyers...
View ArticleKim Hone-McMahan: 91-year-old woman throws first pitch at Canal Park
Greg Moscibrocki came all the way from Alaska to watch his 91-year-old mother throw out the first pitch at Canal Park on Wednesday.Susan Moscibrocki, who was a tomboy as a kid, fell in love with the...
View ArticleThe Scene: Chefs Who Care for PAWSibilities, Humane Society of Greater Akron
Animal lovers gathered at the Blue Canyon Kitchen & Tavern in Twinsburg Wednesday evening for Chefs Who Care, a fundraiser for PAWSibilities, Humane Society of Greater Akron. Executive Director...
View ArticleVuitton VIPs boil, Miyake make attire from bananas
PARIS: Louis Vuitton boiled celebrity guests in a sweltering greenhouse. Rick Owens caked models in chalk paint, while Issey Miyake made clothes from bananas.Such was Thursday, an average day of...
View ArticleRepeal of ban on bare-hand contact with food OK’d
SACRAMENTO: California’s chefs and bartenders can resume legally handling food with their bare hands under a bill headed to the governor’s desk that would repeal an unpopular regulation.The bill,...
View ArticleFDA grapples with oversight of fecal transplants
WASHINGTON: Imagine a low-cost treatment for a life-threatening infection that could cure up to 90 percent of patients with minimal side effects, often in a few days.It may sound like a miracle drug,...
View ArticleKim Hone-McMahan: Soccer fans root on U.S. at Akron pub
Manny’s Pub in Akron was packed with rabid fans Thursday, all eyes on the televisions broadcasting the FIFA World Cup match between the United States and Germany. Even before the first pass, the...
View ArticleCosmic caffeine: Astronauts getting espresso maker
CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.: The astronauts in space will soon be sipping some good coffee. The International Space Station is getting a real Italian espresso machine.Astronauts of all nationalities — but...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: Propagating peonies
Q: My neighbor gave me three pieces from his peony, including the tuber. When and how can I replant them?— Patty Prince, AkronA: Peonies are best propagated by division, and the best time to do that is...
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