Lisa Abraham: Recipes from 1910 still work today
Poring over old recipes and ancient cookbooks is like searching for buried treasure. You never know what gems may be hidden in the dusty, yellowed pages.That’s how I felt when Akron resident Bob...
View ArticleFood notes: New food truck, lots of food and wine events
Chefs Jeffrey Winer and Steve Sabo of On Market Catering in Copley have a new food truck, called the Orange Trük, serving food like pulled pork sandwiches and butter-poached lobster mac and cheese. And...
View ArticleCookbook: ‘Vietnamese Home Cooking’
Love pho, but want to branch out? Charles Phan, the chef behind San Francisco’s famed restaurant the Slanted Door, offers Vietnamese Home Cooking (Ten Speed Press, $35), devoted to bringing tamarind,...
View ArticleSumma announces 54 layoffs
Summa Health System laid off 54 employees on Tuesday as it contends with lower-than-expected revenues and prepares for looming changes from health-care reform.Summit County’s largest employer expects...
View ArticleWomen have caught up to men on lung cancer risk
U.S. women who smoke today have a much greater risk of dying from lung cancer than they did decades ago, partly because they are starting younger and smoking more — that is, they are lighting up like...
View ArticleStylists learn to spot domestic violence victims
Women have a tendency to tell all to their hair stylists. That’s precisely why the Battered Women’s Shelter of Summit and Medina Counties is hosting educational seminars in partnership with the Cut It...
View ArticleNews of the Weird: No good deed goes unpunished
In December, the car-parts retailer AutoZone became the most recent employer to fire a worker for taking action widely admired — but prohibited in the workplace. Devin McLean and his store manager in...
View ArticleLife in Brief — Week of Jan. 27
As holiday bills finally arrive,dig out from debt avalancheSome people experience the bill-paying blues after a holiday season of warm memories, but cold credit-card debt.Here are four ways to get out...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: Put daughter in place to help her in long run
Q.: What should I do when my 9-year-old daughter loses all of her privileges because of her misbehavior but refuses to go to her room? I tried to physically force her, but she put up too much of a...
View ArticleTime capsules can come in a variety of family-friendly approaches
Surprises come with home ownership. Usually, they’re of the “What’s that bubbling up from the drain?” variety. But occasionally they can be exciting, such as finding something left behind by a previous...
View ArticlePBS brings life to Shakespeare, his work
Jeremy Irons has a suggestion for Downton Abbey fans: Give William Shakespeare a try, too.Irons is among the prominent hosts of Shakespeare Uncovered, an inventive series tracing the origins of eight...
View ArticlePop reviews — Week of Jan. 27
Feeling MortalKris Kristofferson He’s 76, so, sure, Kris Kristofferson is feeling mortal. Over the last several years, however, that feeling has resharpened his muse, resulting in his best work since...
View ArticleWhat to do with Bubble Wrap, besides popping
Some creative uses for Bubble Wrap:• For a different look, use Bubble Wrap instead of a sponge to apply paint to interior walls to create a textured design.• Use Bubble Wrap and duct tape to create...
View ArticleNicholas Sparks has nothing to fear from ‘Parker’
It would be great, one day, to see Jason Statham try his hand at a romance, or slapstick farce. He wouldn’t have to change what he does — if he could, which seems doubtful. Somehow, the...
View ArticleBook review: The true believers of Scientology
Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of BeliefBy Lawrence WrightMost readers will come to Going Clear, Lawrence Wright’s much-anticipated expose of Scientology, in search of two things:...
View ArticleBook talk: Caribbean suspense novel; Browns player’s memoir
Retired UA math professor writesdark tale of Caribbean skullduggeryThe Body in the Perch Pond, by Copley resident Douglas Ewan Cameron, is an “Up North Two Mystery” in which a retiree finds a skeleton...
View Article2013 Ohio festivals
Geauga County Maple Festival, April 25-28, Chardon Wild Turkey Festival, May 2-5, McArthur Moonshine Festival, May 23-27, New Straitsville Feast of the Flowering Moon, May 23-25, Chillicothe Oak Hill...
View Article2013 Ohio county fairs
Ohio State Fair, Columbus, July 24-Aug. 4Paulding County Fair, Paulding, June 10-15Pickaway County Fair, Circleville, June 15-22Putnam County Fair, Ottawa, June 24-29Marion County Fair, Marion, July...
View ArticleMrs. Obama has bangs: Let the analyzing begin
By Jocelyn NoveckAssociated Press Before we start rambling on obsessively about Michelle Obama’s bangs, let’s be clear: The president started it.It was he, after all, who called the new hairdo,...
View ArticleAbuse allegations grow against friar in Youngstown diocese
YOUNGSTOWN: A Catholic high school in Pennsylvania has hired an attorney to investigate allegations that a Franciscan friar named in Ohio sexual-abuse settlements molested students in Johnstown in the...
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