Kitchen Scoop: Sweet potatoes tossed with greens make refreshing salad
I have a new vegetarian main-dish salad to share, and you’re going to love it. The recipe is for roasted sweet potatoes over a bed of crisp salad greens. I know, I know — it sounds strange, but don’t...
View ArticleCookbook: ‘Guy Gourmet’
Great chefs like Tyler Florence, Marcus Samuelsson and Rick Bayless share healthful recipes geared for guys in Guy Gourmet: Great Chefs’ Amazing Meals for a Lean & Healthy Body, by Adina Steiman...
View ArticleQuick & Easy: A cheesy, buttery take on grilled corn on the cob
GRILLED CORN WITH QUESO FRESCO8 ears corn, husks and silk removedOlive oil8 oz. queso fresco cheese1 tsp. paprika1 tsp. garlic powder½ tsp. kosher salt½ tsp. ground black pepper1 stick butter, cut into...
View ArticleThis week’s harvest: Carrots
Bunches of fresh carrots are popping up in gardens and cropping up in farmers markets stalls throughout the area.Carrots are always good for snacking on raw and are perfect for salads, veggie trays and...
View ArticleLisa Abraham: Smitty is still going strong at 98
We’re heading to the follow-up file for this week’s column. It was 16 months ago when Cato “Smitty” Smith was told that he was being evicted from his building because the owner was losing it in...
View ArticleYes you can: Tips on how to preserve the summer’s bounty
You’ve spotted a bushel of peaches at your favorite farm stand, your own garden is producing the kind of tomatoes you’d love to be able to enjoy in January, and your CSA (community supported...
View ArticleClose to Home: Camp benefits from Dreamscape winner’s generosity
You know how it is. A friend is selling raffle tickets, so you buy one. You just want to support the cause and help your friend unload some tickets.That’s what happened to Ivette Immormino.Immormino...
View ArticleDamage-free decorating tips for renters
Blah.That’s probably the nicest thing that can be said about a lot of rental housing.Apartments, dorm rooms and other rented spaces often share the same bland decor — builder beige walls, utilitarian...
View ArticlePet expert has a handle on nutrition
Copley Township native Connie White Lawless put up her veterinary shingle in her hometown just a year ago. She has agreed to be the Beacon Journal’s newest pet expert, focusing on wellness and...
View ArticleSore muscles respond to healing touch
When we pull a muscle, we go for an ice pack and some anti-inflammatories. When our pets do it, they fight through the pain without complaint. They may limp, but pets will continue to try to please us...
View ArticleBook Talk: ‘Mayhem at the Orient Express,’ ‘The Tie That Bound Us’
Brecksville writer gives nodto Agatha Christie mysteryThere’s a little spoiler alert for readers of Kylie Logan’s new mystery Mayhem at the Orient Express: If you haven’t read the Agatha Christie...
View ArticlePop reviews — week of Aug. 18
See You ThereGlen CampbellToo often when veteran artists revisit career-defining hits late in life it’s more of a marketing move than an artistic exploration. Not in this case.Since revealing two years...
View ArticleMore than just hot air? Whether e-cigarettes are a good idea remains a question
Electronic cigarettes — embraced by users as a healthier alternative to smoking or a good way to quit — are picking up steam.There’s little research on how safe they might be or whether they’re an...
View ArticleLife in Brief — week of Aug. 18
Study finds weight bias increases risk of obesityDiscriminating against someone for being fat isn’t real helpful. But a new study says it also seems to make people gain weight.“Rather than motivating...
View ArticleJohn Rosemond: Observations from a member of the ‘last generation’
Sometimes, the so-called “good old days” really were better. For example, if the data are correct, then the state of parenting in America has been in slow but steady decline since the 1960s. Child...
View ArticleStainless steel Cloud Gate, aka The Bean, dominates Chicago’s shining...
CHICAGO: The Bean is big.The Bean is already one of Chicago’s major landmarks, up there with the Hancock Tower, the Chicago River, the Willis Tower, Navy Pier and, yes, Wrigley Field.In fact, it is...
View ArticleKids, teens and parents: Talk to us
If you are between the ages of 12 and 19 and interested in a chance to be in the newspaper, like the models in our story, or giving input for stories we are writing, we want to hear from...
View ArticleNews of the Weird — Unusual thievery
Great gopher feet caper Tina Marie Garrison, 37, and her son Junior Lee Dillon, 18, of Preston, Minn., were charged in June with stealing almost $5,000 worth of gopher feet from the freezer of a gopher...
View ArticleWhat’s for dinner? Stuffed peppers
Country singer Trisha Yearwood’s 2010 cookbook, Home Cooking with Trisha Yearwood, was a huge success and now has been released in paperback ($19.99, Clarkson-Potter).The book is filled with...
View ArticleTo-do list — week of Aug. 18
Beautiful things, chalk artThe Art-A-Palooza fine arts festival in Green runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Boettler Park, on Massillon Road. More than 60 artists will be peddling wares and...
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