Food notes: Time to head downtown for Restaurant Week
Downtown Akron Restaurant Week is celebrating its third year by including a second week and adding 10 new restaurants to its lineup.Mark your calendars for Sept. 9-12, and Sept. 16-19, for lunch and...
View ArticleCookbook: Cool off with cocktail pops
A solution for those immersed in the sultry dog days of summer might be Laura Fyfe’s new book, Poptails: Over 40 Alcohol-Infused Popsicles, Ices and Slushes (Spruce, $12.99). Fyfe offers some poptail...
View ArticleQuick & Easy: Prosciutto, melon inspires a salad
PROSCIUTTO, CANTALOUPE AND ORECCHIETTE SALAD1 lb. orecchiette pasta1 bunch asparagus, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces3 tbsp. olive oil3 tbsp. red wine vinegar1 tbsp. whole-grain mustard1 fennel...
View ArticleLisa Abraham: What’s in your lunch box?
I recently looked over a display of insulated lunchboxes at a local retailer, admiring the collection of Barbie, Spider-Man and Hello Kitty offerings.Lunchboxes have come a long way since my day when...
View ArticleThis week’s harvest: Cucumbers
Cucumbers are most often seen in the company of lettuce and tomato in the garden variety garden salad.If this mix is just a little too ho-hum for your taste, try letting cucumbers be the star of the...
View ArticleHigh holy days have Jewish cooks stirring up tradition
Perhaps the only thing more comforting than a steaming bowl of chicken soup on the Jewish table is a warm noodle kugel.With the start of the high holy days just a week away, cooks in the local Jewish...
View ArticleTwo Beacon Journal writers win awards
The National Federation of Press Women is honoring two Akron Beacon Journal writers for excellence across several categories.Mary Beth Breckenridge won two first-place awards, one second place and one...
View ArticleCanton pastor among thousands who participated 50 years ago in civil-rights...
Ray Cox was barely out of the starting gate of life when the telephone rang in his parents’ home. It was August 1963 and the March on Washington was just a few days away. His mother answered. Someone...
View ArticleDetails: Miniature garden exhibit at Stan Hywet
DetailsWhat: Miniature garden exhibitWhen: Through MondayWhere: Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens, 714 N. Portage Path, Akron Tickets: Exhibit is included in all tours that provide access to the grounds....
View ArticleStan Hywet displays miniature gardens
You can stroll through 70 acres taking in the gardens at Stan Hywet.Or you can walk a few steps.Through Monday, an exhibit in the historical estate’s greenhouse focuses on gardening in miniature form....
View ArticleTips for miniature gardens
• Choose plants that are in scale with one another and the landscape you’re trying to achieve. • Make sure the plants have the same need for moisture and sunlight.• Use a container with drainage holes...
View ArticleScientists find clue to age-related memory loss
WASHINGTON: Scientists have found a compelling clue in the quest to learn what causes age-related memory problems, and to one day be able to tell if those misplaced car keys are just a senior moment or...
View Article9 million use sleeping pills to get more zzz’s
ATLANTA: Can’t get enough shut-eye? Nearly 9 million U.S. adults resort to prescription sleeping pills — and most are white, female, educated or 50 or older, according to the first government study of...
View ArticleDrug maker launches new cap to curb Tylenol overdoses
WASHINGTON: Bottles of Tylenol sold in the United States will soon bear red warnings alerting users to the potentially fatal risks of taking too much of the popular pain reliever. The unusual step,...
View ArticleHPV vaccine for boys has ‘good start’ in 1st year
ATLANTA: When the HPV vaccine was first recommended for boys, health officials worried it would be an unusually hard sell. But a new report suggests that might not be the case.About 1 in 5 boys got at...
View ArticleMysterious dog illness may have reached Akron-Canton area
CANAL FULTON: A mysterious illness that has killed three dogs in the Cincinnati area and sickened more than a dozen others earlier this month might be spreading into the Akron-Canton area. Dr. Melanie...
View ArticlePlant-a-Row drop-off sites
Got a bumper crop to share? You can give your extra vegetables and fruit to someone in need through Plant a Row for the Hungry. Here are sites that accept donations:Crown Point Ecology Center, 3220 Ira...
View ArticleAsk Mary Beth: What’s causing rain barrel water to stagnate?
Q: I’ve had rain barrels for years and the water quality has always been great, but for some reason, this year both barrels are stagnant and smelly. The water is whitish, cloudy and filmy. Is there...
View ArticleMary Beth Breckenridge: Scare up old Halloween costumes to cut waste, save...
Somewhere in my basement is a box filled with Halloween costumes I made for my son.There’s an elaborate dinosaur costume with stuffed spines on the head and tail. There are blue overalls and a red...
View ArticleHome and garden happenings — week of Aug. 31
Learn to tell birches from beeches at two workshops being offered by the Ohio Woodland Stewards Program.Name That Tree will be held Sept. 27 at Secrest Arboretum in Wayne County’s Wooster Township....
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