Skye opens for breakfast; dinner to follow
The sign for Skye has tantalized passersby of the Lawnfield Inn in Mentor, near Mentor Avenue and Center Street. The restaurant, named after Scotland’s Isle of Skye is now open for breakfast...
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Making a ganache
A ganache is one of those wonderful kitchen treats – something that has a lot of different uses and can be made in just a few minutes and kept up to three...
Off to France
On Labor Day I’m headed back to France, this time to a small section of the Loire Valley where I’ll visit the hometown of Jules Verne and see and see how his genius...
Making ricotta style cheese
Thursday’s Food story will have some great recipes for late season produce, including baked tomatoes topped with ricotta and basil. You can buy ricotta, which is a fresh cheese that should be...
Special butter for fresh corn
Thursday’s Food column makes my mouth water all over again for freshly prepared corn on the cob. While presiding at the ICASI booth at Chardon’s Friday farmers market, Chef John Sheehan handed...
Releasing turtles along Mayan Riviera
USA 3000 flights and Apple Vacations make it really easy to to get from Cleveland to Mexico’s Mayan Riviera, south of Cancun. It’s about a three hour morning flight and you can...
Travel is an attitude
The Long Weekend of Fun set for this weekend at Wildwater Kingdom in Aurora is a perfect opportunity to test the attitude of travel. If you haven’t gotten away this summer the...
Holden benefit raises money for education
The nearly 500 people who came to Holden Arboretum’s annual summer benefit enjoyed a perfect summer evening as they browsed among silent auction items, sipping, munching and reconnecting. More than $113,000 was...
A real deal to vacation with sharks
Swimming next to hammerhead sharks through an acrylic tube is probably my favorite waterslide in the world. The hammerheads seen here are all alone in the pool with one of the Atlantis...
Port Dover dining on Ontario’s south coast
Port Dover, one of several towns I visited while researching what’s across Lake Erie from here, has a dining experience unlike any other. The Schneider family, who has run the Erie Beach...
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