Fishermen’s dilemma
Katie O’Donnell tells me that fishermen have as many weather and climate related challenges as farmers, when it comes to their catch. “Seasons around the world impact restaurants here,” she told me...
Category: Food
New Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza opens in Mentor
The largest school district in Ohio – Mentor – is one of the main reasons Michael DuBois chose the Great Lakes Mall as the location for his Tony Sacco’s Coal Oven Pizza,...
Scottish Highland cattle, humanely raised and good to eat
These shaggy and sweet-faced Scottish Highland cattle live outdoors all year round in Geauga County. I’ve been enamored of Scottish Highland cattle since I first encountered them in the highlands and...
Breakfasts over the top at Baltimore’s Blue Moon Cafe
There’s usually a wait for a table at the tiny Blue Moon Cafe in Baltimore’s Fells Point neighborhood. But it offers a good time to examine the very comprehensive menu. The extraordinary...
Catching Mediterranean sardines for lunch
A small wooden shed holds nets that are lowered into the sea to catch sardines near the mouth of the Po River off Ravenna, Italy. Maybe it’s my Norwegian heritage or perhaps...
Previewing new Mentor Melt
I’m pretty sure the crowds won’t allow me to get near the new Melt Bar & Grilled after it opens Friday. So I’m glad I was invited to a preview of the...
A fresh look at Baltimore
It’s funny how you can come to a town to visit relatives and think you know it but come back for another purpose and discover lots more you didn’t know. That’s how...
One mushroom lover to another
Here’s an Associated Press story I just had to share: For $200 a person, the Four Seasons Resort Vail is sending out guided expeditions in luxury SUVs to look for mushrooms. The...
Two-Michelin stars for lunch at Le Castellas
Our table at Le Castellas awaits, but one of us got there first and left his water bottle. That’s me, third from the right, with members of our press group visiting the...
Fontfroide Abbaye- dine where monks prayed
In the foothills of the Corbières mountains of the Aude department in the South of France is the Abbaye Fontfroide, which was founded by Benedictine monks in 1093 but is now restored...
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