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    Where to Pick Pumpkins {Friday Five}

    by  • October 21, 2011 • Events • 5 Comments

    Several readers and friends have asked me where I recommend going to pick pumpkins. The truth is, I don’t have a farm that I love. All I’ve visited are too crowded and pushy with extra purchases and sugary sweets. I wish I could find somewhere reminiscent of my childhood where the focus was on...

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    Charcuterie Class {Birthday Giveaway}

    by  • October 7, 2011 • Events, Meat • 12 Comments

    Ever wondered how to make bacon? Why nitrites/nitrates are sometimes used? Do you enjoy making meat jokes? I will cover all this and more in my Charcuterie Class on October 18 at Wild Goose Creative, the last of my Preserving Series. Participants get to go home with tasting samples in their belly and a...

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    Celebrate Local Pop-up Shop {Profile}

    by  • September 29, 2011 • Events, Local Food • 4 Comments

    Combine interest in the inaugural Easton Farmer’s Market, an empty store front, and a community of local producers and what do you have? Celebrate Local, a pop-up holiday shop of all-Ohio goods. Celebrate Local opens October 1 and will continue sales through the winter holidays at Easton where Harry & David’s previously resided. The...

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    Bites October 2011

    by  • September 28, 2011 • Events, Family, Recipes & Meals • 1 Comment

    Dig in with your knife and fork – early October serves up a full plate of Columbus food news! 1. Local Foods Week starts Friday with a happy hour at restaurants around the city benefiting Local Matters. Festivities continue October 1 – 8 with events as diverse as an urban farming forum at the...

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    Country Living Fair 2011

    by  • September 16, 2011 • Events, Home School • 0 Comments

    I presented an apple cooking demonstration at the Country Living Fair on the Ohio Village campus this morning. Enough people asked for a review that I’m providing a quick one today for those who want to visit Saturday or Sunday. The Fair is organized by Country Living magazine and reflects their aesthetic for earthy,...

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