Amy Graves - April 28, 2017
At Grumpy’s restaurant in Toledo, the most popular item on the menu is the Garbage Salad. Billed as a “carnival of different tastes and textures,” the massive salad is tossed with a poppy seed dressing that drew so many raves…
Bring three quarts of water to a rolling boil in a large pot; add salt to flavor pasta if desired. Add pasta, stirring occasionally. Boil pasta for 6-8 minutes in an uncovered pot, until al dente. Remove from heat, drain…
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Stir gluten-free flour with baking soda and salt; set aside. Beat butter with sugar and brown sugar at medium speed until creamy. Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed until…
Chicken: Rinse chicken and pat dry. Crush pretzels to make breading for chicken Combine egg and buffalo chicken sauce. Dip chicken into egg mixture then dredge in crushed pretzels. Repeat. Place on baking sheet prepared with non-stick spray. Bake at…
Amy Graves - April 26, 2017
The Ohio State University horticultural instructor in the mid-1960s was stumped. How in the world was his legally blind student able to tell the difference between American cranberry bush and European cranberry bush? Most of his students struggled to tell…
Not far off a two-lane road on the outskirts of rural Edon, a large pine tree engulfs the front yard of a quintessential two-story, red brick farmhouse. Revealed past what there are of the rolling hills in this part of…
No matter how much Beth Veldey loves a type of daylily, she would never purchase multiples of it. I would never buy two of the same kind,” said the president of the Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society. “Who would ever do…
“We’ve been told we shouldn’t be surprised to see grown men cry.” Rose Hartschuh was explaining to a reporter the expectations she and other Ohio farmers had as they staged their caravan of supplies and workers headed for wildfire devastated…
Marvin Dietsch recalls driving his youngest daughter Natalie back to school at the University of Notre Dame when the realization hit him. “Dad,” she had said as the flat farm fields of Indiana rolled by, “I don’t even know if…
While walking down the baked foods aisle at your local grocery, you’ve probably noticed an abundance of gluten-free products taking over store shelves. The trend leads many to wonder: is there something wrong with eating foods containing gluten? Gluten-free foods…
