A couple of weeks ago, when the weather wasn’t so goshdarn steamy and my workload was summer-light, I wandered outside to take a look at the vegetable garden before sitting down at the computer for the day. An hour and a ...
Don't you just hate talking about yourself? Earlier this year, I had occasion to give a talk about my career and my work to a group of retirees as part of a senior-learning program sponsored by Miami University. I focused my ...
Well, it’s done. On July 1, I turned in the manuscript for “The Findlay Market Cookbook.” It’s a whopper: 54,000 words, about 220 pages, full of 70+ interviews with local farmers and food entrepreneurs and about 125 recipes. The biggest project ...
Can we talk about the Marathon Project? You know the one: It encompasses a lot of work over a lengthy period, perhaps 6 months or more. It has a lot of moving parts. It’s tricky to plan and schedule. It requires ...
In December, I submitted my writing for Edible Ohio Valley to the Bert Greene Awards for food journalism sponsored by the International Association of Culinary Professionals. It was kind of a lark, but I figured, "Why not?" This week, the IACP ...
If there's one thing I miss most about working in an office with a team, it's the buzz of kicking ideas around with a few colleagues. Those spontaneous hallway conversations: "What would happen if we ...?" "What if ...?" For those ...
Are you startled by the fact that it’s December? Scratching your head at how quickly the year’s gone by? Me too. One way that I’m able to make sense of time’s flight is to look back at the year that’s passing, to ...
Do you ever fall asleep on an airplane only to wake up when the wheels hit the tarmac? In a mental fog, you’re thoroughly flummoxed by the realization that you’ve arrived at your destination. I feel the same way as I ...
Ever wonder why you come up with the best ideas when you're not consciously trying to ... like, in the shower or behind the wheel? (Me, I get my best ideas while I'm walking our dog). It seems random, right? Turns out, ...
Ahhh ... summer. Funny how Mother Nature syncs our appetites with seasonally available produce. Right now, tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, melons — they're all abundant in our farmers' markets, and these are the foods we crave during hot weather. The August 28 ...