Amish Cole Slaw

During May I got the wonderful opportunity to visit the Amish Country near Millersburg/Berlin Ohio. The beautiful well kept gardens and farms, charming buggies and quaint plainly dressed folk. I am always looking for good food ideas to pass along and sure enough it was a good time to try the sweet coleslaw salads and sweet sour salads so popular in the Swiss and German communities.
Thoughts for a GREAT coleslaw:
1. The Amish add a bit of carrots to their coleslaw and potato salad- this gives color ,flavor and vitamins.
2. Make sure you don't get too much dressing on the slaw or it will get "soupy"and thick.
3. Make the cole slaw from fresh cabbage and run in cold water before you make the slaw so it is crisp.Drain well.

Dressing: 2 T Mayonnaise to 1 Tsp Honey : Start small and add only what you need.

Honey gives you the natural sweetness.

Hope this will give your picnics and summer events a "lift" !!
I am featuring a lovely photo I took up in the Berlin,Ohio area.
You can't have too many sheep or goats -the cows are way in the back...

COMING::CINCINNATI AND SOUP : A SECOND HELPING--- the Sequel is published Oct.1...
get ready--- more later.

FOX 45 Visit With Meghan Mongillo

I didn't want to leave the blog without sharing this photo from my FOX 45 visit with Meghan Mongillo in Dayton. Most people in Dayton are not too familiar with CINCINNATI AND SOUP and this was the first time I had made any media appearance in Dayton ! A reminder that the book is available at the Dorothy Lane Markets, and all of the Katie's Hallmark Stores in Dayton.

May brought Visits with Fox Friends for Mother's Day

I was delighted to have a great book signing April 30 at the Crestview Borders and make some new friends in Northern Ky- they are very excited about having some recipes from the area in my new book: Cincinnati and Soup: A Second Helping: More Recipes from the Queen City.. coming soon.
It also was really great to get to visit again with Sheila and Rob on The WXIX Morning Show on Fox 19 I made my Hotel Sinton Spring Salad and brought along a "Mother's Day Brunch". They are just so nice it is always a pleasure to see them !
The week after Mother's Day I made my first trip to the FOX 45 Morning Show and got to reconnect with Meghan Mongillo, the new co-host- whom I had met last year at Fox 19. We had a lot of fun May 11 making wedge salads with Pogue's Salad dressing. If you go to the FOX 45 WRGT website and search Cincinnati and Soup you can see the video of it !!
May 18 I gave my Cincinnati and Soup : A food and agra history of Cincinnati for the Symmes Township Historical Society .It was a great to make new friends.
May was a busy month and a lot going on with working with Erin ( my graphic designer) our
printers ( Minuteman) and all the other folks who help me through Mac Guffin Productions put the new book together.
More Updates to come !

Hello and Goodbye !

It's spring ! Easter and Mother's Day is just around the corner. I want to keep you all up to date on who is carrying Cincinnati and Soup and there are a few changes on the list..

A Big Hello and Welcome - to The Good Samaritan Hospital Gift Shop at Good Sam. in Cincinnati.
Also New on the list are all the Katie's Hallmark Stores : Vandalia, Huber Heights,
Trotwood, Springfield and Lebanon.

It is a sad day to say Goodbye to our friends at BORDERS: Mason/ Deerfield as they are part of the stores being shuttered by BORDERS corporate. Tim Benz and his wonderful crew will always be friends and all good wishes for them and their future
careers !!

Enjoy the spring weather and remember Cincinnati and Soup makes a great Mother's Day, Father's Day or Birthday Gift anytime!

2011 More Talks- More New Friends !

It wasn't the best of winters here in Ohio. It WAS a good time for Soup and Cincinnati however. I had the great pleasure to give talks this winter at the Kenton County Library- Erlanger Branch in January, In March I got to meet the folks over at the Friendship Force group and give a talk over at Maple Knoll Retirement Community.In May I will be speaking in Symmes Township - at their Township facility. This has given me a chance to meet all kinds of new and interesting people. At the same time I have been writing and working on a sequel to Cincinnati and Soup...
stay tuned. Spring is here !!!

Time flies, Hail the New Year- and Hello Dayton !

Wow- is it 2011 already?
Time has certainly gone by fast and it has been a really exciting ride ! As the year closed CINCINNATI AND SOUP finally is being sold in the Dayton,Ohio area. The super Dorothy Lane Markets in Oakwood, Washington Square and Springboro are the EXCLUSIVE outlets in the Dayton area to purchase the book.It has been exciting to be a part of what are considered the premium and BEST supermarkets in Dayton ! I have shopped in these stores for years and enjoyed their superior bakeries, meat markets and incredible fresh veggies as well as THE place to find those "hard to find" ingrediants locally. Of course Cincinnati and Soup IN Cincinnati can still be found at: The Nature's Niche Stores in the Hamilton Co. Parks,
The Cincinnati Art Museum, The Taft Museum, The Shops at The Museum Center,
and the Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Museum.
Retailers in Cincinnati include: Joseph Beth Booksellers, Borders: Mason, Borders:
Eastgate and Borders: Crestview, Kentucky. Online at : vintagecincinnati@etsy.com
the Nature's Niche Shops online, and The Cincinnati Art Museum, online.
Hope you all have a happy ,healthy and prosperous 2011!
Remember "time flies" and take time to say or do something positive to others
today. Life is short and kindness is free !

Lecture, Interviews and Busy Times !

November has gotten off with a burst of activity !! November 6 I was the guest speaker at the Cincinnati Public Library in downtown Cincinnati where I met many new friends. I am now giving talks on Cincinnati and Soup: Food History and Nostaglia . I cover a lot of history of our local foods in this talk NOT in the book.
Also I had the great fun of having an interview with Mike Martini on WMKV 89.3
radio which you can hear at 4 p.m. Nov.18. Mike and I are old friends as when he
was with WVXU I was an actor in the "Johnny Appleseed " drama which he produced for the public radio stations in the old X-Star network. If you don't already know, Mike and a lot of the great old radio programs are alive and well at WMKV radio. ( The ones you miss from before WVXU went all news)
So things have been a hoppin'! Here is a photo from my talk at the Library!