By Pamela Stricker EDITOR’S NOTE: This column originally appeared in the Holiday 2012 southwest Ohio edition of Salt. It has been updated slightly. A few years ago, while in a neighboring town, I was ready to head for home when I spotted a little child standing on the curbside looking very alone and crying; a […]
By Amy Eddings Holiday entertaining reveals the limits of a home. My dining room, for example, is large enough for a table that seats eight comfortably. Any more guests, and my husband and I have to drag our spare dining table from the basement and set it up in the living room, pushing back armchairs, […]
By Valerie LK Martin What do you do when your neighborhood no longer has the Christmas spirit because of the traffic backups and trash that accompany your spectacular, HTGV-highlighted Christmas display? You find 110 acres and create a whole Christmas ranch. That is what Deb and Mike Fuchs did anyway. After 15 years of sharing […]
By Andrea Chaffin Regular Salt readers may recall that earlier this year I wrote about checking some items off on my bucket list. I’m happy to report I did just that this summer. I drank a Bloody Mary on the beach. I went to a big music concert. I ate shrimp and scallops fresh out […]
By Tristen Phipps This recipe began as a sugar cookie truffle: homemade sugar cookies, cream cheese, white chocolate and all things good in the world. After a 10-hour workday and a quickly approaching deadline, the recipe evolved, or maybe it degenerated. I made an executive decision to be realistic. There is nothing worse than starting […]
By Dean Wright Thanksgiving is a time to bring family together, reconnect with loved ones and indulge in a little bit of turkey. The Lewis’ Turkey Farms and its owners, Beverly Lewis and Margie Kiefer, make a practice of this year round. The sisters have spent their lives growing up around the farm, learning the […]
By Dana Dunn Cathie Streator has been crafty most of her life. Certainly not “crafty” defined as “marked by skill in deception.” We’re talking talented in endeavors that require particular skills and patience that result in distinctive and often unique products. Streator’s reputation for craftiness led her to creating Patchwork People Pins, wearable art pins […]
By Jane Beathard Sharon Fulton neither hunts deer nor eats venison, yet she’s an expert on moving a whitetail from woodlot to dinner table. The Athens County resident is a deer processor.cher. Over the years, she’s built a reputation for turning harvested animals into kitchen-ready roasts, steaks and burgers. But delectable venison summer sausage, snack […]
By Dean Wright Irina Shelepov lends her musical talents as she slides a bow across her violin. From left, Dylan Moffitt plays timpani as Jim Simonson and C. Scott Smith play the French horn, while Marsha Palmer prepares her horn. Maestro Ray Fowler leads the symphony. The Ohio Valley Symphony performs in the Ariel-Ann […]
Autumn decor tips to try at home By Adrienne McGee Sterrett Joe Warnement, floral design/interiors instructor at Apollo Career Center, was in constant motion during a recent visit as he busied himself putting the finishing touches on the floral shop at the school. An open house in late September welcomed everyone to check out the […]