Just an announcement I would like to make.  The Cleveland International Film Festival, as part of their Film and Feasts series, is having a foodie fundraiser with some great ideas on how to stay cozy wall Winter long: Wednesday, January 23, 2008, 7:00 p.m.Hosts:  Bill Guentzler and Debby Samples$35 per guest / limit 50 guests [...]

Well, well, well, what do you know.  Remember that nice little piece of hate mail I got about my post on Luisa’s in Geneva?  I had thought from the beginning that it was a bit over the top, but there were some other things that concerned me about it.  For someone that is just a [...]

This is from Melanie in Parma: One restaurant I wanted to suggest is Sittoos, 5870 Ridge Road in Parma (approx. 3/4 miles South of Snow, on the Western side of Ridge). My Arabic friend tells me that it means "Grandmother" in Lebanese. The story with this place is that it is a subsidiary of Aladdin’s [...]

Reader Mary sent in this question last week and I’m stumped:  A friend brought me a fish dinner from Cleveland. I was served with some sort of "red sauce", can you tell me what that sauce is and/or how to make it at home? It was not thick like BBQ sauce, it was actually similar [...]