With June, strawberry season comes into full swing in Ohio. I love this… As with most produce, locally grown is so much better than shipped in, as the produce can ripen before being picked.

The church I attend, the Dayton Vineyard, has grown over the past 12 or so years I've been there. It's gone from about 300 people back then to well over 2500 people on a given weekend. On top of that growth, the church was recently given a new location...

The Dalmore distillery has been producing malt whiskies since 1839, and it has the oldest maturing stocks of any distillery, dating back to 1868! I was recently contacted about sampling some of the single malt whiskies produced by the...

My friend, Larry, at The BBQ Grail is holding a contest right now for with Char-Broil to give away a Big Easy Oil-Less Infrared Turkey Fryer! The rules are simple, and can be found on The BBQ Grail. I’ll give you a hint… Get your cameras ready...

It’s fall in all it’s glory in Ohio, and it’s gorgeous.  I took the chance I got the other day to get some shots of a local barn where tobacco is drying. Just to get caught up, I’m finishing up some reviews this week, which will...

With apple season still going strong, the Outdoor Cooking Guild has done its first group project of cooking apples outside! The recipes range from apple crisp to grilled apples, with a couple of dumplings and a pie in between. The other members...

There was a social networking lunch today at a local Thai restaurant in Dayton (Centerville) called Bahn Mai Cafe.  The menu was nice, with a good mix of Thai foods, lunch specials and apps.  They even had pho, which I now wish I’d tried… Not...