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Fresh Perspectives on Community Supported Agriculture
Northeast Ohio is rich in Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs – so much so, that fresh new options are cropping up each season! With so many choices, how do you decide which CSA is right for...
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Farm Planning via Email
Editor’s note: This entry is an email between Spice Owner/Chef Ben Bebenroth and new Spice Farm Manager Andrea Heim, detailing initial plans and goals for Spice Acres properties. The city gardens are...
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Don’t buy food from strangers.
We are unsettled by the fact that we live in a country where the handful of corporations that control our food supply have a 3-P sustainability equation of profit, profit, profit. People and planet are...
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Q + A with Spice Farm Manager, Andrea Heim
Andrea Heim recently returned from Jamaica after spending the last two years working in the Peace Corps educating the island farmers about organic agriculture. Her new gig as Spice Farm Manager marks...
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The War on Deer
The long and short of it is this: Suburban deer have been annailating our crops and totally outsmarting us for five years. They’ve overcome all levels of defense, no matter how extreme, creative or...
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Grill Great Veggies
All you grill-meisters out there might be masters of the meat and marinade domain, but when was the last time you grilled up a veggie dish worthy of a wonderful review? Spice Executive Chef Brandon...
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The Great Garlic Harvest
You might remember, back in November, when we lovingly placed our five favorite varieties of garlic cloves in the ground and covered them with straw. The seasons were good to our little guys, who grew...
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Just sell us the chicken coop, ma’am.
The following is a recent email transaction that Ben had with a woman who’s selling a chicken coop on Craigslist. Her post read: “We purchased this Amish-built tool shed new and converted it into a...
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The one-year wrap up
We’re turning the corner on our one-year restaurant anniversary! To say it’s been a wild ride is an understatement. Spice Kitchen + Bar launched with energy, excitement and optimism (and, quite...
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Growing in the snow.
Every day, inside our winter hoop houses, the spinach and lettuces freeze and come back to life. How hearty is that? Ben took these pictures of ice formations along the doors of this super cool...
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A chicken change of heart
This writer has never liked chickens. Chicken salad, yes. Buffalo chicken wraps, sure. Chicken soup for the soul, fine. But real, live, cluckin’, crappin’ hens? They can go suck an egg. So when Chef...
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Say (Ohio) Cheese!
“OHIO’S CHEESE INDUSTRY IS VERY EXCITING RIGHT NOW!” shouts Jean Mackenzie over the hum of a bus carting 25 people down I-71 in route to three Ohio creameries. Edible Cleveland‘s first food tour is...
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Q+A with Chef Ben’s mom, Linda Bebenroth
In celebration of Chef Ben Bebenroth‘s birthday last week, we talked to the lady that raised him to be the chef he is today…and helped him find footing (and funding) in the restaurant business. Linda...
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Save the apples!
In our work with the Countryside Conservancy, we came across this 2010 Apple Manifesto compiled by the Renewing America’s Food Traditions (RAFT) Alliance. The organization claims that our nation’s...
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2013 Year in Review
Hi, how was your year? Ours was great! Here are some highlights: Dozens of farm fresh specials found on our Flickr set. CHEERS TO… 1. Accolades a plenty! We almost fell off our bar stools upon hearing...
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Q+A with Beth Knorr: A Guide to Shopping the Winter Farmers’ Market
Eating fresh, local food is simply a matter of good taste. Whether it’s below freezing outside or the hottest day of the year, one is not hard pressed to find fresh, sustainable produce in Northeast...
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Coastal Inspiration
We had the good fortune of traveling to both coasts in March – Northern California and Southern North Carolina. While we try to get away on short trips often, this was a 2-week “working vacation” with...
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Turning Trash to Treasure: Composting Tips + Tricks
Spice Kitchen + Bar is on a mission. Not only do we prepare entrees and cocktails based on the seasons of our city, we aim to directly decrease our carbon footprint(s). How, you might ask? Saving the...
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Fresh and Local, Year-round
Chances are, you’re sitting inside right now, curled up as you wait for another Cleveland winter to pass…dreaming of fresh fruits and veggies and waiting for spring. We can’t make the winter go by any...
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Sharing the Love.
Announcing the 2015 Spice Acres Farm Share Program! We’ve always been a big fan of community supported agriculture (CSA) programs and we’ve even written about them in the past, but this is the first...
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