saying good-bye to an old friend.

for those of you who may have missed this story today, a. lopresti and sons, one of cleveland's oldest local food distributors, closed it's doors after one hundred years in business. we've been working with lopresti for all 13 years of marigold's existence and were saddened to hear the news. it looks like things in this economy aren't getting any better yet and our hearts and thoughts go out to pat, ginnene, and everyone else at lopresti in this difficult time. as much as it should always be our mantra, there has never been a better time to support local companies and work together to make cleveland a good place to live, work, and own a business. let's all cross our fingers, roll up our sleeves, and hope that this year holds greater promise for this great nation of ours.

me on good company this morning!

hi everybody! if you're reading this and feeling super bored, feel free to check out my noodle kugel making performance on this morning's good company. wow, do i talk alot...

http://www.wkyc.com/video/default.aspx?maven_playerId=goodcompany&maven_referralObject=1050841500

a sheynem dank, park synagogue!

it seems that i have a new spring ritual. just as the robins return to northeastern ohio, i make a trip to cook in the kitchen at park synagogue east. last year, it was for the first episode we filmed of dinner:impossible and this year to cook a tasty kosher breakfast for twenty guests after the morning minyan. i joked to rabbi skoff that i was beginning to have traumatic memories of the kitchen, as every visit seemingly requires some amount of early morning mishegas. it was, though, a joke only and thanks to the help of my partner, joan, our senior event planner, phil, and the kind words of some of park's members, we've been selected to be a member of the catering panel for the synagogue (and the original park temple on mayfield, just fyi). we feel very fortunate to have this opportunity and can't wait to be able to offer fabulous marigold events in a conservative temple for the first time in our history. mazel tov!