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VegiTerranean's Jones teaches classes, whips up Thanksgiving dinners, is featured in cookbook
By Lisa Abraham
Beacon Journal food writer
Published on Wednesday, Nov 04, 2009
Chef Scot Jones from VegiTerranean is a busy man these days.
He's teaching classes on cooking vegan for the holidays, he's hosting several vegan Thanksgiving dinners at the restaurant, and he's featured prominently in a new vegan cookbook, The Conscious Cook, by Tal Ronnen (William Morrow, $29.99 hardcover).
Ronnen came to widespread fame in 2008 when he prepared vegan meals for Oprah Winfrey's 21-day cleanse. His new book is on eating vegan, and includes many chapters from guest chefs, including Jones. It debuted this week at No. 3 on the New York Times best-seller list (hardcover advice).
When we chatted over coffee at VegiTerranean, Jones laughed at his own transformation from classically trained chef specializing in French and northern Italian cuisine to vegan expert. ''If you would have asked me about this five years ago, I would have said, 'I don't know what you are talking about,' '' he said.
Jones is following a mostly vegetarian diet these days, but still eats fish and cooks with meat at Fedeli, the Italian restaurant in Canton where he also is executive chef.
Other than for work, he no longer eats red meat and chicken. Jones said his focus is on humane practices for raising or harvesting animals and sustainable agriculture.
Earlier this week, Jones taught a class on how to cook a vegan Thanksgiving at the Western Reserve School of Cooking in Hudson. Every Thursday in November except the holiday, and on Nov. 27 and 28, Jones will be serving up a vegan Thanksgiving dinner at VegiTerranean.
The dinner is $28 and includes an appetizer, soup or salad, entree, dessert and wine pairings. Call 330-374-5550 for a reservation. VegiTerranean is at 21 Furnace St., near downtown Akron.
New barbecue in Copley
After 10 months of preparation, the Old Carolina Barbecue Co.'s new location in Copley Township is finally open.
The new restaurant opened its doors at 620 Ridgewood Crossing Drive on Thursday, owner Brian Bailey said.
The company also has spots in Massillon and Jackson Township. Bailey and his partner, Tim Hug, are considering a location in the Chapel Hill Mall area as well, and after that expect to sell franchises in the Cleveland area.
The Copley restaurant's hours are 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily, and its phone number is 330-665-4222.
Food show opens
The Fabulous Food Show is Nov. 13 to 15 at the I-X Center in Cleveland, with enough food, wine, chefs, books, displays and demonstrations to keep any foodie happy.
Food Network chefs appearing on stage this year at the Main Kitchen Theatre are Sandra Lee, Tyler Florence, Guy Fieri, Michael Symon and Bobby Flay.
There's also a Grand Tasting Pavilion for sampling wine, spirits and beer; Restaurant Row, where area chefs will sell their specialty foods and provide cooking demonstrations; Sweet Street for chocolate demonstrations and tastings; a Taste of the Neighborhood Stage, where local chefs will be demonstrating; and a Market Place featuring more than 200 vendors.
Tickets are $25, but discounts are available. The show opens at 10 a.m. each day and closes at 8:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.
For a complete schedule of events, visit http://www.fabulousfoodshow.com. The I-X Center is at 1 I-X Center Drive, Cleveland, next to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Fall brunch for a cause
The menu is full for the University of Akron Hospitality Club's fall harvest brunch, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 15.
The all-you-can-eat menu includes salmon with dill cream sauce, glazed apple cider chicken, rice pilaf, scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, French toast, made-to-order omelets and crepes, as well as homemade apple pie and pumpkin cheesecake.
Brunch is at the Crystal Room in Gallucci Hall on the UA campus, 200 E. Exchange St. in Akron. The brunch is $12.95 for adults, $9.95 for senior citizens and students, and $5.95 for children. Parking is free. Call 330-972-6615 for reservations, which are strongly suggested.
All proceeds benefit the UA Hospitality Club, which is made up of students studying cooking and other hospitality arts at the university.
Get holiday ready
You can always tell when the holidays are getting close because Kirbie's Meats & Catering starts having Saturday celebrations.
Every Saturday in November from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., owner Kris Burns and the Kirbie's staff will offer new product sampling, holiday gift ideas, recipes, wine tastings, and a whole lot more.
The store is at 4062 Fishcreek Road at Graham Road in Stow. Phone 330-688-4999 for more information or visit the store's new Web site at http://www.kirbies.com, where you can peruse the store's departments and view the catering menu.
Chef's wine dinner
Tickets are still available for a wine dinner that will bring together five Akron-area chefs to cook one meal on Nov. 9.
Chefs taking part are Shawn Monday from Downtown 140 in Hudson, Mike Meffe from the Wooster Inn in Wooster, Aaron Ruggles from Bistro on Main in Kent, Clayton Cundiff from the Olde Harbor Inn in Coventry Township, and Roger Thomas from Piatto Novo in Cuyahoga Falls. Wine is being provided by Purple Feet Distributing.
Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Meredith A. Cowden Foundation to help find a cure for leukemia.
Tickets are $125. Seating is limited to 50. The dinner will be served at 6 p.m. at Piatto Novo, 1989 Front St. Cuyahoga Falls. Call 330-920-7530 for reservations.
Call for winning recipes
You have until Nov. 15 to enter the Cooking with PAMA contest, sponsored by PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur.
Enter an appetizer, entree or dessert recipe using at least three tablespoons of PAMA. Voting will take place Nov. 15 to Dec. 15 on Facebook and winners will be announced Jan. 16.
Grand prize winner receives a trip to the 2010 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colo. For official rules, visit http://www.facebook.com/pamaliqueur.
Scharffen Berger chocolate and http://www.TuttiFoodie.com are sponsoring the third annual Chocolate Adventure Contest.
Enter a recipe using Scharffen Berger chocolate combined with one or more of 16 ''adventure ingredients'': fresh mint, fresh or crystallized ginger, pandan leaf, banana leaf, sumac, raw honey, cacao nibs, fresh or whole dried chili pepper, malbec, peanut butter, black-eyed peas, rice flour, papaya, cumin, paprika and smoked sea salt.
Two winners, one for sweet and one for savory, each get a grand prize of $10,000 and a custom selection of Scharffen Berger chocolate. For rules and to see last year's winning recipes, visit http://www.ChocolateAdventureContest.com.
Enter by Jan 3; winners will be announced by March 12.
A reason to eat
November is National Peanut Butter Lovers Month, and also National Pomegranate Month.
Let the celebrations begin.
Lisa A. Abraham can be reached at 330-996-3737 or labraham@thebeaconjournal.com.
Chef Scot Jones from VegiTerranean is a busy man these days.
He's teaching classes on cooking vegan for the holidays, he's hosting several vegan Thanksgiving dinners at the restaurant, and he's featured prominently in a new vegan cookbook, The Conscious Cook, by Tal Ronnen (William Morrow, $29.99 hardcover).
Ronnen came to widespread fame in 2008 when he prepared vegan meals for Oprah Winfrey's 21-day cleanse. His new book is on eating vegan, and includes many chapters from guest chefs, including Jones. It debuted this week at No. 3 on the New York Times best-seller list (hardcover advice).
When we chatted over coffee at VegiTerranean, Jones laughed at his own transformation from classically trained chef specializing in French and northern Italian cuisine to vegan expert. ''If you would have asked me about this five years ago, I would have said, 'I don't know what you are talking about,' '' he said.
Jones is following a mostly vegetarian diet these days, but still eats fish and cooks with meat at Fedeli, the Italian restaurant in Canton where he also is executive chef.
Other than for work, he no longer eats red meat and chicken. Jones said his focus is on humane practices for raising or harvesting animals and sustainable agriculture.
Earlier this week, Jones taught a class on how to cook a vegan Thanksgiving at the Western Reserve School of Cooking in Hudson. Every Thursday in November except the holiday, and on Nov. 27 and 28, Jones will be serving up a vegan Thanksgiving dinner at VegiTerranean.
The dinner is $28 and includes an appetizer, soup or salad, entree, dessert and wine pairings. Call 330-374-5550 for a reservation. VegiTerranean is at 21 Furnace St., near downtown Akron.
New barbecue in Copley
After 10 months of preparation, the Old Carolina Barbecue Co.'s new location in Copley Township is finally open.
The new restaurant opened its doors at 620 Ridgewood Crossing Drive on Thursday, owner Brian Bailey said.
The company also has spots in Massillon and Jackson Township. Bailey and his partner, Tim Hug, are considering a location in the Chapel Hill Mall area as well, and after that expect to sell franchises in the Cleveland area.
The Copley restaurant's hours are 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily, and its phone number is 330-665-4222.
Food show opens
The Fabulous Food Show is Nov. 13 to 15 at the I-X Center in Cleveland, with enough food, wine, chefs, books, displays and demonstrations to keep any foodie happy.
Food Network chefs appearing on stage this year at the Main Kitchen Theatre are Sandra Lee, Tyler Florence, Guy Fieri, Michael Symon and Bobby Flay.
There's also a Grand Tasting Pavilion for sampling wine, spirits and beer; Restaurant Row, where area chefs will sell their specialty foods and provide cooking demonstrations; Sweet Street for chocolate demonstrations and tastings; a Taste of the Neighborhood Stage, where local chefs will be demonstrating; and a Market Place featuring more than 200 vendors.
Tickets are $25, but discounts are available. The show opens at 10 a.m. each day and closes at 8:30 p.m. Friday, 8 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday.
For a complete schedule of events, visit http://www.fabulousfoodshow.com. The I-X Center is at 1 I-X Center Drive, Cleveland, next to Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
Fall brunch for a cause
The menu is full for the University of Akron Hospitality Club's fall harvest brunch, which takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 15.
The all-you-can-eat menu includes salmon with dill cream sauce, glazed apple cider chicken, rice pilaf, scrambled eggs, hash browns, bacon, French toast, made-to-order omelets and crepes, as well as homemade apple pie and pumpkin cheesecake.
Brunch is at the Crystal Room in Gallucci Hall on the UA campus, 200 E. Exchange St. in Akron. The brunch is $12.95 for adults, $9.95 for senior citizens and students, and $5.95 for children. Parking is free. Call 330-972-6615 for reservations, which are strongly suggested.
All proceeds benefit the UA Hospitality Club, which is made up of students studying cooking and other hospitality arts at the university.
Get holiday ready
You can always tell when the holidays are getting close because Kirbie's Meats & Catering starts having Saturday celebrations.
Every Saturday in November from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., owner Kris Burns and the Kirbie's staff will offer new product sampling, holiday gift ideas, recipes, wine tastings, and a whole lot more.
The store is at 4062 Fishcreek Road at Graham Road in Stow. Phone 330-688-4999 for more information or visit the store's new Web site at http://www.kirbies.com, where you can peruse the store's departments and view the catering menu.
Chef's wine dinner
Tickets are still available for a wine dinner that will bring together five Akron-area chefs to cook one meal on Nov. 9.
Chefs taking part are Shawn Monday from Downtown 140 in Hudson, Mike Meffe from the Wooster Inn in Wooster, Aaron Ruggles from Bistro on Main in Kent, Clayton Cundiff from the Olde Harbor Inn in Coventry Township, and Roger Thomas from Piatto Novo in Cuyahoga Falls. Wine is being provided by Purple Feet Distributing.
Proceeds from the dinner will benefit the Meredith A. Cowden Foundation to help find a cure for leukemia.
Tickets are $125. Seating is limited to 50. The dinner will be served at 6 p.m. at Piatto Novo, 1989 Front St. Cuyahoga Falls. Call 330-920-7530 for reservations.
Call for winning recipes
You have until Nov. 15 to enter the Cooking with PAMA contest, sponsored by PAMA Pomegranate Liqueur.
Enter an appetizer, entree or dessert recipe using at least three tablespoons of PAMA. Voting will take place Nov. 15 to Dec. 15 on Facebook and winners will be announced Jan. 16.
Grand prize winner receives a trip to the 2010 Food & Wine Classic in Aspen, Colo. For official rules, visit http://www.facebook.com/pamaliqueur.
Scharffen Berger chocolate and http://www.TuttiFoodie.com are sponsoring the third annual Chocolate Adventure Contest.
Enter a recipe using Scharffen Berger chocolate combined with one or more of 16 ''adventure ingredients'': fresh mint, fresh or crystallized ginger, pandan leaf, banana leaf, sumac, raw honey, cacao nibs, fresh or whole dried chili pepper, malbec, peanut butter, black-eyed peas, rice flour, papaya, cumin, paprika and smoked sea salt.
Two winners, one for sweet and one for savory, each get a grand prize of $10,000 and a custom selection of Scharffen Berger chocolate. For rules and to see last year's winning recipes, visit http://www.ChocolateAdventureContest.com.
Enter by Jan 3; winners will be announced by March 12.
A reason to eat
November is National Peanut Butter Lovers Month, and also National Pomegranate Month.
Let the celebrations begin.
Lisa A. Abraham can be reached at 330-996-3737 or labraham@thebeaconjournal.com.
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