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Salt+ owners’ plans, dinner at Stan Hywet, A Brewer’s Eve – our WTAM 5-minute food-drinks chat
CLEVELAND, Ohio – We look at what Salt+ owners Jessica Parkison and Jill Vedaa are up to, plus Dinner and Deck the Hall is scheduled at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens in Akron and A Brewer’s Eve is coming up in Lorain. Here’s our 5-minute food-drinks chat with WTAM’s Bill Wills.
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Busy times for restaurateurs Parkison, Vedaa
Jessica Parkison and Jill Vedaa are forging ahead with big restaurant news for 2023. In addition to their acclaimed Salt+ restaurant in Lakewood, they are planning on opening Evelyn in the former Spice Kitchen in Cleveland’s Gordon Square neighborhood and recently announced they are moving into the former Felice Urban Café on the city’s east side.: About Parkison and Vedaa’s restaurant ventures
Dinner and Deck the Hall planned
The folks at Stan Hywet Hall & Gardens have scheduled four nights in December for Dinner and Deck the Hall. Buffet dinner will be served in the manor house, and the estate – former home of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. founder FA Seiberling – will be open for its annual Deck the Hall holiday display. This year’s theme is “Gracious Gatherings.” About Dinner and Deck the Hall
A Brewer’s Eve set for this weekend in Lorain
If you are craving one more beer-tasting event before the end of the year, A Brewer’s Eve is scheduled at The Shipyards in Lorain with breweries, a winery and cider offering sips. It’s the second annual event: About A Brewer’s Eve
Bon appetit and cheers!
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Why don’t you need to drink eight cups of water a day
The authors of the study say that for healthy adults, there is no real benefit to drinking eight cups of water a day. Nor is it dangerous: Your body will just excrete the extra water you consume in your urine.
“If you drink eight cups of water a day, you’ll be fine — you’re just going to be spending a lot more time in the bathroom,” said Herman Pontzer, a professor of evolutionary anthropology and global health at Duke University and a co-author of the study.
The advice to drink eight cups of water a day stems from a 1945 recommendation from the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research Council, which encouraged adults to consume about 64 ounces of water daily. The recommendation referred to a person’s total daily intake of water, including from all their foods and beverages, but it was widely misinterpreted to mean that people should drink eight 8-ounce glasses of water every day.
Some experts have argued that the widely held belief was not rooted in science. One study of 883 elderly adults for example found that there was no evidence of dehydration among the 227 people in the study who regularly drank less than six glasses of water daily.
“Until we have more evidence-based documentation that fluid intake of eight glasses per day improves some aspect of an elderly person’s health,” the researchers concluded, “encouraging a fluid intake above a level that is comfortable for the individual seems to serve little useful purpose.”
Nevertheless, the advice is so widely ingrained that many companies use it to market products. You can buy 64-ounce water bottles designed to motivate you to drink the equivalent of eight cups of water daily, and water-bottle sensors that will track your water intake and remind you to “hydrate” every 30 to 40 minutes.
“We have guidelines telling people how much water to drink,” said Pontzer, who wrote a book on metabolism called “Burn.” “But the reality is that people have been kind of making it up.”
How much water do we really need?
To see how much water people really need, Pontzer and his co-authors analyzed data on 5,600 people in 26 countries who ranged in age from 8 days old to 96 years old. The participants included people from all walks of life, like farm workers, athletes and non-athletes, sedentary office workers in Europe and the United States, and people from farming and hunter-gatherer societies in South America and Africa.
The participants were tracked with a gold-standard technique called “doubly labeled water,” which uses water laced with tracers that can be used to track the body’s production of carbon dioxide, allowing the researchers to get precise measurements of the participants’ daily energy expenditure . It also allowed them to estimate the amount of water the participants generated from metabolism and the water they consumed.
“It’s really accurate at measuring how many calories you burn each day but also how much water you take in and how much goes out,” Pontzer said.
Using this method, the researchers determined how much water the participants lost and replaced each day, a measurement known as water turnover. They found that a person’s daily water turnover was largely determined by their size and their level of body fat, which contains less water than muscle and other organs.
The more “fat-free” mass a person has, the more water they need. Since men tend to have larger bodies and less body fat compared to women, they generally use more water. “Men use more water every day because we have a bigger system to keep hydrated,” Pontzer said.
The research showed that how much water you need changes over your lifetime. In general, our water needs peak between the ages of 20 and 50 and then decline in parallel with the slowing down of our metabolisms. That’s because the amount of water you need is partially dependent on your metabolism and how many calories you burn.
“All of the work that your cells do every day is water-based,” Pontzer said. “The ratio of the amount of
California has 6 of the best German restaurants: Yelp
Yelp released a list of the top 30 German restaurants across the country, and six spots in California made the list.
Screen grab from German Guys’ Facebook
For those who are craving bratwurst, hot pretzels, sauerkraut or schnitzel, six restaurants in California are among the top spots for German food in the country, according to Yelp.
Yelp released its “top 30 German eateries worth traveling to this winter,” and restaurants and delis across the state made the Nov. 30 list, including in Big Bear Lake, Palm Desert, Calimesa, Orange, Stockton and Campbell.
To find the top German restaurants in the US, Yelp identified businesses in the German category and ranked them based on the total volume and ratings of reviews.
The Old German Deli —Big Bear Lake
A small resort city in Southern California is home to one of the top German spots in the United States.
The Old German Deli serves sandwiches, soups, bratwurst and other sausages.
“After eating here, I now understand why there are so many 5-star reviews. The sausages are SO tasty and served on perfectly-toasted buns along with some delightful sides,” one Yelp reviewer wrote.
Sides include sauerkraut, potato salad, potato soup, or split pea soup (only if it’s winter.)
Big Bear Lake is about 100 miles east of downtown Los Angeles.
Alps Village —Palm Desert
In Coachella Valley, the Alps Village is another top contender on Yelp’s list.
The family-owned restaurant offers spaetzle, pretzels, schnitzel and other popular German dishes. Yelp reviewers raved about Mama Milkas stuffed cabbage rolls, the cevapcici and the chicken paprikash.
“Great food, festive vibe, fantastic service, ice cold beer and friendly staff. It’s no wonder this place has a line out the door,” another reviewer wrote.
The restaurant is about 20 miles southeast of Palm Springs.
George’s Market — Calimesa
George’s Market, a German deli in Calimesa, was also recognized.
The grocery and deli spot is popular on Yelp for its German hot plate, pastrami sandwich and Black Forest ham.
“The pastrami is melt in your mouth tender. We go there as often as we can,” said one reviewer.
The deli also has a patio where dogs are allowed on a leash, one reviewer said.
“Decor is cute, nostalgic, and quaint. There’s inside and outside seating and you can tell that it’s a hit with the locals, seeing as it looks like everyone knows each other and with how packed the parking lot was,” another reviewer wrote.
Calimesa is about 20 miles southeast of San Bernardino.
Matter Sausage & Deli — Orange
Customers can order sandwiches at Mattern Sausage & Deli in Orange, but the deli also serves a vast selection of cold-cut meats, sausages and cheeses.
Yelp reviewers recommend ordering the salami to go or getting it in a sandwich.
“Got a pound of German salami, a poor boy sandwich, a smoked brat with Gouda and a roast beef sandwich. Brought it home and the family loved every bite,” one reviewer said.
Orange is about 30 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.
German Guys — Stockton
In Stockton, a couple from Germany opened German Guys with the goal of serving original German recipes.
Their restaurant also made it among Yelp’s top German restaurants in the country.
And Yelp reviewers seem to agree.
“We love finding those little out of the way, family-owned places that leave you with a full tummy and a warm heart. German Guys ticked all those boxes for us,” one reviewer wrote.
Other reviewers also noted the restaurant being a bit out of the way, but worth the drive.
“You drive and drive, and then just when you’re sure you’re lost and doomed to live in your car … it’s on the left. TOTALLY WORTH IT! I’d drive twice as far for this food,” another reviewer wrote.
Dishes on the dinner menu include a wide list of schnitzel, including lemon schnitzel and the gipsy schnitzel with a creamy tomato, onion and sweet bell pepper sauce.
Stockton is about 50 miles south of Sacramento.
Naschmarkt — Campbell
A Bay Area restaurant in Campbell also made Yelp’s top German spots in the country. But Naschmarkt’s main cuisine is Austrian.
“Naschmarkt has been a new Modern European staple in downtown Campbell for numerous years, and it is one of the best if not better spots on Campbell Ave,” one reviewer wrote.
Like other restaurants on Yelp’s list, Naschmarkt also offers German staples, including pretzels, spaghetti and sausage.
Yelp reviewers recommend the Hungarian beef goulash, the apple strudel and the double cooked pork belly.
“The Beef goulash was tender, full of earthy, bright paprika and perfectly balanced with cream and a side of spaetzle,” one reviewer said.
Naschmarkt has another location in Palo Alto.
Campbell is about 8 miles southwest of San Jose.
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