Local Legends: Hog Wild Magie would later claim the “Magie Hog” and the famed “China-Poland Hog” to be one in the same, making him the originator of the breed considered by some historians to be Ohio’s greatest contribution to agriculture.
On My Plate: Pears Not only are pears scarce here, production across the United States has declined by more than one-third in the past decade.
Observations: The Nuclear Age Around 1993, when I published “Life Under a Cloud,” my history of the atomic age, I was marginally hopeful.
On My Plate: Peppers I recently found five colors of sweet or bell peppers in the Farmers Market: red, yellow, purple, orange and green.
Local Legends: Imprint of a professional "Born on Feb. 3, 1898 as Nellie Avis Warrenfels, Cullen originally hailed from Martinsburg, West Virginia."
On My Plate: Chicken I rarely bother to read chicken recipes, let alone follow them. However, I recently followed a chicken breast recipe, with excellent results.