Ice Cream, You Scream … Summertime Treats on the Move Rich Wooding July 11, 2022 Originally published September 4, 2020 Youngstown, Ohio, the early 1920s: Harry Burt starts freezing wooden sticks inside chocolate-covered ice cream bars so you could eat the product without using utensils....
Grow Food, Not Lawns: Tips for a Healthy Backyard Garden Melissa Rebholz April 20, 2022 Originally published May 18, 2021 With the final freeze of the season on the horizon, it’s time to start planning those backyard gardens! Gardening is a great hobby for many reasons. Not only is it an afford...
Spring is Ramp Season in Wheeling Alex Panas April 16, 2021 For most people, the first signs of spring are birds chirping and flowers blooming. But in West Virginia, we know that spring has sprung when the ramps are ripe for harvesting. What is a ramp, you ask? Ramps ar...
Local Nutrition Experts Share Their Tips for Eating Well Melissa Rebholz March 31, 2021 March is National Nutrition Month, which is an annual campaign created by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to promote making informed food choices and developing healthy food and exercise habits. While ma...
A Love Letter to Winter Vegetables Melissa Rebholz January 5, 2021 I haven’t always loved winter vegetables. It wasn’t until I started managing farmer’s markets in my 20’s in NYC that I learned the names and uses for many of the gnarly-shaped roots that covered the farmers’ ta...
Wheeling Restaurants Heating Up as Cooler Weather Settles In Jessica Broverman November 18, 2020 While Wheeling receives the perfect combination of all four seasons, any person in the area can tell you it gets quite icy come November. Some local restaurants have gone the extra mile by providing outdoor hea...
Tradition Lives On: Wheeling Food Tour, One Year Later Rich Wooding September 30, 2020 They came from places like Galicia in Ukraine and Zahle in Lebanon. Or Italy or Ireland or Poland or Germany. They settled in Ritchey Town, Bethlehem, North Park and, especially, South Wheeling. The carried ...
HILLS AND HOLLOWS: West Virginia’s Wild and Wonderful Food Traditions Kyle Knox May 5, 2020 Disclaimer: Weelunk cares about your health and safety. This article is intended to provide information on the history and traditions of these foods. It is critical to your health and safety that you properly i...