Jen Picciano
Reporter
Cleveland, Ohio
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Jen Picciano is an Emmy award-winning reporter for WOIO-TV and creator of the restaurant and dining segment Cleveland Cooks.
She is also the author of the food blog Cheftovers.
Picciano is a native of Cleveland, and has spent the last 10 years with CBS 19 as a general assignment field reporter. She is active in the local food scene and has been involved with the Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland for several years.
She resides in Mayfield Heights with her husband and her three children.
You can usually find her with a pencil behind her ear and a mic in her hand, or an apron on.
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East 4th Street is filling up again after several restaurants shut down during the pandemic.
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The former locations of Bier Markt and Bar Cento will re open in June as Bright Side and Bird of Paradise.
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Adding to the need of those with pre-existing conditions, there are now additional people with pandemic-triggered mental health issues, and a whole new wave of people finally seeking out mental health care now that stigmas are disappearing.
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Heinen's registered dietician shares a recipe for a plant-based taco bowl.
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We learned to make a BBQ sauce that works well for pork, and a BBQ rub than can go on anything from brisket, to chicken and pork, even vegetables.
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The Spot on Lakeshore shares their recipe for Brandied Melted Bananas
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No Fork in Beachwood shares their recipe for strawberry cheesecake French Toast.
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Philips manufactured CPAP machines are being recalled and patients are waiting for replacements.
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Perfectly Imperfect Produce shares a recipe for a breakfast parfait.
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There’s a new name on the scoreboard at Progressive Field, and new menu items at the ballpark you’ll be cheering for this season.
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Buildings & Food, Will Hollingsworth's hospitality group, has acquired Good Company, a restaurant in Battery Park.
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Chef Greg Winter of Prosperity Social Club in Cleveland shares his recipe for Lenten Fish Fry.
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Chef Rocco Whalen describes his vision for Fahrenheit's move from Tremont to downtown, and shares a recipe from the new menu.
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An Irish pub in Willoughby shares their recipe for corned beef brisket ahead of St. Patrick's Day.
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COhatch, a shared workspace and lifestyle facility is opening in a former vacant restaurant and clothing store in Beachwood Place Mall.
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Ukrainian-born restaurant owner shares her recipe for borscht.
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Survivors and witnesses from the 2012 Chardon High School talk about their account of that day and what they've done to help make schools safer since.
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The Akron Children's Hospital has a new surgical microscope to use on micro surgeries.
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Chef Omar McKay shares his recipe for Curry Buddha Veggies from Irie Jamaican Kitchen.
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Chef Eric Wells specializes in intimate dinners for two. He shared his recipe for a Valentines Day appetizer.
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Chef Farron Turner, from Nature's Oasis, shares his recipe for artichoke ragu and pasta.
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The Monarch robotic bronchoscope is a navigational device now available to patients at University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center.
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Tommy Fello of Tommy's Restaurant on Coventry, shares a family recipe used at the restaurant.
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Football-star turned Celebrity Chef Eddie Jackson joined me on Cleveland Cooks this week to share flavor-forward, plant-based recipes you can serve at game day parties.
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The new owners of Tower City Center will be renovating the downtown mall, signing new leases and making repairs from a major flood.
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Cleveland Cooks works with JoJo's bar to demonstrate how to make Filet Oscar.
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Residents in Cuyahoga County have an opportunity to join a solar co-op to harness the buying power of a group to purchase solar panels.
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The owner of “Betty’s Bomb Ass Burgers” is happy to report her beloved food truck was found less than 36 hours after it was stolen.
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Duff Goldman of the Food Network share a recipe for Raisin Custard Tart.
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Rudy's Strudel and Bakery created a chicken pot pie pierogi filling in honor of Mr. Jingeling and The Silver Grille at the old Higbee's Department Store.
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Mason's Creamery in Cleveland shares their recipe for ramen at home.
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The WMJI crew woke up early on “Giving Tuesday” to spearhead an effort to raise money for the Cleveland Clinic’s Children’s hospital.
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Impress your guests with a banana cream pie, complete with cookies hand-dipped in brandy as well as brandy-infused custard and whipped cream.
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The Pickle Co. founder shares his recipe for fried pickles.
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An area not-for-profit is struggling to meet the needs of increased enrollment of seniors and the disabled because of staffing shortages and competition for talent.
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Ohio Pie Co. shares their instructions for pizza using leftovers from Thanksgiving
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Lucy's Sweet Surrender recipe for pecan rolls
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This week on Cleveland Cooks, we take you to The Van Aken District and a neighborhood favorite Kindred Spirit.
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Chef Douglas Katz shares his recipe for butter roasted shrimp at Zhug.
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Local employers desperately looking to hire are competing, not only with each other for staff, but also with one particular candidate magnet: Amazon.
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Martha on the Fly serves up scratch made breakfast sandwiches and cinnamon rolls every weekend.
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Cleveland Cooks visits Twisted Taino, a Caribbean and Latino restaurant in Parma.
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Here’s how some Ohioans are taking advantage of the job market and how businesses are being affected
Staffing agencies say the competition for employees is raising pay rates but is also disrupting business operations and will cost consumers more.
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Brooke Hill, from Quarry Hill Orchards, shared her family recipe for German Apple Cake.
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Nighttown, a restaurant and music venue in Cleveland Heights, will now be operated by the team behind Red The Steakhouse. They will renovate the infrastructure and operate it as Nighttown again, next year.
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Chef Victor Morenz shares his recipe for Clambake Choucroute.
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Cleveland Cooks travels to Gunselman's Tavern in Fairview Park to prepare their brat burger, one of the items they'll be serving at this year's Oktoberfest at the Cuyahoga County Fairgrounds.
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The former executive chef at Progressive Field took his culinary team that was furloughed during the beginning of the pandemic, and started Go Buddha Eatery in Rocky River.
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The Beachland is part of about a dozen Cleveland-area venues banding together to require vaccinations to attend shows.
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A starting running back for Bishop Sycamore, and his mother, speak about the school that is being called in to question.