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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A popular spot in Cleveland Heights is getting a multimillion-dollar upgrade and renovation.
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Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals is using an existing drug, FDA approved for memory loss, to see if it can prevent the disease from forming.
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Lanning's Restaurant in Akron shares their recipe and method for a grilled lobster tail.
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The latest trend for scammers targeting grandparents involves ride share drivers or couriers, and threats about an emergency involving the victim’s grandchild.
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Cleveland Cavaliers Executive Chef, Terry Bell, shares the recipe for a dish the players love to eat.
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The Ohio Department of Insurance wants Medicare card holders to protect their numbers as they do their credit card and social security numbers.
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Researchers at Senders Pediatrics in South Euclid are part of a national study looking in to the accuracy of a spit in the cup test for strep throat.
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Indie on East Fourth Street will soon be rebranding as Gabriel’s Southern Table.
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EBT cards are being skimmed and recipients are being phished for pin numbers so that scammers can steal their food assistance dollars.
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Mallorca's chef shares their recipe for Mariscada.
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The Environmental Working Group believes there are serious risks to consuming freshwater fish.
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Laser light treatment is now being used to treat fibromyalgia patients
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Romance scam artists are now roping victims into investment scams and convincing them to participate in money laundering schemes as well.
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Ingesting laundry pods has proven more deadly for elderly dementia patients than for children.
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Real Food Remedy shared a recipe for a chopped salad using all superfoods.
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The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center is working to reduce the number of opioid-based pain medications being prescribed to post-operative patients.
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Cleveland Cooks went into the kitchen at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse where Karen Small and her staff prepare sandwiches, soups and homemade pretzels for Cavs games and other big events.
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p-Chip Corporation is running a lab out of Lorain County Community College, working on tracing chips that enhance brand authenticity and integrity.
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The Broadway show "Hamilton" is at Playhouse Square in Cleveland until Jan. 15.
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Leaders in electric vehicles, and utilities are fielding an increasing number of inquiries about installing electric vehicle charging stations and the power upgrades that go with it.
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The BBB and a scam victim share ways in which you can avoid losing money on a snowplow service that doesn't show up.
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The Better Business Bureau offers solutions to avoid being scammed this holiday shopping season.
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Cleveland Cooks visits Cleveland Vegan to prepare a turkey substitute and vegan friendly gravy for Thanksgiving.
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Recipe for Dutch Baby from Cordelia Cleveland.
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Local communities are working to create and grow their network of electric vehicle charging stations.
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A fortuneteller fraud expert breaks down the anatomy of a psychic scam in new podcast episode of Dark Side of the Land.
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The undercover investigation is featured in the latest episode of the 19 News true crime podcast, Dark Side of the Land.
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The Puerto Rican owners of Empanadas Latin Street Food showed us how to make their most popular variety of empanadas.
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A cab driver who was the victim of a gunshot, is now using his cab to drive family members of those incarcerated to prison visits.
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Buona, a company out of Chicago, shares their method for their famous Italian beef sandwiches.
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Iterate.ai is marketing it's platform to schools to detect weapons as they approach school buildings.
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Chef Erika Horton shares the recipe she'll be competing with at this year's Taste of Black Cleveland
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OnStar is adding services for the home and motorcycle riders
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EDWINS institute is expanding to provide child care for students.
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Firestone Country Club prepares food for thousands of golf fans.
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Tower City is adding Skylight Park to the Skylight concourse
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The National Cattlman's Beef Association shares tips on buying in bulk and shares a recipe for summer grilling.
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Safety tips from Phantom Fireworks since this is the first year to legally set off fireworks in Ohio.
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Chef Karen Small shares her recipe for sausage, mushroom and spinach gravy that she serves at Juneberry Table.
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A Northeast Ohio native won two prestigious James Bear book awards.
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Partners Karen Small and Jill Davis will open Pearl Street Wine Market & Cafe at the former location of Small's Flying Fig restaurant.
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Chef Curtis Stone shares his recipe for strawberry rhubarb jam and scones.
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Driftwood Catering shares their recipe for Key Lime Pie
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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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