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.
Updated: Sep. 30, 2022 at 4:00 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
The Puerto Rican owners of Empanadas Latin Street Food showed us how to make their most popular variety of empanadas.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 4:56 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: Sep. 2, 2022 at 2:21 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Buona, a company out of Chicago, shares their method for their famous Italian beef sandwiches.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 2:13 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Iterate.ai is marketing it's platform to schools to detect weapons as they approach school buildings.
Updated: Aug. 12, 2022 at 10:32 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Chef Erika Horton shares the recipe she'll be competing with at this year's Taste of Black Cleveland
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 6:12 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Celebrating National Lasagna Day
Updated: Jul. 26, 2022 at 3:50 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
OnStar is adding services for the home and motorcycle riders
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 12:22 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
EDWINS institute is expanding to provide child care for students.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 1:39 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Firestone Country Club prepares food for thousands of golf fans.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2022 at 12:03 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Tower City is adding Skylight Park to the Skylight concourse
Updated: Jul. 1, 2022 at 1:25 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
The National Cattlman's Beef Association shares tips on buying in bulk and shares a recipe for summer grilling.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2022 at 12:28 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Safety tips from Phantom Fireworks since this is the first year to legally set off fireworks in Ohio.
Updated: Jun. 24, 2022 at 9:10 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Chef Karen Small shares her recipe for sausage, mushroom and spinach gravy that she serves at Juneberry Table.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 1:48 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
A Northeast Ohio native won two prestigious James Bear book awards.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 11:17 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Partners Karen Small and Jill Davis will open Pearl Street Wine Market & Cafe at the former location of Small's Flying Fig restaurant.
Updated: Jun. 10, 2022 at 6:34 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Chef Curtis Stone shares his recipe for strawberry rhubarb jam and scones.
Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 4:41 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Driftwood Catering shares their recipe for Key Lime Pie
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 10:05 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
East 4th Street is filling up again after several restaurants shut down during the pandemic.
Updated: May. 26, 2022 at 3:38 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
The former locations of Bier Markt and Bar Cento will re open in June as Bright Side and Bird of Paradise.
Updated: May. 25, 2022 at 9:27 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 2:00 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Heinen's registered dietician shares a recipe for a plant-based taco bowl.
Updated: May. 13, 2022 at 10:32 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: May. 6, 2022 at 2:24 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
The Spot on Lakeshore shares their recipe for Brandied Melted Bananas
Updated: Apr. 29, 2022 at 6:15 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
No Fork in Beachwood shares their recipe for strawberry cheesecake French Toast.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 6:13 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Philips manufactured CPAP machines are being recalled and patients are waiting for replacements.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 10:02 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Perfectly Imperfect Produce shares a recipe for a breakfast parfait.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 10:38 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: Apr. 12, 2022 at 4:24 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Buildings & Food, Will Hollingsworth's hospitality group, has acquired Good Company, a restaurant in Battery Park.
Updated: Mar. 25, 2022 at 2:40 PM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Chef Greg Winter of Prosperity Social Club in Cleveland shares his recipe for Lenten Fish Fry.
Updated: Mar. 18, 2022 at 8:51 AM EDT
|By Jen Picciano
Chef Rocco Whalen describes his vision for Fahrenheit's move from Tremont to downtown, and shares a recipe from the new menu.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 6:38 AM EST
|By Jen Picciano
An Irish pub in Willoughby shares their recipe for corned beef brisket ahead of St. Patrick's Day.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 3:58 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
COhatch, a shared workspace and lifestyle facility is opening in a former vacant restaurant and clothing store in Beachwood Place Mall.
Updated: Mar. 4, 2022 at 5:21 AM EST
|By Jen Picciano
Ukrainian-born restaurant owner shares her recipe for borscht.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 8:27 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 2:12 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
The Akron Children's Hospital has a new surgical microscope to use on micro surgeries.
Updated: Feb. 19, 2022 at 8:26 AM EST
|By Jen Picciano
Chef Omar McKay shares his recipe for Curry Buddha Veggies from Irie Jamaican Kitchen.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 10:16 AM EST
|By Jen Picciano
Chef Eric Wells specializes in intimate dinners for two. He shared his recipe for a Valentines Day appetizer.
Updated: Feb. 4, 2022 at 1:40 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
Chef Farron Turner, from Nature's Oasis, shares his recipe for artichoke ragu and pasta.
Updated: Feb. 1, 2022 at 8:47 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
The Monarch robotic bronchoscope is a navigational device now available to patients at University Hospital Cleveland Medical Center.
Updated: Jan. 28, 2022 at 10:14 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
Tommy Fello of Tommy's Restaurant on Coventry, shares a family recipe used at the restaurant.
Updated: Jan. 21, 2022 at 9:56 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 9:58 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
The new owners of Tower City Center will be renovating the downtown mall, signing new leases and making repairs from a major flood.
Updated: Jan. 14, 2022 at 5:33 AM EST
|By Jen Picciano
Cleveland Cooks works with JoJo's bar to demonstrate how to make Filet Oscar.
Updated: Jan. 11, 2022 at 8:55 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: Jan. 8, 2022 at 3:33 PM EST
|By Avery Williams, Sia Nyorkor and Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2021 at 10:26 AM EST
|By Jen Picciano
Duff Goldman of the Food Network share a recipe for Raisin Custard Tart.
Updated: Dec. 10, 2021 at 12:54 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
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.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 5:58 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
Mason's Creamery in Cleveland shares their recipe for ramen at home.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2021 at 7:34 PM EST
|By Syeda Abbas and Jen Picciano
The WMJI crew woke up early on “Giving Tuesday” to spearhead an effort to raise money for the Cleveland Clinic’s Children’s hospital.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM EST
|By Jen Picciano
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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