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Fabulous Food Show

Friday, April 27, 2012

Business is Piece of Cake for Becky Rink

About the Cake to be at Fabulous Food Show this weekend

Walk into Becky Rink's Avon home, and you smell the most delightful aroma. Butter, vanilla, warmth. Cake. Rink runs her 11-year-old business, About the Cake, from her home. She turns cake, icing, molding chocolate, fondant and other goodies into everything from mermaids to chameleons. In addition to traditional cakes and cupcakes, About the Cake also sells cookies and favors, and vegan and gluten-free cakes and cupcakes. She started the business when she earned praise for the tasty and attractive cakes she made for birthday parties for her children. From there, she has appeared on the Food Network, WE TV, and TLC. This weekend, she will have a booth at the Fabulous Food Show at the I-X Center. About the Cake will sell cupcakes, cake …

Friday, November 11, 2011

Five Things: Playoff and a Play

Here's what's going on.

Avon High's football team plays Toledo Central Catholic at 7:30 p.m. Friday in an OHSAA Division II playoff game in Fremont. Click here for directions, weather and parking information. Go, Eagles! Today is Veterans Day. Have you served in the military, or have a loved one who has served or is serving now? Share your photos and memories! You can also help honor veterans by eating pizza. Order a pizza from Coleone's (either dine-in, delivery or carry-out) on Friday between noon and 8 p.m., say "flag" when you order and 25 percent of the price of your order will be donated to the Avon Lake Landmark Preservation Society's efforts to restore a flag commemorating the local men who served in World War I. Tired of the same old holiday …

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