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May 2017

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Feature Profile

Maidens of Mercy

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Community

Neighborhood Gardens, Salute Concert

10 At Home in Columbus 11 Great Expectations 12 Flower Wall 14 Better Beds 16 Air Fare 18 Dr. Allison Royer 28 Frittatas 32 Global Exposure transplanted spouse

First Comes Love

She Designs

Home Trends

Lifestyle

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EDITOR

The vows.

And the cake.

Jenny Elig

May 17, 2017

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Perfectly Imperfect

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I took a long time to start this editor’s note about perfection. You see, I wanted it to be perfect, and that’s a daunting point from which to start.

Of his friend, socialite and fashion icon Babe Paley, Truman Capote wrote, “She was perfect.

Otherwise, she was perfect.” It’s a great quote, and a shining example of Capote’s concise wit, but isn’t it a bit sad? The human condition dictates that even personal perfection will be considered a flaw, and one that’s ever so slightly weaponized against us, at that.

The concept of perfection is variable; from person to person, the concept morphs and changes into a completely different animal. Whatever the notion, I guarantee you we both have a picture of

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perfection in our minds. I might be wrong in this, but my guess is you strive toward your picture of perfection every day. And if you’re focused on your concept of perfection, every day that you don’t attain it, you’re just a tiny bit disappointed.

At some point in April, I decided to purge and scrub, getting rid of clothing items I’d carried with me through the decades. I packed away books and put knickknacks in storage and ditched newspaper clips of stories I wrote roughly 12 years

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ago. And then I vacuumed, mopped and washed.

My environment clean and organized, I felt lighter, yes, and also one step closer to perfection. I spent a few moments surveying my apartment, a feeling of clean, white energy pulsing through my body as I looked at my pared-down possessions, my deliberate wardrobe and my scrubbed floors. For one, shining moment, I thought I might have reached apartment perfection. And then a cat coughed a hairball onto the rug. As my cat horked and hacked, laboring as he Jackson Pollock-ed my carpet, I wondered why I’d even bothered in the first place.

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, there is a concept known as wabi-sabi. Buddhist author Taro Gold describes wabi-sabi as “the wisdom and beauty of imperfection”; the aesthetic is described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent and incomplete.” In accepting the concept of wabi-

sabi, the viewer accepts the transitional nature of existence as well as the innate imperfection of the human condition. Wabi-sabi might be a scar on a flawless complexion, the patina on a bronze sculpture that has sat in the rain or the cat vomit on my newly vacuumed rug.

Nothing is ever perfect. Look closely, and everything is flawed. I may sound as though I’m saying the glass is half empty, but the truth is that knowing and accepting that nothing is perfect will truly set us free. The glass is half full, and maybe the water beaded asymmetrically on the surface, and the cup has a chip in it, but it is a perfect glass of water nonetheless.

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24 Hours in a Day

Things to Do Compiled by Jenny Elig

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Spend some time with Mother Earth at the Third Thursday Preserve-APreserve Day, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 18 at Touch the Earth Natural Area on North Country Club Road.

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Get advice as you pick plants for your garden at the Master Gardener Plant Sale, 10 a.m. to noon May 20 at the Bartholomew County Public Library.

Information: mybcpl.org.

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May is National Date Your Mate Month, says Harriet Armstrong, Purdue Extension educator.

“Communication, novelty, eros, commitment and de-stressing can all be positive outgrowths of weekly dating your mate, according to a study done by the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia,” she says.

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Put on your dancing shoes for the Dance Indiana Ballroom Club Spring Fling, 7 to 10 p.m. May 20 at The Commons. Tickets: $20 per person, available at the door.

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7 Listen to a podcast: Join the panel of “Pop Rocket” as they mull over current pop culture phenomena.

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Watch “Losing Sight of Shore,” a documentary about the extraordinary journey of four brave women known as the Coxless Crew that set out to row the Pacific Ocean from America to Australia unsupported. The movie is available on Netflix, Amazon and iTunes.

9 Expose kids to more STEM education during “Science is Fun,” for Grades 4 to 6, 10 a.m. May 27 in the library’s Red Room.

Information: mybcpl.org.

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We’ve recently started following a few Instagram accounts that feature cool do-it-yourself projects. A new favorite is called DIY Tutorials Everyday. Find it @diy.life.ftw.

Ages 4 to 10 can learn how to play hockey at the Hamilton Community Center and Ice Arena, 2501 Lincoln Park Drive.

Equipment will be provided at these hockey workshops, 4:15 to 5:15 p.m.

May 20 and 27. Cost: $5 per child.

Information: (812) 376-2686.

If you have an American Girl Club fan at home, head to the Maryellen presentation for ages 6 to 12 at the Bartholomew County Public Library, 3 to 3:30 p.m. May 20.

Information: mybcpl.org.

Explore local history at the Yellow Trail Museum, on the west side of Hope town square at 644 Main St. The museum’s visitor information center has opened; hours are noon to 6 p.m. Thursdays through Sundays, plus extended hours during special events in town. Information: (812) 371-7969.

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Catch “Nunsense” at the Brown County Playhouse, 70 S. Van Buren St., Nashville, at 7:30 p.m.

May 19 and 20. Beer, wine and mixed drinks will be sold in the auditorium. Tickets: (812) 988-6555 or browncountyplayhouse.org.

Read “Leopard at the Door” by Jennifer McVeigh.

“If you like family and sociopolitical drama and historical fiction, you’ll enjoy this read,” writes Viewpoint Books’ Michelle Malina. “Set in Kenya in the 1950s during the waning days of the British Empire, this book covers the life of a young woman, Rachel, who spent her childhood on her family’s farm in the African bush.”

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See “Sing” during the Bartholomew County Public Library’s Autism Friendly Movie screening. The film is rated PG; you can catch it 6 p.m.

May 25. Information: (812) 3791255, mybcpl.org.

Stretch yourself into a less-stressed mood at “Build a Better World: Yoga on the Plaza,” 6 p.m. May 22 at the Bartholomew County Public Library’s plaza. Information: mybcpl.org.

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read a book

read a book

“The Chemist” by Stephenie Meyer is quite a departure from her previous books, writes Melina Clark of Viewpoint Books. No hunky vampires or parasitic aliens. “The Chemist” is a full-fledged action suspense adult novel. The heroine is an extremely intelligent chemist who is a loner just trying to stay alive.

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Catch a movie you might not have seen during Art House in the Red Room Film Series, 6 p.m.

May 23 at the Bartholomew County Public Library.

Information: mybcpl.org.

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Haven’t seen the 2016 version of “The Jungle Book”? Catch the PG-rated, family friendly movie at 6 p.m. May 24 at the Bartholomew County Public Library.

Information: mybcpl.org.

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Put the fourth annual Aviation Day on your calendar. The family friendly event takes flight 8 a.m. June 10 at Columbus Municipal Airport, 4770 Ray Boll Blvd.

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Socialize your kids and give your voice a rest during “Fabulous First Fridays with Miss Polly,” 12:15 p.m. on the first Friday of each month.

Viewpoint Books, 548 Washington St. Information: (812) 376-0778.

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Columbus Symphony Orchestra’s “Adventures in Great Music” season continues with “Hail to the Heroes,” 7:30 p.m. June 11, Mill Race Park. Advance tickets: $10 adults, $5 students and seniors.

Information: csoindiana.org.

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LIFE HACK

Are you heading out for a hike in Brown County State Park? Keep mosquitoes at bay by putting a dryer sheet in your pocket.

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Get to know the weird and wicked side of Columbus’ history with local author Paul Hoffman’s new book, “Wicked Columbus Indiana,” available for preorder on Amazon, for release June 19.

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Grown with Love Throughout the year, Lincoln-Central Neighborhood Family Center employees and volunteers work to create a safe and caring neighborhood where all individuals are treated with respect and live in harmony with their community. In the spring and summer, they cultivate something extra: the community garden, which sits in the back lot.

Columbus native Jackson Renshaw pioneered the garden in 2013 as his senior project. Renshaw and his family return each year to resurrect the garden, says LCNFC community outreach organizer Diane Doup. For the 2017 growing season, the community garden concept has extended throughout the neighborhood.

“We will have (a garden) in our backyard, one at Second Baptist, and Cummins CEP is doing one that will generate vegetables to add to our backyard donations,” Doup says.

During spring break, LCNFC volunteers weeded the Sycamore Street space; planting began in May. Neighborhood center employees and volunteers harvest as produce ripens, putting crops in a basket or bin by the garden.

“We also hope to have an area on (the property) that could be the produce bin where we could place vegetables in a container that might be easier for neighbors to ‘shop’ from,” Doup says.

Neighborhood residents can help themselves to the harvested vegetables in the basket outside of the garden; some LCNFC neighbors with their own backyard gardens will contribute to the basket. “It’s a really neat experience for people to do together, to build a sense of community,” Doup says. “By sharing vegetables with each other, by working together to plant and weed and water, and getting to know their neighbors and sharing with each other — I think there’s a whole sense of community that goes with it.”

LCNFC Executive Director Randy Allman envisions the garden as contributing to the nonprofit’s mission. “One of the themes that we have here at Lincoln-Central is trying to get people to self-sufficiency,” Allman says. “Self-sufficiency means a lot of things. It means getting a job, but it also means transportation issues so they can work.” The garden offers an opportunity to grow and eat healthy food versus relying on fast-food restaurants, Allman says.

“Ours is more of a holistic approach,” he said. “It means healthy, affordable living.”

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Mastering Your Garden As spring progresses, it’s a good time to get gardening tips. If you haven’t yet, check out the Bartholomew County Purdue Extension office’s master gardener program. Facilitated by certified master gardeners, it features free programs that are open to the public. For spring and summer, the master gardener program will offer these events: Master gardener plant sale, May 20, Bartholomew County Public Library plaza. Get tips from master gardeners during this fundraising sale.

Food preservation workshop at 6 p.m. June 6 at Henry Breeding Farm, 13730 N. Road 100W, Edinburgh. Learn techniques for preserving food and get tips for doing it safely.

Seed saving workshop, 6 p.m. Aug. 2, Red Room at the Bartholomew County Public Library. Learn the proper way to save seeds, with an emphasis on heirloom vegetables.

Information: Purdue Extension at (812) 379-1665.

For Those Who Have Served, We Salute You Join the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic 7 p.m. May 26 for Salute. An annual celebration in honor of those who have served or currently serve in the U.S. Armed Forces, this year’s concert, led by Music Director David Bowden, will feature guest vocalist and two-time Grammy Award winner Sylvia McNair.

Now in its 17th year, the concert features uplifting musical works, powerful vocals and dramatic readings; it has become one of Columbus’ most cherished traditions. Bring lawn chairs and blankets to sit on and wear your patriotic attire.

When: 7 p.m. May 26 Where: Bartholomew County Courthouse lawn Information: thecip.org/2017salute

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Making It Work I was born to be a city girl. By high school I was almost 6 feet tall, had an oddly commanding presence, a tactile angry face and a huge case of fear of missing out. After college, I only applied to jobs in Chicago; it was city life or die.

I lived life there with an effort to sample everything. I moved to a new apartment each year, probably never ate at the same restaurant twice and went out with people every weekend. As idealistic as that was, I also had a brutal catering job with a two-hour commute each way.

I decided to train for the Chicago Marathon and discovered a passion for running.

It was my escape from my job, the time I could mentally check out. As quickly as I discovered running, I had to let it go. All of that running on cement in cold weather compounded a degenerative disk disease that I have struggled with ever since.

There were other challenges that, at the time, I didn’t know myself well enough to understand. I hadn’t yet discovered myself as an introvert, and being a city lover is an interesting thing for that personality type.

As much as I loved the endless list of new experiences a big city could yield, I also deeply feared unexpected human contact. I would walk on those crowded streets with my head down (no eye contact please).

After four years at it, the catering job had worn me to dust. My once-exciting city life suddenly seemed like a burden with the traffic and mounting expenses. I felt like I had the spine of an 80-year-old.

Then I went to my best friend’s wedding.

She (a city girl) married a guy who was from a town of fewer than 600 people. Say what? I went to that town for her wedding and met

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By katie willett

the man who would become my husband, a man who was also from that one-horse town.

He was tall, with black hair and eyes like the ocean, and he was the exact opposite of every man I had met in my beloved big city. It only took me a month or two before I was telling my besties he was the one.

He took me to his hometown to show me around. To say I was in culture shock is an understatement. I showed up in my long black peacoat, boots with the fur, skinny jeans and giant sunglasses looking like a judgmental jerk. I went there with the expectation of being underwhelmed, and so I was; it was unfair and something just like a city person would do.

As my guy and I got more serious, I made him swear to never move me to a small town.

He finished school, and it was time to start his job search Katie Willett is the for entry-level engineering. volunteer resource manager at United Way We were engaged at this point, of Bartholomew County. and I was utterly head-overheels about him. I had quit my hellish catering job and was working on my personal training certification. This was great for him because he wasn’t restricted to a city where I had an established job. The sky was the limit. As it turns out, the limit was Columbus. Columbus, Ohio? No, Columbus, Indiana.

We visited a couple of times and I was expecting to hate it, but I was so pleasantly surprised. So many lovely restaurants and local businesses, the cutest little downtown you ever did see and fitness studios and gyms galore. I decided to make it work. Columbus, Indiana, I am in it to win it.

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The Expectations

» I’ve been married for almost two months and I can honestly say it’s been amazing. I changed my last name, which involved a virtual mountain of paperwork that I’m still not through. I finally got a haircut, letting go of a few extra inches I’d been growing out specifically for the wedding. And yet life with Jordan feels much the same as it did before we got married: lots of love, giggles (mostly mine) and bargaining for who has to cook and who gets to do the dishes afterward.

In case you’re wondering, Jordan does most of the cooking.

Certainly, I had expectations for how marriage would be, and for the most part, the reality has lived up to those expectations. And though I might write more about what my expectations were in another column, right now I want to focus on other expectations: the ones other people have for your marriage.

By Catherine Winkler

Probably one of the most obvious Expectations start even before the expectations people have when you ring is slipped on. Expectations might get married is kids — specifically not match up to your plan. how many and when are they going I understand these expectations, to arrive. The question “Do for the most part, you want babies?” morphs come from a place of into “When are you having balove. People are happy bies?” I’ve made no secret of for you and they are that fact that I want children, curious. And I get it. I’m but it’s still a very personal guilty of asking nosy decision, one I’m becoming questions to (good) much more aware of now that friends. As a Type A personality, I’ve put enough I’m actually at that point in my Catherine Winkler is expectations on myself life. Plans for a growing family a Columbus resident without having to handle change for many reasons, and and author. You can find out more online at any outside ones. sometimes you don’t have catedashwood.com.

Perhaps the next time any choice in the matter. I’ve someone you know is in become more sensitive about a happy relationship or those sorts of questions. I just got married, focus on talking to never know the reasons behind why a them about their good news now and couple may or may not be having kids, not any news they may or may not and I don’t want to be the source of have to share in the future. hurt feelings.

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Designs

A Flower Power Craft a hanging garden to be a wonder in your world Created by Jenny Elig

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At some point in elementary school —and I cannot speak to when it was, exactly — we learned about the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Did you learn about them, too? The wonders were the Colossus of Rhodes, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Temple of Artemis, the Statue of Zeus, the Great Pyramid of Giza and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Sadly, all but the Great Pyramid of Giza have been destroyed (and I was lucky enough to see that one in the flesh). Despite that personal connection to Egypt, my favorite wonder, which is also the wonder that might have just been a myth, is the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

I’m not quite sure why I’m so taken by the Hanging Gardens.

Lore has it that Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar II built the gardens to impress his queen, Amytis, who missed the green fields of her homeland. Maybe it’s this monumental labor of love that makes the Hanging Gardens so appealing.

There is no physical evidence for

What you need: Hooks for hanging Wooden dowel rod Monofilament (transparent thread) Flat metal washers Fake flowers and leaves, stems removed Hot glue

To make: Decide where you want your flower wall to be and hammer in your two hooks. Hang the dowel rod between the two and get out your invisible thread, also known as monofilament.

Using the dowel rod as a starting point, measure a length of invisible thread. Cut it off where you’d like the flower wall to end, leaving a little extra length for knotting. Knot the monofilament to the dowel rod. Working horizontally, repeat this every 6 inches across the dowel rod.

Affix a washer to the end of each thread of monofilament. This will help anchor it.

this wonder, so the illustrations I’ve seen are based mostly on the artists’ imaginations. The gardens look like pyramids made of lush greenery and crowned with flowers. Maybe I’m simply impressed that someone could overcome an arid desert space and produce a legendary garden. I, after all, have a black thumb so merciless it can even kill an aloe plant.

Black as my thumb may be, I still love flowers and plants. I just have to fake it a little. That’s where this project came from. Every year, to accommodate a window-unit air conditioner, I find myself moving my furniture around, and every year I find my bed positioned beneath a disheartening blank wall.

These are the inspirations behind this project: ancient Hanging Gardens and large spaces on my walls.

I am using my finished project as a headboard, but it’s perfect for covering any blank space. One other note: There’s no need to be precise in your measurements or floral design. Being overly careful will suck the visual spontaneity out of your flower wall.

Hang the dowel rod back on the hooks and fire up your hot glue gun (regular readers will know that few phrases excite me more).

This is the point at which I need you to tap into your patient side. While the dowel rod is still hanging, you’re going to hot glue the flowers to the monofilament threads. Do what you need to to entertain yourself (watch the first season of “Insecure” again, listen to a true crime podcast or think about what you would do if you were the Count of Monte Cristo and needed to dig yourself out of prison with a spoon) as you work vertically, starting at the top of each thread. Apply the glue to the flower or leaf base, then lift the thread away from the wall and affix the flower or leaf. By the third flower or leaf, you’ll have found your own technique. I found that I had the best success by apply a generous dollop of hot glue to the flower base and then putting the monofilament in the middle of the glue. Hold the flower away from the wall as the glue dries.

Step back periodically to check your work and ensure you like the arrangement. If you don’t, you can always cut down the individual threads and start anew. I found that I had too many threads on my dowel rod, so I widened my spacing.

Cover the washers with flowers. I embellished the ends of my dowel rod with extra leaves.

When your work is finished, stand back to admire your new hanging garden.

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Bedding Down, Bedding Up

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When Greg Verlander’s father came home from rehab after having a stroke, he was upset to find a hospital bed in his room. The bed’s institutional appearance made him feel unhappy and unhealthy, his son said.

Verlander never forgot that, and when he learned of a family friend who had constructed a headboard and footboard for a hospital bed, he wanted to make

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them available to others. Today, TenderCare Beds offers the products online in five finishes. “I just wanted to change people’s environment,” Verlander said.

Other companies, too, have started selling headboards, bed skirts and other accessories designed to help hospital beds look less institutional. Interior designer Kelee Katillac of Kansas City, Missouri, specializes in remaking rooms

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for people who need hospital beds or medical equipment. “As people leave the hospital sooner, there’s a greater need,” she said.

Upgrades to home hospital beds are just part of a new focus on making beds better in general — more stylish and comfortable for a wide range of activities beyond sleeping.

There are beds you can adjust to make it easier to work on a laptop, beds that keep you cool at night and beds that charge your cellphone. Many of the new offerings — including adjustable mattresses and supportive pillows — help people age in place, says Joe Buckheit, founder of AgingCare.com, a website designed for people caring for loved ones at home.

Innovations in the bedding industry have “exploded,” says Mary Helen Rogers, spokeswoman for the International Sleep Products Association in Alexandria, Virginia. Manufacturers are responding to consumers’ growing understanding of the value of proper rest and increased interest in working, gaming or watching TV in bed.

“Surviving on the minimum amount of sleep is no longer cool,” she says.

For people who have difficulty sleeping because they get too warm, Rogers says, manufacturers have begun using new fabrics, foams and gels designed to keep the mattress from absorbing heat.

Those improvements address some of the concerns generated by memory foam mattresses, which initially were denser — and therefore warmer — than traditional mattresses, says Derek Hale, editor of Sleepopolis.com. “Foams are always improving,” he says. “They’re not as warm as they used to be.”

There also are products that will blow cool or hot air under the bed or between specialized sheets.

Adjustable beds have become more appealing and affordable, Hale says. The motors are quieter, faster, and can be operated by remote control or phone app. Some beds have massage features, USB ports or builtin lighting. In many cases, the bases and mattresses are compatible with traditional bedroom furniture, so buyers don’t have to change their decor.

An adjustable bed that allows for additional supportive positions can help ease minor discomforts such as back and joint pain, snoring, acid reflux and swelling in the feet, says AgingCare. com’s Buckheit.

“People are more open and more thoughtful about their medical conditions,” says Rogers. They are telling retailers, “here’s what’s going on with me, and retailers are passing it on to manufacturers.”

While adjustable beds are not a substitute for hospital beds, they do appeal to people with minor health concerns, says Ann Mowrey, spokeswoman for Easy Rest Adjustable Sleep Systems in Baltimore.

“We get a fair number of people who have slept on hospital beds and can’t stand it so they wind up purchasing our beds,” she says. “They report their mood and comfort improved by the switch,

Greg Verlander places a custom footboard designed to fit over a hospital bed. He started TenderCare Beds as a way to bring more normalcy to people who require a hospital bed for sleeping.

and for some they are able to sleep back in the same bed with their loved one, which makes them happy.”

Today’s adjustable beds let people sharing a bed set their own sleep positions. A wife can adjust her husband’s position if his snoring is keeping her awake, adds Jay Thompson, president of the Leggett & Platt Adjustable Bed Group in Carthage, Missouri. His company makes adjustable bed bases.

Many customers — particularly millennials — choose adjustable beds because they want to use the features while they are awake, he says. Raising the top of the mattress makes it more comfortable to work, read or watch TV. “It’s the idea that I just want to be able to adjust my position for comfort. I don’t want to have to prop a half a dozen pillows when I want to chill out in my bed and watch TV or work,” Thompson says. “It’s a lifestyle buy.”

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Harry Purut, who heads Gourmet Inflight Catering for private planes, in the kitchen of his business in Wood-Ridge, N.J.

Dream meals take wing

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If you have prepared food for Angelina Jolie, Michael Jackson, Simon Cowell and other multimillionaires while they’re flying on their private planes, what’s on the plate had better be darn good and nothing your diners’ palates might desire had better be missing. That slice of lime, wedge of Morbier cheese, tin of Russian caviar or bottle of Dom Perignon has to be on board before takeoff; after all, there’s no Whole Foods Market in the sky.

Harry Purut, CEO of the New Jersey-based Gourmet Inflight Catering, is well aware of that. The 61-year-old has been working hard for the past 16 years to satisfy the culinary whims and drink requests of the 1-percenters whose private carriers fly out of the airports in the metropolitan area, including Teterboro, Newark, JFK and LaGuardia. His catering company, which sits next door to Martini Grill, the Italian-American restaurant his chef brother-in-law, Aret Cakir, owns and for which he is a partner, is open seven days a week, 24 hours a day. Cakir is also chef of the catering company, which has a staff of 14.

“We never close,” Purut said. “We’re like an airline.”

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Purut’s clients are not the passengers, but their companies or managers who hire him to feed their well-heeled travelers. He is in charge of supplying them topnotch snacks, top-end meals and top-shelf liquor. Sometimes an astoundingly large and expensive amount of liquor. Purut recalls one flier for whom he fetched 16 bottles of Patron Platinum Tequila ($250 per bottle), six bottles of Cristal Champagne ($150/bottle) and six bottles of Johnny Walker Blue ($200/bottle). The liquor was to be enjoyed on a flight to Atlantic City.

“We have five-star clientele,” said Purut, who was born in Istanbul. “We’re not providing regular airline food.”

What’s on the Menu

Among the dishes Gourmet Inflight is providing: grilled filet mignon with roasted rosemary potatoes, rack of lamb encrusted with herb-flecked Parmesan and thinly sliced marinated ostrich over caramelized onions. Flying breakfast time? There’s challah French toast with Vermont maple syrup, a selection of smoked fish with black German bread or paper-thin French crepes stuffed with fresh fruit. Just a light nosh? How’s about Beluga caviar with crème fraîche?

If however a passenger wants something other than what’s on the company’s extensive menu, Purut will try — real hard — to please. He spends lots of time, he said, shopping for food, often searching for specific sometimes-difficult-to-find products a client just can’t fly without. For one, he recalled, it was mini veal sausages. “In this area it’s not mini, and the sausages are made with pork.”

Still, he managed to find a butcher to make mini veal sausages for him. “Money

Today, they have 250 customers. is not the issue,” he said. For another, it Flight attendant Maryann Minaesian was black pudding (English blood saucouldn’t be more pleased with Purut. “I sage). “I found it in a New Milford Irish never have to worry ‘Did he get it right?’” deli,” he said, For still another: organic she said. “He is so professional, and his Gatorade. “I never heard of organic Gatofood is fabulous. Plus he’s a nice person.” rade,” he said. Neither it turns out did any Have the eating habits of the rich store owners in the area. “I had it shipped and famous changed over time? Yes, from Phoenix.”

Purut says. Like most Sometimes the deeveryone else, they mands are not food-reare eating fewer carbs lated. Jennifer Lopez — “Instead of rice, we wanted a dark Santa Fe make mashed sweet fleece throw and a cryspotatoes, instead tal-cut ashtray, Purut of potatoes, pureed said. “Do you know how cauliflower — less fried hard it is finding this foods — “We used to stuff?” He managed to sauté vegetables, now find the throw in Lord we mostly steam or & Taylor and the ashtray roast” — and there’s in Bloomingdale’s. more demand for glu“It’s challenging ­— Harry Purut work, never boring,” ten-free dishes.

Purut declared. It is One customer didn’t work he took on after care about gluten or Martini Grill customers, who happen to carbs. He had one demand: English tea work in nearby Teterboro, asked him if sandwiches. Purut supplied them. A few he’d start an inflight catering firm. They days later, the vendor told him, “The guy offered to give the restaurant “all their never talks. He never says a word. But he business” if it would. liked the tea sandwiches so much that he Though hesitant at first, the two men actually spoke to tell me how pleased he decided to go for it when the tanning sawas.” The guy was Keith Richards. lon next door to the restaurant moved out and they had the space to build another kitchen. “It’s a niche business,” Purut said, one that they knew nothing about.

So they hired people who worked for the competition and learned from them. “We had to learn about different containers — those for hot food and cold food — size of plane ovens and microwaves, how to cook food that will need to be reheated, etc.”

“We have five-star clientele.

We’re not providing regular airline food.”

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» Some questions for ...

Healing and hearing Dr. Allison Royer brings specialized training to ENT practice she shares with her husband

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by Jenny Elig // Photography by Ali Hendricks

Dr. Allison Royer and her husband, Dr. Mark Royer, had a plan. She was originally from Evansville, he from Goshen; they studied medicine in Indianapolis at the Indiana University School of Medicine.

“When I got out of residency, we knew we wanted to be in practice together,” Allison Royer says. The couple chose a good middle point for setting down roots.

“At that time, (Columbus Regional Health) was recruiting,” Royer says. “We came down here and just really fell in love with the community and the job opportunity and felt like it was exactly what we were looking for.” In 2009, they joined forces professionally; together, they helm CRH’s ear, nose and throat and allergy practice.

Outside of work, the Royers enjoy Columbus with their kids — Henry, 4, and Louisa, 2, — and take advantage of all that the city has to offer. “Most weekends you could find us at the Parkside playground or at kidscommons,” she says. “We really love Brown County and camping and getting outside and hiking with the kids.”

When Royer was quite young, her friends and family called her “doctor.” It was a title that fit her, even when she was in preschool. “I was always detail-oriented and academically driven, even at a very young age,” she says. “I really just loved to learn. Playing off that, I was highly motivated to find a job where I could help and take care of people but also continue to learn throughout life. It’s been a great fit.” Here’s why.

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Can you walk us through the process of becoming a physician?

I went to high school. I went on to Purdue University and graduated in three years with a degree in biology. I knew I wanted to go to medical school. I ended up at Indiana University in Indianapolis for four years.

The first two years are kind of a traditional classroom setting, things like biochemistry, immunology, physiology and pathology. And then the second two years within the four years of medical school are clinical. You’re actually doing what amounts to month-long to sixweek rotations in things like general internal medicine, pediatrics, general surgery, and then you get a bit of elective time to pursue things like ENT. Your fourth year you have a lot of flexibility to kind of figure out what type of physician you want to be and do rotations that kind of seek out those goals.

After that, for ENT in particular, it was a fiveyear residency, so a year of traditional, general surgery where you do trauma and those types of procedures taking the stereotypical two days in the hospital, eight hours off, two days back in kind of constant work schedule, followed by four years of ENT specific surgical training, which was a mix of time in clinics and time in operating room.

Is five years typical? Five years is at the long end. It’s typical of a surgery subspecialty, so, urology, for example, is five years. Most residencies are three or four years. Neurosurgery might be longer.

Why is that? Speaking for ENT specifically, the breadth and depth of the specialty are pretty wide. In that amount of time you have to learn how to operate on the ear, which is remarkably different than operating in the sinuses or doing thyroidectomies and parotidectomies in the neck. There are these different surgical skill sets that it takes a while to master and do independently. Also, there’s this whole medical management component that comes with the medical correlative of all of those, say, pathology, such as learning how to manage thyroid disease, sleep disorders, allergy, the hearing and audiology that goes with ear surgery, all of these different things that go into our specialty. It’s a lot of material to get in.

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Along with thyroid issues, what else is something that people might not know that an ENT would manage or treat? I think

head-and-neck cancer is a big part of our practice: traditional throat cancers, but also thyroid cancer, cancers of the salivary glands.

We work hand-in-hand with the cancer center at CRH, medical oncology, radiation oncology to treat those disorders. And then a huge part of my practice is pedes. That might be more traditionally what you think of when you think of an ENT as doing, which are tubes and tonsils: ear tubes for chronic otitis media, or ear infections, and adenoidal tonsillectomies for kids who are having a lot of chronic tonsil disease. I probably do two to five sets of tubes a week and probably five tonsillectomies a week. That’s another great thing about ENT: You have a lot of quick, fun cases, and a lot of excitement there, because it’s fast-paced. I love taking care of kids. When you combine that with the sinus cases and the ear cases, drilling into the mastoid bone, opening up because of ear disease, you really get an interesting, variable job.

Is that why you chose it? Absolutely; I think if you asked any ENT that’s the answer most of us would give, because it’s so true of the specialty; there’s so much variety. I can walk into a room and someone could be there because they’re hoarse and I could be concerned they have a cancer, or it can be a 9-month-old with many ear infections. We get kids in our clinic who are as young as a few days old, and then I see people who are over 100 for hearing loss.

Do you and Mark take your work home with you? You know, we do. It is not uncommon for us to be discussing an interesting case over coffee in the morning as we’re coming into work, or batting around ideas for how to manage somebody and optimize their care. It’s very interesting being partners with your spouse. People talk to us about it all of the time. There are so many people who are like, I could never work with my husband or my wife. For us, it seems very natural; it just all kind of flows together.

What would you say to a woman, or a girl, who is thinking of following in your footsteps? I would strongly encourage it. I think I have a great life. I have a meaningful professional life. I get to take care of people and see them get better and see them grow from straightforward, practical interventions. I have a great, fulfilling professional life. I also feel like I get to have a great work-life balance and spend a lot of time with my kids. This job has afforded me that. If this is something that you’re interested in, work hard, study, learn.

What’s something you wish your patients would not do?

Smoke. That’s probably the biggest one. It’s the most cliché physician thing, right? But it impacts everything. It impacts allergy and sinus, the underlying inflammatory state of the upper digestive tract and certainly our head and neck cancer patients. There are many contributing factors to head and neck cancer and by no means are all of them smokers, but the ones who do smoke get aggressive disease. We then at that point strongly encourage them to quit. It’s such a tough habit to quit. It’s powerful for sure.

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You and your husband have done some medical trips.

What are they like? They tie into our passion for

travel. Our goal is to make a trip every two years; we’re currently working on setting up an African medical mission. In Mexico, we operated for a week. Mexico is nice because you fly down, it only took six hours of travel time through Atlanta. In Mexico, we did a big lip cancer case. We took out a salivary tumor that was deforming; that was probably the most satisfying case, because she went from completely deformed by this benign salivary tumor to normal in 45 minutes. It’s very, very rewarding. We do lots of kids’ surgeries about airway quality of life. I did some pediatric ear surgeries as well. We do surgery to correct cleft lips and palates.

What are some of the ways the hospital supports you? I feel very lucky in this regard, too: Our hospital is extremely supportive. Columbus Regional Health is an outstanding hospital. They have supported us in innumerable ways. But one of the ways is they really have brought in the technology we need to have the most cutting-edge, state-of-the-art care. We have image-guided sinus surgery. We have nerve monitoring for our thyroid and ear and parotid surgery. We’re really able to take advantage of the resources the hospital provides for us to take care of our patients. CRH has been great to us. When we came, they brought in all of the technology we wanted to provide outstanding care for our patients.

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Bikers with heart

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The Maidens of Mercy during a stop in Mill Race Park.

Maidens of Mercy have fun doing good

By Amy Goodwin / Photography by Ali Hendricks

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A The MOM patch features a female rider. This insignia can only be worn in accordance with the group’s bylaws.

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About eight years ago, Columbus resident Dinah Fortmeyer and her husband, Steve, were riding through the southern Indiana countryside on their motorcycles. They stopped to take a picture in front of an old farmhouse.

A man emerged from the house to visit with them.

He was Herman Johnson, a 92-year-old World War II veteran and Camp Atterbury retiree. Johnson was also a former motorcycle rider, and he had an item he wanted to check off his list of life events.

He wanted to ride on a motorcycle one last time, and he wanted that bike to be driven by a woman.

Dinah Fortmeyer rounded up a group of 16 area bikers, and two weeks later they showed up to help Johnson check his final ride off his list.

“I sincerely hope he knows what he started,” Fortmeyer says. His request kicked off more than one bucket list ride; it sowed the seeds for the Maidens of Mercy, a southern Indiana-based, all-female motorcycle group with a charitable twist.

A detail of a MOM bike.

The Maidens of Mercy, or MOMs as they call themselves, are dedicated to serving people in need within their communities. “A simple act of kindness can make all the difference in the world,” Fortmeyer says.

The MOMs stand in contrast to the biker stereotype: leather-clad, nihilist tough guys stomping in and out of bars in heavy boots. “When we ride, we have fun and perform random acts of kindness along the way,” Fortmeyer says.

“We all have the basic need to be loved and wanted.”

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The MOMs take regular rides around the area.

The MOMs organize random acts of kindness, or RAK, rides. Group missions include delivering Christmas presents to needy families during the holidays, showing support to community members in hospice and riding as a group to memorial services for local families and fellow riders.

The MOMs also take part in large charity rides every year. Past rides include the Support Our Troops Ride in 2016 and the Little Angels Ride in 2015. The Maidens most recently rode in the Delphi Memorial Charity Ride to benefit the families of two murdered Indiana teens. More than 4,000 bikers participated and raised more than $100,000 to help the families.

“When people have special needs that they don’t want to bother others with, often bikers understand and are willing to try to fill that need,” Fortmeyer says. “Some do it publicly with a benefit; other bikers do it silently and without announcement.”

Janie Meek, Maidens of Mercy vice president and city of Columbus clerical administrator, says the group holds a special place in her heart for its support of children and cancer awareness charities. Last year, a member of her family organized a charity ride for teen suicide awareness and prevention that she was proud to take part in.

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Top, the MOMs stop in Mill Race Park. From left, Kimberly “Honey Bee” Johnson, Rebecca Glick, Tess “Spook” Gray, Eva Plessinger, Donju “Crazy Bird” Taylor, Diane “Pocahontas” Brown, Janie “Sunshine” Meek, Connie “Peaches” West and Dinah “Dinamo” Fortmeyer.

At left, Brown shows off her riding skills. Above, the MOMs set off to finish their ride.

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Kimberly “Honey Bee” Johnson atop her bike.

XPO Logistics, a local company, reached out to the group to help plan a July charity ride to benefit Our Hospice of South Central Indiana. The MOMs are eager to work with other local nonprofits.

“If a community organization were to contact us — say, for example, the Girls Club — [saying] that ‘we have a group of girls and we just want you to come down, park your bikes and talk to them about riding,’ we would be happy to,” Fortmeyer says.

“Women have enough responsibilities, meetings, functions, events, after-school curriculum, commitments to family, church, etc.,” she says. “They don’t need another obligation. What they really need is a motorcycle, the skill to ride and a supportive group of women riders we call a ‘sisterhood.’”

The group’s bylaws dictate how the members wear its insignia, a patch

featuring a winged female figure, kitted out in sunglasses and a hat, a heart tattoo on her hip and crucifix around her neck.

The large patch, which members wear on the backs of their jackets, represents feminine, strong, kind, spiritual and law-abiding women who ride, Fortmeyer says.

MOMs can earn bonus heart-shaped patches after they have suggested and completed a random act of kindness with the group while wearing the Maiden vest. The rest of the members’ apparel is utilitarian.

“Black leather chaps, jackets and boots are not a costume. We are not riding to look cool or cute,” Fortmeyer says. “It’s all protective gear.”

All types of motorcycles are welcome, she says. Not all of the MOMs ride Harley-Davidsons; Meek, for example, rides a Yamaha. “We want to welcome all bikes and riders, but they do have to have

a large enough engine to keep up with the group,” Fortmeyer says.

Hitting the road with the MOMs gives riders a chance to build their skills. The MOMs have Donju Taylor, a Columbus real estate agent and bike safety instructor, as a resource. As their road captain, she leads the rides, planning the routes as she identifies safety hazards. Riding a motorcycle, Taylor says, is a balance of confidence and awareness. “Ninety percent of other road vehicles do not see us, so we have to ride as if we are invisible,” she says.

Riding a motorcycle safely and successfully is a mental battle, Taylor says. Other women who want to ride but don’t feel confident or strong enough can learn to ride smaller bikes, then graduate to the larger motorcycles. Some of the women the MOMs encounter feel as though they cannot be bikers and be feminine at the same time, but such concerns are not relevant to the MOMs’ core goals of engaging with the community in a nurturing and compassionate way.

“Women have so much going on,” Fortmeyer says. “This is a group where you can go and have fun and be free, and you feel your responsibilities flying off of you as you ride. That’s why it’s called ‘wind therapy.’ Women carry too much responsibility. We’ve got meetings and kids and elderly parents and demanding jobs, and we are torn in 12 different ways, but on a Saturday and Sunday you want to get out and relax. I recommend any woman to learn to ride.”

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A Lotta Frittatas

These dishes are fancier than scrambled eggs, not quite as elegant as an omelet

By Daniel Neman, St. Louis PostDispatch via Tribune News Service

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Frittatas live in that gray area between two of America’s favorite brunch foods, or rather the yellow area. A baked egg dish with various ingredients inside, they are hearty, not delicate; filling, not frilly.

That is why you can eat them at any time, for any meal and at any temperature — hot, warm, room temperature or chilled. Best of all, they are the ultimate blank slate. You can make them with anything you like. You are limited only by your imagination.

Even with my limited imagination, I managed to come up with five examples. They range from spicy to savory to sweet, with meat, with seafood and vegetarian. Mostly, I drew my inspiration from other dishes, figuring that whatever works without eggs has a good chance of also working with them. Like bagels and lox. It’s one of my favorite breakfast meals, and I often even have a scrambled egg or two (or three) on the side. In its honor, I made what I call a No-Bagel Frittata: smoked salmon, onions and maybe some capers cooked in a frittata.

I even mixed in some cream cheese. You can’t have bagels and lox without cream cheese, even if you aren’t using bagels.

It tasted even better than I’d hoped. The creamy tang of the cream cheese plays beautifully off the eggs, and the smoked saltiness of the salmon adds a lovely high note that is countered by the earthy undertone of sautéed onions.

But when I brought out all the frittatas to our hungry taste testers, the No-Bagel Frittata was not the one to go first. The one that was gobbled up almost instantly was what I call the Frittata Lorraine. It has bacon in it, enough to imbue the entire dish with its irresistible flavor. And, of course, nothing goes with eggs like bacon, just as nothing goes with bacon like eggs.

Unless you add cheese. I added cheese — Gruyere, to be exact, though Jarlsberg or Swiss would also be good. And because I put milk in all of my frittatas to make them creamier and more custardy, I basically ended up with a crustless quiche Lorraine.

My next effort is based on what is probably my favorite frittata I have ever had at a restaurant. It’s a mixture of vegetables mixed into the egg with

curry powder, and sriracha sauce on the side. For my version, I used potato, onion, zucchini, carrot, green pepper, mushrooms and tomato. I thought about celery, too, but that seemed excessive.

The trick lies in getting all of the bite-sized pieces of vegetables to the same degree of doneness. So I started with the potato, which takes the longest, added the onion and carrot, and finally ended up with the rest of the vegetables. While these were cooking, I seasoned them with curry powder so the vegetables would have that warm, exotic flavor. Then when I poured in the eggs and milk, I added more of the powder so the eggs, too, would be flavored with curry.

The result? Oh, my.

And if you like sriracha, by all means serve it with the frittata. It takes it to another level altogether.

I stuck with brunch favorites for my next frittata.

Working off the pleasing combination of cheese and eggs, I decided to create a frittata based on a cheese strata.

In a traditional cheese strata, the eggs and milk completely soak into the bread overnight, so you essentially end up with cheesy French toast. But for my Strata Frittata, I suspended cubes of toast in the cheese-filled custard. This way, it’s an egg dish rather than a bread dish. And don’t forget the mustard. A half-tablespoon of Dijon is absolutely required to put this strata into the stratosphere.

I saved dessert for last. This time, my inspiration came from crepes suzette, those delicious orange and butter-filled treats. For my Suzette Frittata, I put fresh orange juice and zest into my eggs, along with sugar and more butter than usual. I also increased the amount of whole milk I used to make a creamier dessert.

But that’s not the best part. With traditional crepes suzette, you flame the dessert with ignited Grand Marnier to create a superb sauce. I didn’t want a sauce with my frittata, but I did want the Grand Marnier.

So I simply added it to the egg mixture. The result was enchanting. The Grand Marnier contributes a hint of mystery to the dish, and the sweetness of the sugar is nicely balanced by the faint bitterness of the zest. This is a grown-up, fully flavored frittata. It may be more elegant than an omelet, after all.

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HOT MESS FRITTATA Yield: 4 servings 1½ tablespoons butter, divided ½ potato, cut into ½ to ¾-inch cubes Salt ½ onion, chopped 1 carrot, sliced thin ¼ cup chopped green pepper 1 cup diced tomato 1½ teaspoons curry powder, divided 5 medium mushrooms, quartered ½ zucchini, chopped 8 eggs, lightly beaten 3 ounces (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) whole milk Freshly ground black pepper Sriracha, optional

NO-BAGEL FRITTATA Yield: 4 servings 1½ tablespoons butter, divided ½ onion, chopped 4 ounces smoked salmon, chopped 8 eggs, lightly beaten 3 ounces (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) whole milk 4 ounces cream cheese, softened 1½ teaspoons capers, optional Salt and black pepper Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In an ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat, melt ½ tablespoon of the butter.

Add onions and cook, stirring frequently, until soft, about 10 minutes. Stir in smoked salmon and cook a minute or 2 until it changes color. Set aside. Pour the eggs and milk into a large bowl. Add cream cheese in marble-sized chunks, along with optional capers and enough salt and pepper for 8 eggs (if the salmon is salty, do not add more salt). Whisk until just mixed.

Add remaining 1 tablespoon butter to skillet and stir to coat the sides. It’s fine if some of the onions and salmon stick to the sides. Add egg mixture and place in oven. Bake until eggs are just set, 15 to 20 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In an ovenproof skillet, melt ½ tablespoon of the butter over medium-high heat.

Add the potatoes and salt to taste (potatoes need a lot of salt), cover and cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.

Add the remaining 1 tablespoon butter, onions, carrots, green pepper, tomato and 1 teaspoon of the curry powder.

Cover and cook, stirring occasionally, an additional 5 minutes. Uncover, add mushrooms and zucchini, and sauté until all the vegetables are cooked through, about 5 minutes more. Meanwhile, add eggs, milk, the remaining ½ teaspoon curry powder and enough salt and pepper for 8 eggs into a large bowl. Whisk together until just mixed.

Pour into the skillet and place in oven. Bake until just set, about 20 minutes. Serve with sriracha, if desired.

FRITTATA LORRAINE Yield: 4 servings 8 eggs, lightly beaten 6 slices cooked bacon, crumbled 4 ounces shredded Gruyere cheese, or Jarlsberg or Swiss 3 ounces (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) whole milk Salt and black pepper 1 tablespoon butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, bacon, cheese, milk and enough salt and pepper for 8 eggs, until just mixed. Melt butter in an ovenproof skillet. Swirl around all sides. Add the egg mixture and place the skillet in the oven.

Bake until eggs are just set, 15 to 25 minutes.

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STRATA FRITTATA Yield: 4 servings 8 eggs, lightly beaten 6 ounces sharp or extra sharp cheddar cheese, shredded 1½ teaspoons Dijon mustard 3 ounces (¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons) whole milk Salt and black pepper 2 pieces white toast, cut into small cubes 1 tablespoon butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, cheese, mustard, milk and enough salt and pepper for 8 eggs, until just mixed. Stir in cubes of white toast. Set aside for 3 minutes. In an ovenproof skillet, melt butter, swirling around on all sides. Add egg mixture and place in oven. Bake until eggs are just set, 15 to 25 minutes.

Henry Social Club 423 Washington St., Columbus (812) 799-1371 henrysocialclub.com

Culinary adventures in a sleek setting: This is the dining experience you’ll find at Henry Social Club. More than that, the venue is proof positive that one doesn’t have to travel to get the kind of food experience found in a larger city. Since opening in late 2014, HSC staff, under the direction of owner and chef Gethin Thomas, have served up a mixture of large and small plate dishes, as well as steaks, salads, pizzas, pastas and pastries, and an extensive wine and spirit selection.

SUZETTE FRITTATA Yield: 4 servings 8 eggs, lightly beaten 1 tablespoon orange zest, minced 1/3 cup fresh-squeezed orange juice ¼ cup plus 1 teaspoon granulated sugar, divided ¼ cup Grand Marnier Salt ½ cup whole milk 2 tablespoons butter Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, add eggs, zest, orange juice, ¼ cup of the sugar, Grand Marnier and salt to taste (remember, you are seasoning 8 eggs). Whisk until just mixed.

Add milk and whisk again until just mixed. Melt butter in a large, oven-proof skillet, swirling it around all the sides. Add egg mixture and place skillet in oven. Cook until eggs are just fully set, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove from oven and turn oven to broil.

Sprinkle the remaining 1 teaspoon sugar evenly over the top and broil on the top rack for 3 minutes, until the top is golden brown.

Johnny Carino’s Italian Restaurant 870 Creekview Drive, Columbus (812) 372-2266 carinos.com

Described as an authentic Italian restaurant with added spice, Johnny Carino’s features one-of-a-kind favorites, all handcrafted from the finest, freshest ingredients available. Order the ever-popular 16-layer lasagna or dive into a classic dish such as chicken Parmesan. If you’re ready for a new twist on Italian fare, try Johnny Carino’s Italian nachos or the jalapeno garlic tilapia.

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Roots

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By Katie Glick

Glick’s daughter, Mae

With the news today and the issues in one different than themselves and flourish. I our community and country, it’s no wonder was raised to appreciate my family’s history that many parents go to sleep at night thinkand hard work and to always remember where ing of their children’s safety and future. Some I came from when I got to where I was going. of us may even hold on so tightly or so long However, I was told to learn and appreciate that we don’t even make it to our own beds. from others, no matter how different, while I However, there is a lesson in letting go and was developing myself and working hard in allowing children to learn as they navigate my career. through this world and life.

I feel very fortunate that I live in a commuI attended a breakfast with one of our nity that exposes me to different cultures, and elected officials last year while he I am excited to raise my daughter was home from D.C. We were in a community that embraces talking about differences in cities diversity. Although we have and towns around the state and plans to travel with our children the vast differences in our own around the world and teach them communities. He said something about different cultures, we are that has stayed with me that I think also excited to come home to the Katie Glick lives with her of often: We built secluded neighcows and cornfields. People think husband and daughter borhoods where the houses looked it’s crazy when I tell them we on their family farm similar and the families led similar want to travel — especially with near Columbus. She shares her personal, lives. We stopped living next to our kids — and immerse ourwork, travel and farm and learning from people who are selves in different cultures, but life stories on her blog, different than ourselves, therefore we learn so much about ourselves “Fancy in the Country.” making us more isolated from and others when we do. I hope an array of diverse people, backyou embrace where you come grounds, issues and opinions. from but seek to learn what else is out there I fully believe that creating deep roots for beyond the ground you are standing on. children helps them in developing who they Our daughter may not want to travel and are and who they will become. However, see the world as we do. She may be perfectly some parents don’t let their child’s roots grow happy with her deep roots on the farm. But at beyond a seedling that may never see past the least she will have been given the opportunity ground they are standing on. to make that decision and understand how Creating deep roots for children to learn others think, work and live. I would rather about their heritage doesn’t need to take away hold her tight while I show her the world than their ability to grow wings, learn from somehold her tight and keep her from it.

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