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Leo Cook: Jack of All Trades

First Posted: 1/21/13 02:28 PM EDT Updated: 1/21/13 02:28 PM EDT
Originally published April/May 2012

BY ELISABETH ANDREWS Things Leo Cook can do: mix an award-winning cocktail, play the electric washboard, make 50 varieties of Rice Krispies treats, and hug more than 1,000 people within 24 hours. He’s also a plumber’s assistant, a part-time landscaper, a volunteer cook and server at the Shalom Community Center, a volunteer bagger at Bloomingfoods, and a popular emcee for local events like LifeDesigns’ Week of Chocolate and the costume contest at The Bluebird Nightclub. Cook, 46, has strutted his stuff in the Dancing With the Celebrities showcase, raised nearly $1,000 for Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard with his Hug-a-Thon, and even cohosted the nationally syndicated The Jenny Jones Show. His day job these days is head caterer at the Showers Inn [...]

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Filed Under: Our Town Tagged With: Bloomingfoods, Elisabeth Andrews, James Kellar, Leo Cook, LifeDesigns, Mother Hubbard's Cupboard, Shalom Community Center, Showers Inn bed and breakfast, The Bluebird

Award-Winning Salsa Recipes: Specialty Salsa

First Posted: 9/5/12 03:34 PM EDT Updated: 9/5/12 05:07 PM EDT

Bloomingfoods and the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department cohosted the 24th annual Salsa Contest during the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market on August 25. The Salsa Contest staff says it “always takes place at the end of August when tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers are at the height of their glory. We encourage contestants to focus on local ingredients when they can, including heirloom tomatoes, garlic, and hot or sweet peppers. Many specialty salsas make use of local peaches, berries, or other fruit.” The teams of judges were made up of local foodies, one of which was Bloom‘s very own food editor Christine Barbour. The salsas were judged in three categories—cooked, raw, and specialty. We recently posted the winners of the Cooked Salsa and Raw Salsa categories, which brings us [...]

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Filed Under: Food/Wine, Web Exclusives Tagged With: Adam Dick, Bloomingfoods, Christine Barbour, City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department, Harold Adkisson, Luz Lopez, Salsa Contest, Susan Welsand, Tim Clougher

Award-Winning Salsa Recipes: Raw Salsa

First Posted: 9/4/12 02:19 PM EDT Updated: 9/4/12 02:20 PM EDT

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Filed Under: Food/Wine, Web Exclusives Tagged With: Adam Dick, Annie Corrigan, Bloomingfoods, Bryan Will, Christine Barbour, City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department, Joe Estivill, Lynn Schwartzberg, Patricia Wells, Salsa Contest

Award-Winning Salsa Recipes: Cooked Salsa

First Posted: 8/31/12 03:45 PM EDT Updated: 11/16/12 03:44 PM EDT

Bloomingfoods and the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department cohosted the 24th annual Salsa Contest during the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market on August 25. The Salsa Contest staff says it “always takes place at the end of August when tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers are at the height of their glory. We encourage contestants to focus on local ingredients when they can, including heirloom tomatoes, garlic, and hot or sweet peppers. Many specialty salsas make use of local peaches, berries, or other fruit.” The teams of judges were made up of local foodies, one of which was Bloom‘s very own food editor Christine Barbour. The salsas were judged in three categories—cooked, raw, and specialty. Over the next few days we will be posting the [...]

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Filed Under: Food/Wine, Web Exclusives Tagged With: Alice Hui, Alyson Baer, Aulaire Schmitz, Bloomingfoods, Chris Gaal, Christine Barbour, City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department, Kayte Young, Recipes, Salsa Contest, Terry Cox, Toby Moreno

George Huntington: Bloomingfood’s GM

First Posted: 8/6/12 03:59 PM EDT Updated: 8/8/12 12:04 PM EDT
Originally published October/November 2011

BY NANCY HILLER In George Huntington’s family, community service is a tradition. Great-grandfather John Homer Huntington was a member of the city council that voted to build a new city hall—now the Ivy Tech John Waldron Arts Center—in 1915. Grandfather George Earl Huntington was a Monroe County prosecutor. The next George Earl Huntington devoted his career to law enforcement; he served 20 years on the city’s police force—eight as chief—and then another 20 years as head of the Indiana University Police Department. George Earl Huntington III, who goes simply by George, continues the family tradition, though in a less conventional way. Since 1994, he has been general manager of Bloomingfoods. Bloomingfoods operates three food stores with an emphasis on local [...]

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Filed Under: Our Town Tagged With: Amber Lynn Brown, Bloomingfoods, George Huntington, Nancy Hiller