'Iron Chef' Winner to Cook at Settlers Ridge

Chef and Food Network personality Alexandra Guarnashchelli will take part in a cooking demonstration in Robinson Township. Tickets are now available.

Chef Alexandra Guarnashchelli will make a guest appearance the Robinson Township Market District Giant Eagle.  Guarnashchelli is the season five winner of the popular cooking competition show The Next Iron Chef. She also serves as a judge on the Food Network series Chopped and has appeared on Good Morning America and the CBS Morning Show.  She now serves as the executive chef of eateries The Darby and Butter, located in New York City.  Guarnaschelli will appear at 11 a.m. May 18 at the Robinson Township Market District location for a cooking demonstration. The appearance is free to attendd, but tickets are limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Find more information on attending on the Market District's website. 

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Robinson: How About a Little 'Generosity of Spirit?'

Columnist Gab Bonesso is just looking for a little good will this holiday season and, well, maybe a mini iPad too.

One of the most famous, over-quoted lines in motion picture history is from the 1992 Penny Marshall film A League of Their Own. The quote goes as follows: “Are you crying? There’s no crying in baseball.” One character declares something to be true, whether it is or not, because it’s humorous. Comedy always trumps fact. There is no such rule. The umps would have to throw fans out of the game who get misty eyed while singing “Take Me Out To The Ballgame.”   I bring up this quote today because I feel like I want to walk into the Robinson Township Market District Giant Eagle and scream something similar to the customers of the store:  “Are you being mean? There is no mean in Christmas!” Christmas used to bring out the best in people. As a kid …

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Giant Eagle Donates Toward Adoption of Robinson Police Dog

The grocery chain donates $1,000 toward the adoption of a Robinson Township Police dog.

The Market District Giant Eagle at Settlers Ridge has donated $1,000 to the Robinson Township Police department for the adoption of a canine officer.  Robinson Police Chief Dale Vietmeier said his department has kicked off fundraising efforts for the dog, which will be adopted through the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Canine School. The estimated cost of training the dog is between $15,000 and $20,000, Vietmeier said.  Officials from Giant Eagle presented township commissioners with the check at the board's November meeting. 

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Is That Who I Think it Is? McCutchen at Giant Eagle?

Columnist Gab Bonesso had a celebrity sighting last week at the Market District Giant Eagle in Robinson.

I’ve met a few celebrities in my lifetime. Woody Allen made my knees weak. Molly Ringwald? Not so much. So I was taken aback at how much I was taken aback by a celebrity sighting at the Market District Giant Eagle in Robinson. Mind you, I spend way too much time there. And I’ve never seen a celeb. Until now. I had to go shopping on a Saturday because it was literally my first day off of work in over a month. Mom and I worked our way through the store trying to remain pleasant despite the fact that we both hate crowds. But mom and I were not phased by the crowds, the noise, or even the jazz ensemble performing Miles Davis’ tunes in the fish section. We were unstoppable. As we were nearing the end of our shopping journey, I happened to …

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Surviving Stink Bug Season

Columnist Gab Bonesso has seen masses of stink bugs throughout the area and it's making her tense. Very tense.

Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. `'Tis some visitor,' I muttered, `tapping at my chamber door - Only this, and nothing more. - Edgar Allen Poe (The Raven) I have been thinking of this Poe poem lately. While he is speaking of a raven rapping and tapping on his chamber door, I have been hearing stink bugs rapping and tapping on my bedroom window. Not nearly as poetic, I know. I can’t believe that not only are the stink bugs back, but they seem to have arrived in a much larger quantity this season. If you don’t believe me then take a …

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Time for a Crossing Guard at Robinson Market District

Columnist Gab Bonesso has a scary experience crossing the street at the Robinson Market District Giant Eagle.

I’ve already written about the apparently impossible concept of pedestrians, cyclists and motorists sharing the road with one another without killing one another. The response was mixed. Many cyclists thanked me. Others despise the road pedalers and said “I see too many cyclists riding through stop signs”. It was a polarizing topic which made this people-pleasing columnist tense. With that said, here I go again. I think it is time for the Robinson Township Police to station a crossing guard at the Market District Giant Eagle. Last Sunday my mother and I were shopping at the store in Robinson Township.  Normally when we arrive I drop my mother off directly in front of the store’s entrance so that she doesn’t have far to walk with her cane. …

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