by Jon Khanna | Nov 12, 2017 | Blog
November 12 was a day of celebration for 17 graduates of our class inside Grafton Correctional Institution. The men in this class learn the very same curriculum and skills as our students at Shaker Square do over the course of nine months – class just takes place...
by Jon Khanna | Oct 29, 2017 | Blog
EDWINS students, alum and staff got together for a pumpkin carving contest at the EDWINS Second Chance Life Skills Center! You’ll have to be the judge of who did best, but we can all agree it was a great time! Thanks to Resident Adviser Rebecca Charles for...
by Jon Khanna | Sep 10, 2017 | Blog, Press
Knife Skills, a film by Academy Award winner Thomas Lennon, is getting some high praise from culinary greats. Anthony Bourdain said, “Restaurants are for those of us who don’t, won’t, or can’t fit in elsewhere … Knife Skills is the...
by Jon Khanna | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog
The French call them courgettes. In Spanish, it is a calabacín. Americans know them zucchini, the abundant green summer squash. Fried zucchini, sautéed zucchini, zucchini bread, zucchini pancakes, zucchini linguini, zucchini fettucine — even a zucchini martini...
by Jon Khanna | Aug 25, 2017 | Blog
As we get closer to the four-year anniversary of EDWINS Restaurant on Nov. 1, we’ve been looking back on how far we’ve come. EDWINS started as Brandon Chrostowski’s vision, and first flourished inside the walls of northeast Ohio’s correctional facilities. Then EDWINS...
