Cleveland Cooks
Who would have thought that Cleveland would become a food mecca and home to some of the best chefs and restaurants in the world? We would! With almost 120 distinct ethnic groups in Cleveland it was inevitable that the great recipes and techniques that have been passed down for generations would surface.
ClevelandCooks is geared toward:
- Chefs
- Home cooks and wannabe chefs
- Foodies
- People who like to dine out and try new things
- Food industry entrepreneurs
- And more
ClevelandCooks features the best restaurants and chefs in Cleveland and NE Ohio and lists our favorites in a variety of categories (looking for great dim sum anyone?)
- The videos on ClevelandCooks will educate and entertain.
- The tips will help you prepare and enjoy food better.
- The Food Adventurers will let you join like-minded people to enjoy local restaurants together
- And more
Featured this Week
Coffee (Qawah) first invented in Yemen?
We spoke with Marwan from Qawah House at a preview for One World Day in the Cleveland Cultural gardens on August 30, 2026. He told us that Qawah means Coffee in Arabic. He said that while coffee was first discovered in Ethiopia it was the Yemenis who first invented the drink we all know today.
In the 1400 as part of the Silk Road Yemeni people discovered the properties of the beans. He says that the volcanic soil, high altitude, and dry climate of Yemen produces beans with flavor profiles found nowhere else on earth. For eight generations, the Al-Hasbani family has cultivated coffee on the highlands of Yemen which he calls the birthplace of coffee. Some of the drinks have spices such as cardamom, pistachio or nutmeg.