More than 30 years ago, eating "fresh and local" on the Pacific Coast of Ecuador where I was visiting friends meant enjoying Ceviche, also known as Escabeche, and Seviche. On that trip I experienced many foods that were beyond my land-locked Ohio food patterns.
The Halloween Opera, the annual display of Halloween-related arts and crafts along with food and speakers on haunted historic buildings, Halloween folklore, zombies and vintage Halloween images. Mauch Chunk Opera House, 41 West Broadway, Jim Thorpe. Today, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $6. Proceeds benefit the Jim Thorpe Lions Club. 325-3480 or 952-1264.
Bloomsburg Fair. The 152nd annual agricultural event wraps up this weekend with amusement rides, grandstand concerts, carnival midway, livestock and horticultural exhibits, monster truck show, the Rosarie-Zoppe Chimps, Animals of Distinction, horse pulling, an exhibit by the Atlantic Coast Old-Timers Auto Racing Club, dog show, demolition derby and tractor and truck pulling. Today and Saturday, 9
