West Point Market Cookbook
Russ Vernon
9781629221915
255 pages
University of Akron Press
Overview
In Seattle, people swear by Pike Place Market. In the Big Apple, native New Yorkers trek to Zabar's. In Northeast Ohio, everyone salivates at the thought of West Point Market's killer brownies. West Point Market, a market like no other, packs 350 varieties of cheese, 3,000 different wines, and 8,200 international gourmet items into 25,000 square feet of sheer culinary heaven. Family-owned since 1936, the Market's national reputation for quality and panache attracts professional chefs, party planners, gastronomic connoisseurs, and anyone who savors a dish that adds spice to life, literally.
Author Bio
Russ Vernon began working at his father’s West Point Market at the age of eight. He retired as chairman in 2006 but continued to play an active role in the store until its closing in 2015. Among his many honors, Russ was named Small Business Person of the Year by the Small Business Administration, Entrepreneur of the Year by the Akron Regional Development Board, Sales and Marketing Executive of the Year by the Akron Sales & Marketing Association and was inducted into the Family Business Hall of Fame at Case Western University’s Weatherhead School of Business.
