Long before he became a restaurateur, Peter Reuter had the Italian word “scorpacciata” permanently inked on his forearm. The technical translation is “big feed,” calling to mind a long table full of all your Italian relatives passing around homemade platters. Reuter connects to the word’s more symbolic meaning, which relates specifically to seasonal feasts.

Scorpacciata refers to Italy’s so-called “zero-kilometer rule,” the idea that you don’t have to travel even a full kilometer to get all that you need. “When it’s tomato season, you eat tomatoes all the time; in the fall, you eat from the harvest,” says Reuter, a Cleveland Heights native. “It’s about taking advantage of abundance — eating with the seasons and gorging yourself with the seasons.”