You Should Be Eating This: Sopa de Pollo
Autumn—otherwise known as chicken soup season—is upon us. And this blogger is prepared to make a strong statement on that subject: The sopa de pollo at Taqueria Mercado is as good as it gets. The...
View ArticleLocal Flavor
News you can digest. Findlay Market will host its third annual Fall Food Festival on Sunday, October 28th from noon until 4pm. Live music from Ghost Trees and StarDevils, food tours and seasonal...
View ArticleWe Can't Wait to Try It: Life of Riley Foods
This sweet little foods company has been appearing on Park + Vine store shelves and at festivals and farmers markets city-wide. They create locally sourced sauces and spreads like cilantro pesto,...
View ArticleWalkin' The Talk
Many restaurants proudly support local farmers and food artisans. The Wildflower Cafe (Mason) takes it a step further with a large blackboard illustration of Ohio that features the name and location of...
View ArticleThanksgiving By The Numbers
Think your Thanksgiving meal is a big deal? Check out the annual Thanksgiving buffet that Chef Todd Kelly of Orchids at Palm Court oversees. Number of guests: 1100Number of slow roasted turkeys:...
View ArticleChef Shuffles
After four years as Executive Chef of The Cincinnatian Hotel, Jose Salazar has left to pursue new projects. While his own restaurant is in the works for the near future, Salazar will be overseeing the...
View ArticleBooks for Cooks
A few of the food and cookbooks I’ve been reading and cooking from over the past several months. Most of these make great gifts and are available at local bookstores or amazon.com. The Country Cooking...
View ArticleA (Tea) Room of One's Own
Somewhere in your bleak, mid-winter musings, you’ve had the fantasy: you want your own restaurant. Not a fancy-schmacy city place, but a Mayberry RFD-ish small town spot with checkered tablecloths and...
View ArticleA Saucy Little Number
Finding purity in a dream and a pot of tomatoes. Since the age of 16, I’ve had a frequently recurring dream. The setting is always the same: A small village in Italy, a cottage overlooking the sea. I...
View ArticleOver-the-Rhine Restaurant Stars on The Cooking Channel
Local restaurateurs Dan and Lana Wright and their restaurant Abigail Street star in an episode of America's Best Bites, a new series on The Cooking Channel debuting April 20th. Each 30-minute episode,...
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