Sometimes The Boyfriend and I get into dining ruts. Our Friday nights go something like this: “What are you thinking, dinner-wise?” “I don’t know, what do you want?” “I don’t know, what do YOU want?” We go ’round and ’round until we end up at […]

As reported on the Cincinnati Blog, Lavo has a new (pretty spiffy looking) website. I’ve been there since the shakeup, and still enjoy the time I’ve spent there.  I really like the people who work there, and Chef David does a pretty good job putting […]

Yes, dear readers, I ventured deep into Kentucky for this one. Oriental Wok is a restaurant that many, many friends have recommended. They have three locations, two in Kentucky and one that just opened in Hyde Park. I ended up at the Buttermilk Pike location, […]

(Guest post by The Boyfriend) Julie doesn’t normally review chain restaurants here on wine me, dine me.   But this is a general guideline,  not a hard-and-fast rule.   She does make exceptions for local chains, small chains, and chains that are just moving into the Cincinnati […]

When we were in college, a bunch of pizzas, some jarred salsa and chips and a case of cheap beer was more than enough to fuel a killer party. As we get older, our tastes change and our budgets expand, and we get busier—but we […]

Kari is one of my dear friends who lives in New York.  She shares my foodie exuberance and love of prosciutto holders (wow, is that a long story…). Anyway.  She mentioned she was going to Le Bernardin for dinner, and I jokingly suggested, “Oh, that’s […]

Oooh, lookie. Slashfood polled its readers for their favorite sandwiches… and guess what’s #42? 42. Coney Dog with cheese and onions at Skyline Chili in Cincinnati, OH And soon after? 46. Pastrami on Rye at Katz’s Delicatessen in New York, NY (four votes) Seriously, though, […]

Restaurant Week has started– and, to be honest? I’m barely even tempted to go. Last year, we had such mediocre experiences– and we frequent a lot of the GCI restaurants, and do NOT have mediocre experiences– that if we go, it will be merely coincidental. […]

My Google blogroll isn’t working for some reason– am doing some troubleshooting, but I may have to switch to something else. Grr! Lots and lots of posts coming… soon! ETA: Ah. It’s a Google issue.  Man, they’re not doing so well with the uptime lately, […]

Check out this fantastic manifesto on sustainability and organ meat and how a diet– that includes foie gras, seriously– fulfills the pattern of creation and destruction inherent in how the Earth works.  It’s written by the chef of Incanto in SF, Chris Cosentino.  Incredibly well-thought […]