I love Halloween. Well, mostly I love Fall, and both Thanksgiving and Halloween are huge parts of the fall. I love the candy corn (Brach’s Caramel Apple is my favorite), dressing up, and of course, entertaining. While I’m not having a Halloween party this year, […]

I spent part of last week in San Francisco for work. I did, however, end up a few interesting places after hours. Boulevard, which is near the Ferry House off of Market, was recommended by my coworker John, who is pretty much batting 1.000 as […]

From our friends at Skyline… On Wednesday, October 6, 2010, Skyline Chili will help Cincinnati Reds fans celebrate the team’s first trip to the playoffs since 1995. All Reds fans who wear their spirit gear (hats, jerseys, outwear, pins, etc.) to their local Skyline chili […]

I admit that when Katy told me about this danish, I had some reservations.  Goetta? Danish?  Then I thought about all of the savory-sweet applications for bacon (Vosges bacon bars, bacon brittle, Dojo’s Porkopolis gelato) and realized that a goetta danish was simply Cincinnati’s answer […]

Buick Regal will be test driving 2011 Buick Regals as well as introducing Cincinnatians to two chefs:  Bravo-TV Top Chef Masters Season Two winner Marcus Samuelsson and Food & Wine’s 2008 Best New Chef Michael Psilakis as well as mixologist Michael Green and the Roadfood crew, Jan […]

The great guys at the Mercantile Library asked me to do a guest post for their awesome literary/culture blog, Stacked. I, of course, wrote about food.  Head over there to see what I’ve been reading.

First, this is the view I had while at dinner at my hotel last night: And I got bitters from Cask, which is around the corner from my hotel.

I sat down last Friday with Josh Campbell from Mayberry, and he had a few tidbits about the new Mayberry Foodstuffs store on Main Street. I asked Campbell why he wanted to open a grocery store downtown. As a resident, I know it’s a need, […]

Other than that, bring on fall.

Through the Garden is a classic Blue Ash restaurant, that’s been either around the corner or somewhat near at least three of the jobs I’ve had in the past ten years, but I’ve never actually gone there for lunch. I’ve had their catering before, which […]