From the monthly archives:

September 2010

Check out wine me, dine me on Stacked!

September 29, 2010

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.

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Business travel isn’t all that bad.

September 28, 2010

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.

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Mayberry Foodstuffs to deliver, partner with Findlay Market

September 28, 2010

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, but I also know that CBD/OTR isn’t quite at critical [...]

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The one thing I’ll miss about summer…

September 27, 2010

Other than that, bring on fall.

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Review: Through the Garden

September 22, 2010

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 was (if I recall), fairly good. When I emailed my [...]

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Mayberry/World Food Bar Owner to open Urban Grocery Store

September 22, 2010

As a bunch of local Twitter folks were discussing urban grocery stores on Twitter yesterday, The Enquirer ran a development blog post discussing the opening of a new urban grocery store in the Central Business District. This store, called Mayberry Foodstuffs according to the Business Courier, will be open til 10 PM 7 days a [...]

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Review: Les Macarons de Jean-Francois

September 20, 2010

Macarons are quite possibly my favorite confection. I don’t think they’re going to be “the next cupcake”, since they’re tricky to make and involve some fairly expensive ingredients (almond flour, finely milled, is not cheap). Macarons are, essentially, egg whites, sugar, and almond flour cookies with something sandwiched in between– sometime jam, sometimes ganache. Traditional [...]

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So, how was your weekend?

September 20, 2010

Mine was pretty good, if the following video gives you any hints: (So, I guess he’s The Fiance now?)

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Review: Zip’s

September 14, 2010

Can you believe in 2.5 years of wine me, dine me I’ve never written about Zip’s? Burgers in Cincinnati are a divisive issue. The classic rivalry is between Zip’s fans and Quatman’s fans, with Terry’s Turf Club entering the fray as a relative newcomer. Quatman’s and Zip’s are a little more in the “classic” territory, [...]

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Graeter’s Ice Cream in NYTimes

September 13, 2010

Graeter’s is sure getting a lot of press these days, what with Food Wars coming to Cincinnati today to do Graeter’s vs. Aglamesis, and now a profile on Graeter’s expansion outside of Cincinnati (as well as their new, state-of-the-art production facility) in the New York Times yesterday. Their big exposure was, of course, Oprah in [...]

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