Review: Thai Express

May 23, 2013

As an UC alumna, I have no idea how I never made it to Thai Express in college.  It has all of the things a college student (and, let’s face it, the rest of us) likes:  cheap, delicious food with enough for leftovers the next day.  I was sparked to try Thai Express by Ryan [...]

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Spring Trifle

May 13, 2013

I spent most of Saturday judging a wing contest at Sawyer Point.  My lips have finally regained feeling in them after the “hottest wing” competition, and I got to know Jessica Brown from Fox 19, a fellow judge. Color me surprised when I get a call from her around 9 PM that evening:  ”Julie, can [...]

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Review: Barrio Tequileria

May 3, 2013

Northside is the epicenter of the Cincinnati Tacosphere. Fact. You have Tacocracy, the hard-to-pronounce, anti-establishment taco joint, that fills their tacos with potatoes and very un-taco-like fillings, surrounded by old airplane doodads in an old goth bar. Then, you have Django Western Taco, with its cowboy flair, serving either individual or family-style tacos and a [...]

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Home Cooks: Theresa Nguyen

April 19, 2013

I’ve been quiet for a little while. Work, life– things happen. I’d been intending to post all week, but between Boston, Waco, and a few other things– well, I decided I needed to write about something really positive. I love the things home cooks do and share around the city.  I can name a dozen [...]

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Reds Add Frisch’s to Starting Lineup

March 25, 2013

I have always wanted to write a headline like that. Despite the impending snowpacalypse (I am still waiting for it…), today was the media preview day for the Cincinnati Reds’ food, one of my favorite treats each year. I love taking my lunch hour and trying new food, hanging with the mascots, and generally just [...]

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Cocktail Hour: The Brooklyn

March 25, 2013

I often wonder if Martha Stewart gets emergency cleaning texts from her friends: “Martha! I have mustard on my shirt! What do I do?”  Or if Alton Brown gets random cooking science phone calls from his sister-in-law, “I mixed milk in vinegar, what’s that reaction called?” I am no Martha or Alton, but I do [...]

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Carriage House Farm hosts Outstanding in the Field

March 8, 2013

A couple of years ago at the first FoodBuzz Blogger conference in San Francisco, the final night was hosted by Outstanding in the Field. All of us– and there were probably 100 or so– packed into a distribution warehouse, surrounded by food that would be sent to stores and restaurants across the San Francisco area. [...]

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Bites: Escargot at La Poste

February 28, 2013

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that escargot exist only to be vehicles for garlic and butter.* Don’t try to argue with me there. If escargot weren’t traditionally soaked in garlic butter, green with parsley, Bourgogne style, would most people eat them? Thought so. I had my first escargot encounter on my first trip to [...]

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Win 2 Tickets to Art of Food!

February 27, 2013

The lovely folks at the Carnegie have presented me with two pairs of tickets to the Art of Food!  I’m giving one pair of tickets away over on Facebook, but the other pair?  Here. The Art of Food is the annual event at the Carnegie that features local artists and chefs honoring food. The opening [...]

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Please to Collaborate with Carriage House Farms

February 27, 2013

I am going to jump out on a limb here and say it: Ryan Santos is one of the most interesting folks in the Cincinnati food community today. He uses hyper-local ingredients, including items he’s foraged out of his Prospect Hill back yard.  His dinners are themed, but not obnoxiously so– more like a concept [...]

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