October 27, 2011 Food & Drink

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October 27, 2011

Turkish Delight

In my house, no one knows how to cook a meal without setting off a fire alarm, which means that around Thanksgiving, while the kids trace hand-shaped gobblers and festoon...

Cocktail Hour

Be it good or bad, there’s a lot that goes into a cocktail; ambiance and charisma can be just as important as the spirits themselves. One finds all the essentials at...1

A Brave New World (of Beer)

When Mark Pottschmidt first walked into World of Beer it was in a suburban Florida shopping center owned by Stanberry Development. “You had so many different kinds of beer...

Behold, the Great Pumpking

Though October’s Indian summer may have faded, there are still plenty of reasons to be enthusiastic about the shift in season – pulling sweaters out of the closet, the smell...

Portable Pork

One of Columbus’ newest food trucks, the Swine features European deli-style food with a gourmet’s taste buds in mind. The Angus roast beef sandwich, for example, includes...

Classy Comfort

“Comfortable.” It took the Matt the Miller’s team six months to come up with that one word. Prior to opening the tavern, the proprietors sat down and tried to come up...2

Sweet Tooth: Pattycake Bakery

If you don’t think ‘amazing’ and ‘delicious’ when you think ‘vegan’ you probably haven’t tasted the goods from Pattycake Bakery. It all started when Jennie...

Food Wire

The economy might be in the crapper and folks are occupying cities all over the planet, but restaurants keep popping up all over Columbus. Whether it’s faith in the city’s...

The Breakfast Burrito

November is the month of Thanksgiving, and let’s face it: Thanksgiving is the greatest holiday ever. Take a long weekend, put on some loose sweatpants and sit down to a feast...

The Big Pre-Game

While duck, goose and ham are making a comeback at holiday feasts, turkey still reigns supreme at Thanksgiving with 88 percent of Americans eating turkey over the holidays –...

October 1, 2011

Raising the Bar

There comes a time in the life of any man in America where he must make a serious decision about his home. The structure is solid, the yard is kept and the pipes are leak-free....

It's All Gravy

“When are they going to make diet biscuits and gravy?” – comedian Jim Gaffigan, via Twitter Well Jim, sad to say. there is no such thing. If you’re sitting down to...4

Wine: In Season

You or someone you know likely hunts; those 2.2 million hunting licenses sold annually in Ohio certainly aren’t buying themselves. So whether it’s you, a relative, a...

Cocktail Hour

Typically, the bar menu is a separate entity from the restaurant, and the two stick to their own respective guns. A Manhattan is a Manhattan, and if you think it goes with your...1

Yuengling, At Long Last

The masses – at least those of legal drinking age – are giddy with excitement as an elusive beast of a brew prepares to rear its head in the local market. The long-awaited...

Spice Up Your Autumn Palate

As autumn snuggles in, it’s not just the colors of the leaves that change – the hues on the dinner plate turn warmer as well. Gone are the green shades of summer, replaced...

Fast Fresh Eats

For years, Columbus has been unfairly pegged as a test market for super-sized drive-thru slop. Lucky for us, a few local establishments have finally cracked the fast food...

Food Wire

I can’t count the number of times I’ve almost fender-bendered while rubbernecking yet another food truck or cart. If I had a quarter for each close call I’d be able to …...

Sweet Tooth

In a city full of bakeries and sweet shops, I was dying to ask Sugardaddy’s owner Mark Ballard only one question: What sets you apart from everyone else? Yet the answer is...1