January 17, 2012 Special Section

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January 17, 2012

Behold: Pizza Quest!

In the summer of 2010, Jeff Fernengel, Columbus’ erstwhile artist, punk rocker and provocateur, stopped me in the middle of a bar, insistent on becoming the capital city’s...6

Table Talk

1. Jason Cashola DJ, Get Right Cheap: If you know me, then you know I ride hard for Japanese Steakhouse lunch specials (479 N High St). Over the years, my palate has changed,...

Meet the Tastemaker: Kent Rigsby

Background: from waiting tables at the original TGIF to chef at Lindey’s Restaurant and Bar Education: California Culinary Academy Hometown: Columbus Favorite food city:...

Meet the Tastemaker: Greg Lehman

Hometown: Columbus Education: The Ohio State University, Business/Marketing. Distilling Experience: Self taught with lots of field study. You’ve just finished your...

Meet the Tastemaker: Vicki Hink

Background: I come from a Polish background, cooking and baking has always been important in my family. Buying fresh ingredients and local products has been a way of life for me...

Brunch with Nick

(content excerpted from Breakfast with Nick: Columbus, 2011) Columbus is a brunching city. Our favorite eateries are packed on Saturdays and Sundays with everyone from...

Dine or Die

Eating healthy – like developing rickets or tumbling headfirst down a flight of stairs – is no fun. But as the adult obesity rate in the United States inches past 34...

Raw Power

Maybe I’ve been to too many liquor stores and bars, but when someone mentions “green” drinks, I tend to think of Midori – melon margaritas, Green Lanterns and Mile...

The Real Meat & Potatoes

It’s clear that Chef Hubert Seifert is passionate about cooking. Starting as an apprentice at age 14 in Germany, he created an impressive and worldly resume before settling in...

Rare Cut

Salmon, the other red meat – at least it is when it’s wild Alaskan coho like the piece sitting on the cutting board in front of Milestone 229’s Chef Christian Hattemer....

Deep Cuts: Your new go-to dish

Everyone has that dish. That one meal they can cook that’s kinda fancy, pretty delicious, and makes a good impression. It’s a date dish, an in-law dish, a show-off dish....

Soup’s On!

As the temperature outside nears the bitterly cold and gray winter Columbus has become accustomed to, appetites and moods all over Central Ohio are beginning to crave that warm,...

The Big Chili

Finding a wide variety of palate-pleasing cuisine in the capital city has never been an issue. As Ohioans inevitably bundle up for what is perpetually expected to be the...

Fast Fresh Eats

By Kimberly Stolz 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...

Dinner with a Side of Jazz

By Morgan Landis Eclectic elegance. That’s the first phrase that formed in my head as I stepped into the new de-NOVO bistro downtown. Though the place had been open only nine...

Fun on the Side

By Scott Woods I’m not a picky eater. Usually, a box of Velveeta shells, a bottle of hot sauce and a few Budweisers serve me well. Every once in a while, however, it behooves...

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...

Run for the Hills

If you haven’t heard of the Neighborhood Launch project, you’ve very likely at least seen its impact. For years, downtown – outside of its trademark skyline – has been...

What’s Brewing?

Columbus Brewing Company has become downright ubiquitous in Central Ohio. That’s not by accident. CBC’s brewmaster/owner/saddistic overlord, Eric Bean, has been focused on...

Winter Warmers

’Tis the season ... for drinking. Whether it’s the seasonal affective disorder bringing you down or the fact that you actually have to spend time with your family, the...

The Perfect Cup

Everybody has big dreams for 2012, but often, it’s the little things that make the difference. You need to start your day on the right foot, and for most folks that requires a...

Cocktail Hour

Karmen Dann, The Rossi The Rossi manager Karmen Dann serves libations that feature local ingredients (including candied ginger from North Market Spices) and reflect the lives...

Tasteful

The cherry pie looks scrumptious. The lattice pastry top is glistening with buttery goodness and the red cherries burbling between the flaky crust strips beckon with their...

Just Desserts

**Sugardaddy’s ** Sumptuous Sweeties Multiple locations (614) 888-4491 www.sugardaddys.com Sugardaddy’s owners Mark Ballard and Tom Finney didn’t just get lucky with...

In Season

January In the short days of winter, the bright colors of the farmers markets seem so, so far away. However, it is possible to keep the food-loving mojo going during these...

A Tale of Two Meals

Dear Patron: Good evening! I will be your server tonight. Our specials today are the lobster bisque and the vegetable pot roast. But before you order, a few quick things I...

Where’s The Beef?

When you are craving a good steak – and I don’t mean just any old chunk of char-crusted cow hide, but a really great, better-than-sex, melt-in-your-mouth piece of Prime –...7

Meet the Tastemaker: Rick Lopez

Background: Grew up in local kitchens – from Damon’s and Long John Silver’s to Gourmet Market and Tapatio; chef/owner of past favorites Crescendo and La Tavola; current...

Is Beer the New Wine?

Wine and beer have been on the menu before anybody had the presence of mind, or the cognitive skills, to print menus. We’re talking Stone Age; the history goes back so far the...

Table for Two

The holiday season conjures up images of heaping platters, arms reaching one over the other, and mismatched chairs crowded around the familial table (with both leaves in)....

Sweet & Salty

It’s the Christmas season and I’m wandering around the gift shop at Franklin Park Conservatory. Against the backdrop of the vibrant poinsettia tree and the twinkly lights is...

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