Where to eat, what to cook, and what's happening around the city. Straight from the team that has been touring Columbus kitchens since 2010.
It seems that most cities these days have a restaurant week. Restaurant weeks are designed to get new customers into restaurants, and allow people to feel that they are getting good value, while boosting both revenue and exposure for the restaurants. You may recall that we had a restaurant week in March. You are correct,
Read moreThe North Market’s Food and Ohio Wine Festival is held right on our door step and I proposed the idea that we should have a Slow Food table to raise awareness of the Slow Food movement and recruit some new members. Unfortunately by the time I had this idea it was too late for us
Read moreGoats at Integration Acres On a beautiful June weekend Slow Food Columbus took its second trip to Athens. The first trip at the beginning of November was a day trip highlighting the Village Bakery, Green Edge Gardens and Jackie O’s Pub and was documented by CMH Gourmand. We seem to have very good luck with the
Read moreI cooked two new things for lunch today: Kasha and Chard. The chard was a gift from my friend Jane and it was beautiful. I believe it came from the Clintonville Farmer’s Market but I’m not sure which farm. I used to avoid leafy greens because my mother is allergic to spinach and for that reason
Read moreOur holiday weekend turned into three days of food, fun and feasting. Friday night was an al fresco dinner to celebrate a friend’s birthday with delicious treats from Zingerman’s Deli in Ann Arbor, spicy capicola from Thurn’s, foie gras pate from France, smoked oat cakes from Ireland, local tomatoes with basil and Blue Jacket Dairy
Read moreI haven’t been posting on Hungrywoolf as much as I would like to and I still have a lot of posts to catch up on from my trip to England and France as well as a Slow Food weekend in Athens (Ohio) and some other random bits and pieces. One of the reasons that I
Read moreA lot of restaurants are reacting to the recession with prix-fixe menus, bistro style offerings or early bird specials. There are some great deals around if you are able to eat early and don’t mind having a limited choice. G Michael’s has a Monday night special that looks like good value A special occasion and
Read moreSome superlative meals are the subject of much anticipation and others you just stumble upon. While anticipation can be extremely enjoyable, it can also lead to disappointment when the dreamed of dishes do not quite compare to what was conjured up in your imagination. The meal of happenstance comes without the baggage of expectation and
Read moreI had been wanting to tour the Krema Nut Company for sometime. Although it is only a mile and a half from my house it isn’t as easy as it sounds. You can only visit on weekdays, during office hours and you have to have a group of twenty or more people. Finally I
Read moreI’m playing catch up again, so another month of highlights. It’s hard to know where to start, there have been so many this month. Probably most memorable was my first trip to Yellow Springs. I had heard so much about Yellow Springs but it lived up to the hype, helped by perfect weather over Mother’s
Read moreMay marks the return of the farmers markets and I am so glad to have them back. Last year I was a North Market devotee and while it is still my nearest and dearest, this year I have decided to branch out and explore some of the other farmers markets that Columbus and Ohio have
Read moreSome of you remember the pawpaw liqueur from last fall’s Shake the hand that feeds you dinner, created by the folks at Highland Estates. These people are not ones to do things by half. Having sampled a chili infused Vodka at the Surly Girl Saloon, they were inspired to attempt some chili infusions at home. They
Read moreIn September I went to the OEFFA Local Harvest Dinner and bid for and won a mushroom log workshop. At the time I really didn’t know what this would entail, but I love mushrooms and it sounded intriguing. The workshop was hosted by Janelle Baron of Blue Owl Hollow Tree Farm in Newark Ohio. As
Read moreIn my last post I said that April was a month packed with wonderful food experiences. It ended on a high note too, with an omakase dinner at Kihachi. It is always nice to have an excuse for dinner at Kihachi, arguably the best Japanese restaurant in Columbus and one of the best restaurants in town
Read moreWhat a month…. More visits to the Mi Li Cafe and I have almost worked my way through the menu. On our last visit the owner told us ‘you are so brave, you will eat anything’. This was after a bowl of Bo Kho, a delicious beef stew with brisket and beef tendon and a
Read moreBacon is one of the most popular topics on Columbus Underground and as CMH Gourmand observes ‘in Columbus, Bacon is the new Black’. It is therefore of no surprise that sooner or later a bacon explosion would appear. Well, actually two bacon explosions, we are not ones to do things by half. The bacon explosion
Read moreThe Columbus Underground meet up at Details tonight reminded me that I still haven’t posted about the Details Experience I had earlier this month. Details has been a go to place this year with its enticing combination of classic and innovative cocktails, excellent ‘bar’ food and the opportunity to chat to the engaging Chef Drew Garms.
Read moreThank you so much to everyone who came on the taco truck tour and to Jim and Andy for helping to make it such a fun event. I have to admit to being apprehensive about how it would go but the everyone seemed to have a great time and the response has been wonderful. Over 80 people
Read moreI have had many variations of huevos rancheros in restaurants. It is one of my favorite breakfast things to order out. It can be risky though, especially if you are somewhere new. Variations range from amazing to awful, with some pretty indifferent versions in between. One of my favorites from Sylvester’s in Northampton MA, was served with
Read moreI love sushi, but eating good sushi out can be expensive and supermarket sushi is usually disappointing. My friends Margaux and Tim got me started on making sushi at home and I was surprised by how good it was. While I am certainly no expert, it isn’t as daunting as I thought and we have had
Read moreThere are certain times of the year that I miss England more than usual – Easter is one of those times. I miss big hollow foil wrapped and commercially themed Easter eggs that only seem to exist in such abundance in England, the conversations about how many Cadbury’s creme eggs so-and-so can eat in one
Read moreThis is cross posted from tacotruckscolumbus.com We’ve encountered gargantuan Tlayudas, succulent Pollo Al Carbon, and the delicious and unique flavors of parts of animals we never knew existed. Cincinnati looks upon these offerings with envy, while Cleveland says, “yeah, we’ll take some of that.” and Japan – well, we have no idea what they actually think of it
Read moreBranching out from the Columbus restaurant scene, I recently had a wonderful dinner at Rue Dumaine in Dayton. By sheer coincidence my friend Andrew was there on the same night and posted a review that echoed most of my sentiments, before I could even say ‘I’m a lapsed blogger’. Opened at the end of 2007, Rue Dumaine is the
Read moreThe last month (can it really be that long?) has flown by and I am now faced with a pile of photos, notes, menus and cards and am scratching my head wondering where to start and what I can remember. I’ll start with the new places I have been. Some of these are really new
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