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.
I believe that Saturday marked the sixth of our taco truckin’ excursions and it was one of the most intriguing. Having launched the taco truck blog we were following up on some of the new suggestions that had been posted. You can read more about our adventures here. As well as finding some new taco trucks
Read moreMarmite is the one British food that I can’t live without and I always bring some back with me. It is probably the one foodstuff that I eat most frequently and the one that I never grow tired of. I could buy some here, in a tiny jar, but it is ridiculously expensive and for some
Read moreThis recipe is a hybrid, inspired by my mother’s pumpkin savory recipe, Peter Berley’s Tomato Goat Cheese Strata and a few random ingredients in my fridge. Berley’s recipe from Fresh Food Fast uses day-old artisanal bread, which I didn’t have, but I did have a butternut squash and I was really pleased with the result.
Read moreI went to two events at Hills Market this weekend. Saturday was Market Day and a chance to meet some of their local suppliers. These were mostly from Ohio although I did notice a few from neighboring states. Quite a few of my favorite local food producers were there including Blue Jacket Dairy, Snowville Creamery
Read moreI still have a few goodies left in the freezer from last summer. It is somewhat of a random collection and judging by some of the freezer burn should have used them up by now. I think in part I was waiting for inspiration but maybe there was an element of nostalgia in retaining relics
Read moreLast week was the inaugural Restaurant Week in Columbus, organized by Dine Originals, a group of (currently 42) independent restaurants in the city. This could (perhaps should) have been an opportunity to try somewhere new, but for me restaurant week gave the impetus to revisit some old favorites. Each establishment presented either a $15 or
Read moreAs mentioned previously, CMH Gourmand and I have been working on a joint project: Mapping and sampling all of the taco trucks in Columbus. Geography and food – a perfect hungrywoolf endeavor. Here is a map of the taco trucks we have located and eaten at so far. View Larger Map Our timing wasn’t ideal and
Read moreThis post is duplicated from the Slow Food Columbus Blog. Slow Food Columbus has had a thrilling first year with a burgeoning membership and some spectacular events, most notably theShake the Hand that Feeds you Dinner at the Flying J Farm in September. The anniversary dinner was an opportunity to celebrate the convivium and fittingly, the Italian
Read moreThe food highlight of the week was probably fish tacos – partly because it’s a nice treat to come home and find someone cooking you dinner, but also because they lived up to their ‘yummy’ description. Trust me, I am becoming something of a taco aficionado. We used tilapia instead of the suggested halibut and
Read moreOne of my favorite English customs is pancake day. This is celebrated on Shrove Tuesday (the day before Lent starts) and traditionally it was then you used up the fat and sugar before Lent began. Obviously it is a similar idea to Fat Tuesday. When I was at school we used to make and sell
Read moreAnother drop in the temperature was all the excuse I needed to make Astrid’s lamb Abruzzi. This is a dish that my friends Helen and Ed served at a New Year’s dinner a couple of years ago and I loved it. I believe that they got this wonderful winter recipe from one of their neighbors
Read moreAnother wonderful food event at Hills Market. The premise of the dinner, was to provide courses inspired by each of the five 2008 Oscar Nominees for Best Picture. Jill Moorhead (Hills Market Marketing Director), who had patiently watched each movie looking for food references, admitted how hard it had been as none of this years nominations really
Read moreThe love affair with Details continues….. especially now they have $5 (for 3) tuna tar tar tacos on tuesdays and $3 wings on wednesdays! My current favorite is the Old Fashioned sandwich, made with smoked pastrami beef brisket, sauerkraut, rye toast and dijonaise sauce. As you can see I am still working through the menu.
Read moreI have been a fan of Pistacia Vera since I first visited their German Village shop last summer and I was excited when Hills Market announced that they were having a Pistacia Vera wine pairing event. As well as being a wonderful local/ gourmet grocery store, Hills Market has a lot of food events, including
Read moreThis is my 100th post and I planned do something ‘special’ but really this is just a long overdue round up. I’m going to start with an apology for having had an unplanned hiatus and proceed with a synopsis of the last few weeks. I do have some exciting news – my blog is being
Read morePeter Berley’s is still my go-to chef. I have been pleased with everything I have made from his books Fresh Food Fast, and The Flexitarian Table. I made a couple of his red cabbage recipes recently, fortuitously each called for half a head of red cabbage. I think red cabbage is often overlooked and seems relegated to
Read moreI had a busy week and didn’t have any time to blog. As I think back over the week, it amazes me how many delicious things I ate. Obviously, eating was one of the things that kept me busy! Here are some of the highlights: Discovering the blue plate lunch special and cichetti menu (Venetian
Read moreAnother Veganomicon recipe and still one of my favorites. Very simple, and it works with all sorts of Asian greens. Tender greens, ginger, toasted sesame seeds and crispy shallots. This time I made it with baby bok choi from the Greener Grocer. Over the summer I used a variety of different greens from Toad Hill
Read moreI got the idea for cauliflower hummus from Veganomicon. I made it over the summer following their recipe (which also includes parsley and scallions) but I thought it would be better with less cauliflower – they use about 2 pounds. I think the revised version worked really well and none of my guinea pigs guessed
Read moreOne of the things that I am really appreciating about Columbus at the moment is the fact that I can buy local Ohio foods even in January. It is easy in the summer to buy local foods when there is abundant local produce but in the winter it is much more harder to find local
Read moreThis is the third of Lisa’s monthly dinners I have been to and I always have a wonderful time. Good food, wine and company, what better way to spend a Sunday evening. It is always a fun and relaxed atmosphere. This time the dinner was held at a new venue: the Wild Goose Creative. It
Read moreThis is the second year that I have been to the Burns Supper at Barley’s Smokehouse, where the Burns Supper is a well established and obviously much loved tradition. This was the 10th dinner that they have held and it is one of my favorite food events. There is such a wonderfully warm and fun atmosphere
Read moreI have a new favorite flavor combination from Jeni’s: Gravel Road (a perennial favorite, which is salty caramel with smoked almonds) and the new smoky chocolate made with lapsang souchong tea and homemade marshmallows. So good it is enticing even when the temperature is well below freezing. If you are in Columbus, try it. If not,
Read moreIt seems that there are lots of people in search of the perfect meal. I just listened to an NPR feature about Andy Hayler, who has eaten in all of the 3 star Michelin restaurants and blogs about his experiences. I recently read two books by food writers in pursuit of culinary perfection: Jay Rayner’s
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