Well Fed On the Town

Last weekend, my wife and I took a short drive to Columbus, Ohio. One of the places we visited was the North Market, as 59 Spruce Street, just north of downtown and near the convention center.
Columbus originally had 4 markets: central, east, west and north, and the North Market is the only one remaining. […]

Yes, you read that correctly… In a downtown that is almost lifeless outside of work hours, there’s something of a bright spot appearing along the edges. First was the Therapy Cafe, a trendy, metropolitan club that started making something of an island of martini-drinking inhabitants in the middle of old concrete and industrial […]

I love traveling and finding the ‘foodie’ places in a city, but every once in a while, I find that there’s a local foodie place that I’ve either forgotten about or never even visited. Cincinnati has one of those places.

Findlay Market is in the Over-The-Rhine area of Cincinnati, just north of downtown. This […]

The fourth annual Menu For Hope is currently underway. This was started by Chez Pim, of www.chezpim.com, and helps to raise money for hunger relief via the United Nations’ World Food Programme. Last year, more than $60,000 was raised. On Chez Pim’s website, the prizes are listed, with information on how to […]

I realize that it’s past Thanksgiving, but I was thinking of what Thanksgiving-related topic fits the ‘Well Fed On The Town’ theme. Most cities of any size will typically have some sort of Thanksgiving dinner for a lot of people, and Dayton, Ohio, is no different. Elder Beerman, a company that owns department […]

On November 1, Dorothy Lane Market, my favorite local market, held their hit event of the season–the Holiday Food and Wine Show. The Springboro store shuts down all its other operations for this show, which costs $70 per ticket (and sold out in no time).

While I didn’t attend this year, I wanted to highlight […]

I love Pittsburgh. There, I said it.
When I was a kid, getting into a Chevy Kingswood Estate station wagon with my mom, stepfather, sister and two stepsisters, for what was then a 5-6 hour ride, I never would have thought I’d ever say I loved that city. I know I’ve talked about Pittsburgh […]

In line with local shopping/dining/markets, one of my favorite things in fall is going to local apple orchards. I love getting fresh apples picked on the premises, and my favorite orchard also presses their own cider.
Cider is like liquid autumn to me. The taste reflects the colors of the season. Stolz’s Fruit […]

One thing that local kitchen stores often offer is the ability to learn bits from chefs that are in the area. Instead of long-term classes at a culinary school, customers can take a 3 hour class at a very reasonable price.
The variety is part of what makes this fun. One of the local […]

I’m a nut for kitchen stores. I don’t know when this happened, but it’s true. I can’t pass up a Williams-Sonoma for the life of me, even though they all have the same stuff. I still have to look!
With my tendency to like local shopping, though, I find myself preferring local kitchen […]