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Restaurant & Dining writer at the Cincinnati Enquirer. James Beard Award-Winner. I was carried to Ohio in a swarm of bees.
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On savory pastries www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

Lincoln Heights 1 Nazis 0 www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

In 1963 Gloria Richardson saw a National Guardsman's bayonet pointed at her & pushed it away like:"If you don't get that foolishness out of my face!"She led the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee,a grassroots movement in the Deep South. She died in 2021 at 99. Celebrate Black History 365.

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Savory pastries from North-South bakery in Covington, Kentucky. Good stuff. Check it out if you haven't been there yet.

Billy Grise's great-grandfather opened a restaurant in Piqua, Ohio in 1915. More than a century later, he did the same thing in Covington, Kentucky.

“It’s truly a fraudulent situation where the business-interruption insurance that everybody’s been paying for is not coming through,” said Molly Irani, chief hospitality officer of the Chai Pani Restaurant Group. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/d...

All he had to say was this, but he went ahead and said that, instead. God help us all.

I've been thinking about prime rib for a while now. Figured it was time to write about it.

Congrats to Cincinnati's Jordan Anthony-Brown, Mike Stankovich and David Jackman. Well deserved. www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

Highly Recommended: Jimmy Carter: Rock n Roll President, on Max. It came out a few years ago, but today is a good day to watch it. www.jimmycartermovie.com

Ranking ain't easy. Each one of these restaurants is spectacular in its own way. Each one set a goal for itself and completely, sometimes brilliantly, hit the mark. www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

If the presents are wrapped and you're looking for something to do before Christmas Eve dinner, how about hopping online and booking a reservation at a local restaurant for January? Just consider it a gift to yourself (and our magnificent restaurant industry, too).

They had me at braunschweiger.

As a fellow quarter-Irishman, I can relate to this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzlM...

More bad news. www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

It's been a cruel December for local restaurants (this isn't the only big closing I'm writing about today). Please show them as much support as you can. www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

Someone needs to rebrand the grain bowl.

Now that it seems Frisch's is done for, can we lure a few Friendly's locations back to Ohio?

A short appreciation of chef Paul Liew's Nasi Lemak. www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

Some good gift ideas here. Thanks, Midwesterner. midwesterner.substack.com/p/the-2024-m...

My daughter's school was closed today not because it's snowing but because it's cold (it's 18 degrees right now). As a kid who grew up in 1970s New England, I can't wrap my head around this.

The history of a tree: From its origins in Athens County, Ohio 42 years ago, to its (controversial) unveiling in Downtown Cincinnati last week. www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...

Turns out the Subway steak & cheese of memory and the Subway steak & cheese of reality are two entirely different things.

Congrats, Wildweed. www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

Thanksgiving Eve prime rib.

Traffic from Bluesky to @bostonglobe.com is already 3x that of Threads, and we are seeing 4.5x the conversions to paying digital subscribers.

I know that The Ice Storm is the greatest Thanksgiving movie ever made. But let us not forget Jodie Foster's Home for the Holidays, which is so much better than its title might suggest.

First snowfall of the year in Cincinnati. Thinking about my dad, his love of snow, and how he would retire to the living room this time of year to lie on the sofa & listen to the Messiah on the RCA console. Weird I just opened the Atlantic and found this article. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

Here's a thorough explanation of the new agreement in Denmark to reduce emissions from ag.

Uzbek cuisine has finally arrived in Cincinnati. And we're all better off for it. (Lagman stew from The Plove, in Fairfield).

Did not expect that Netflix Elvis doc to lift me up so much. Also didn't expect Conan O'Brien to be so heartbreakingly sincere about his admiration for him.

Bluesky has officially won social media.

Nice profile of an Ohio legend. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/15/a...

My editor just told me that Cincinnati isn't an oyster town and now I'm determined to prove him wrong.

Megan Mitchell isn't just our morning anchor here in Cincinnati. She's also a champion of the LGBTQ community, a strong supporter of our local restaurants and an all-around delightful person. Let me rephrase that: She is the exact definition of delightful. www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...

My grandmother drank whiskey sours. And now I do, too. www.cincinnati.com/story/entert...