Check out this winning raw chili recipe
This is the raw chili recipe that won People’s Choice at the Park + Vine Chili contest I wrote about today. I didn’t include it in the story because it’s a little out of the mainstream for a general newspaper audience. I was completely skeptical when...
Posted: 2/2/2011 9:50 AM in Campbell’s Scoop
One more
This one you can buy: I spotted this at Fresh Table at Findlay Market last weekend. Some other shoppers and I spent a few minutes discussing how many people it would feed and how awesome it looks. Everything’s from the market–bread from Bean Haus, most...
Posted: 2/1/2011 4:49 PM in Campbell’s Scoop
Or this Super Bowl snack
I made these spicy cumin fries recently and ate them for dinner. They were a little intense as a main course, but they’d make a great party snack. They’re hot and spicy and delicious. The recipe is adapted from The Food Network magazine. 2 pounds frozen...
Posted: 2/1/2011 4:37 PM in Campbell’s Scoop
Super Bowl snack
Every year about this time, Chex announces the winner of their recipe contest. They run it on line with recipes for sweet and savory variations on Chex Mix contributed by cooks around the country. Every vote helped contribute money to Feeding America....
Posted: 2/1/2011 4:11 PM in Campbell’s Scoop
Eating in Spanglish
There are a lot of food blogs in Cincinnati, so it’s getting difficult to find some of the newer ones that have really unique angles. Found one! Eating in Spanglish is the creation of Maria Paz Moreno, who writes about food, recipes, and the occasional...
Posted: 2/1/2011 11:33 AM in wine me, dine me
Good pizza
When people argue about pizza (and people do love to argue about pizza), I don’t often hear this one mentioned. It’s the simple tomato-cheese-basil pizza at Ingredients, in the Westin Hotel downtown, across the street from Fountain Square. I think most...
Posted: 2/1/2011 10:56 AM in Campbell’s Scoop
Vegan Potluck February 20
EarthSave Cincinnati and VeganEarth are hosting an information session and vegan potluck Sunday, February 20, 2011 at Clifton United Methodist Church, 3416 Clifton Ave., Clifton. Khristina Martin and Kevin O'Connor of Mercy for Animals are this month...
Posted: 1/31/2011 4:40 PM in The Veggie Option
Local whisky released
Woodstone Creek , the microdistillery in Evanston has just released their single peated malt whisky, their first 10-year spirit. It’s called “The Murray Cask” because whisky expert Jim Murray loved it so much. This is the first bottling that the local...
Posted: 1/31/2011 3:10 PM in Campbell’s Scoop