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Jul
01
The Flip-Flop Contessa
Alice BlaneyLamb Chops & Warm White Beans
Lamb Chops with Mint and Mustard Dipping Sauce
2 cloves garlic, smashed
2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
12 loin lamb chops, ½ to ¾ inch-thick each
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
3 rounded tables
Jun
22
BYOB: Brew Your Own Booze
Jac KernDrinking is an all-American pastime, kind of like baseball (for some…),
but it can result in a lot of trash or ridiculous bar tabs. Enter Mr.
Beer...
Jun
19
The Flip-Flop Contessa
Alice BlaneyThis is a great dish
to make for a summertime dinner. It’s easy to make, and the ingredients
are really easy to find. I love the way the tomatoes really neutralize
the flavor of lemon, also pairing well with the arugula.
Jun
17
Garrison Keillor Loves Cincinnati
Steven Rosen
Garrison Keillor loves Cincinnati, especially its beer-brewing and Porkopolis traditions, so much he read a poem to it during his June 13 appearance at Riverbend. It's available on an audiofile at prairiehome.publicradio.org — just click on "Cincinnati Poem."
Apr
09
Local Distillery Gets Int'l Rave Review
Michael Schiaparelli
Some of you might recall that CityBeat’s 2007 vodka tasting panel named an unlikely local product, Cincinnati’s Woodstone Creek Vodka, our “best of show.”
Well, lest anyone think that master distiller and super-taster Don Outterson is a one-trick pony, world-renowned whisky expert, writer and critic Jim Murray, in his recently released 2009 Whisky Bible, includes the following rave review of Don’s first small-batch, single malt whisky:
Mar
02
Maple Madness
Margo PierceMaple syrup doesn't come from a bottle; it comes from trees, sap to be specific. The Cincinnati Nature Center at Rowe Woods is hosting a day-long event to "savor" this "first taste of spring" on March 14.
"The experience of helping to collect sap, visiting the sugar house with the steaming evaporator, then savoring a taste of warm maple syrup borders on magical," says Jason Neumann, experiential education specialist.
Feb
23
Free Buttermilk Pancakes
Margo Pierce
We get a lot of weird press releases at CityBeat. Many
are from businesses looking for free publicity when all they have to offer is
made-up news. But this one was just too good to ignore, even if it were just
for the recognition of National Pancake Day.
Dec
15
Kaldi's Closing at Current Location
Cameron KnightRumors have been circulating for most of this year, but the official press release came out today. Here's is what it said:
Kaldi’s Coffeehouse & Bookstore, “the living room of Over-the-Rhine,” has announced that it will permanen
Nov
19
Bourbon Tasting Panel Report: Tasting Notes
Michael SchiaparelliHere are complete tasting notes from the 11 bourbons sampled at the Deadwood Saloon during CityBeat’s Bourbon Tasting Panel. (See the complete article here.) They’re listed in the random order in which they were tasted. Notes are primarily min
