Expanding Waists and Scrumptious Tastes: Judging the Best of Taste of Cincy

Have you ever felt like Monty Python's Mr. Creosote, the bloated epicurean who explodes in a gory mess when he surrenders to the inducements of an evil maitre d' offering him a "wafer-thin mint" after a laughably enormous feast? Well, that’s how I felt last Monday after helping judge the Best of Taste food competition for the Taste of Cincinnati festival.