My wife and I were at a new-to-the-area market yesterday called Earth Fare. For the most part, I prefer Dorothy Lane Market, but Earth Fare does have a great salad bar. It’s just a bit too health-foody for me, I guess. Anyway, they have lots of bulk tofu and bark and seeds and hippy stuff, ... Read More »
Lobstermania 2012
15 Jul ’12
Memorial Day brings one of our favorite events each year… Dorothy Lane Market’s Lobstermania. I don’t know how long Lobstermania has been going on, but it brings to Dayton, Ohio, lobsters about as fresh as possible. Two brothers in Maine that are lobster captains catch all they can the day before, then fly with the ... Read More »
My Favorite Summer Whisky Cocktail
15 Jul ’12
I’m not huge on cocktails in general, but I do enjoy a few of them. They’re not fruity things with flowers or umbrellas. The list is short, and only one was traditionally whisky based. The list is pretty short, though: Rusty Nail (as already mentioned, still my go-to whisky cocktail) A good bloody mary (must ... Read More »
Summer Catch Up
10 Jul ’12
It’s been quite a summer already. Busy is an understatement! One of the happenings for Livefire was that the Cincinnati Enquirer called me to do a grilling feature in the food section of the newspaper. Not only did Polly come out to talk to me while I grilled some stuff, but I ended up on ... Read More »
Private Label Single Batch Whiskey
7 Jul ’12
A week ago I had the pleasure of having breakfast with my brother, Robert, in Chicago. For those of you that read Livefire, my other blog, you may recall that he’s one of the owners of a great gastropub in Logan Square, Longman & Eagle. The breakfast menu goes from very well done traditional breakfast ... Read More »