Can’t make it to Dublin, Ireland, for St. Patrick’s Day? Consider Dublin, Ohio for a weekend of festivities.
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Can’t make it to Dublin, Ireland, for St. Patrick’s Day? Consider Dublin, Ohio for a weekend of festivities.
ul about stocking stuffers. They reach deep into history … consider the following Culinary Cleveland ideas for 2021.
By Paris Wolfe As seen in The WineBuzz Craft-cocktail culture is here to stay, and it’s far from static. Bartenders are restlessly seeking new ingredients to develop twists on old favorites. That drive to create has helped spark a renewed focus on bitters, says flavor expert David Dafoe, an Ohio native who founded Flavorman and the Distilled Spirits Epicenter in Louisville, Ky. Bitters are typically a neutral spirit intensely flavored with botanicals that give a bitter, sour or bittersweet taste. Some bitters were founded as patent medicines or digestive aids. During Prohibition these “medicines” skirted a few alcohol restrictions. Today, these extracts are sold as cocktail and mocktail additives. The most commonly known bitters are Angostura and Peychaud’s, used traditionally in old-fashioneds and Sazeracs.…
The Long Island Cheese Squash makes a better pumpkin pie than the traditional pumpkin.
Tagged: Food
Old garden roses have the most perfume — and flavor — of all roses.
Alabama may lack the breadth of coastline found in Florida, but it offers an engaging experience for those who want to get away from winter for a few days or a few months. And it’s fairly easy on the budget. We took three days to travel 1,000 miles south in our RV during the shoulder season and spent four days parked at Pandion Ridge RV Park in Gulf Shores. The year-old park offers 142 sites on 30 acres surrounded by generous grassy open space. When we weren’t checking out the surrounding attractions, we unfolded lounge chairs and soaked some sun. The common area here includes a pool, hot tub, and pond. You’re cautioned to watch out for gators, but sightings are few and far…
Tagged: Food, Gulf Shores, Travel
The idea of foraging delights the foodie and environmentalist in me. We tried pine needles and more with Alan Muskat’s No Taste Like Home in Asheville, N.C.
The cheese platter is so yesterday. It’s been enhanced, even replaced, by charcut erie — the dried, cured, fermented and otherwise processed meats of yesteryear. Dried and cured doesn’t mean a plastic-wrapped Hickory Farms summer sausage from Christmas last year or fabricated luncheon meats from the deli counter, but hand-crafted fennel salami, dried lamb chorizo, kabanosy meat sticks, kielbasa and other forgotten fare You’ll find options at restaurants from downtown Cleveland’s Butcher and Brewer to Madison’s Laurentia Winery. From M Cellars in Harpersfield Township to Hansa Brewery in Cleveland’s Ohio City. “People will stay interested in charcuterie as long as the rustic vibe is trendy,” says Chef Mia Humphrey of Laurentia Winery. She lists canning, pickling, and fermentation as part of that vibe. The…
Tagged: Charcuterie, Food, Ohio
I seek herbs when I travel, to see how they’re part of a local culture. The Jean-Talon Market in Montreal was a jackpot. My favorite store in the historic market was Epices de Cru, a colorful exotic vendor of herbs, tea and spices. The husband and wife owners travel the world to bring home the best ingredients from the “ordinary” to the unusual. Think: Cinnamon leaf or avocado leaf (use like bay leaf with a different accent.) I was so entranced I visited twice. The second time I spent an hour perusing shelves and deciding just what to carry to my Ohio home. Feeling adventurous I asked for the most unusual product and was introduced to sansho pepper. I can’t decide if the person…
Tagged: Food, Jean-Talon, Montreal, Sansho, Travel
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