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By Bob Wilhelmy
The jazz genre may be the most egalitarian of all art forms. Nowhere is this more clearly demonstrated than in the rise of Benny Goodman, an American bandleader known worldwide as the King of Swing. With clarinet at his lips and an integrated band featuring black musicians behind him, this s…
How does a restaurant arrive at a menu featuring quality entrée selections with flavorful taste profiles, and do that in an environmentally sound, sustainable way? A heady, complex question in today’s restaurant biz, surely. Yet one for which Hunter Thomas, Clay Mitchell and Evan Hartman of…
Growth normally requires more of everything, including space. This aphorism rings true in the case of Sweet Butter Bakery, now having outgrown a residential kitchen and two smallish commercial kitchens on the way to its latest digs. The new Hartwell location is cavernous, relatively speaking…
Jewish diners-out regained a jewel in the crown of their favorite eateries last week. Marx Bagels reopened its deli doors for in-store counter service and eat-in patronage on Thursday, July 21. If you have yet to visit, the newly renovated front of the house is dazzlingly fresh and inviting—…
For me, watermelon is the quintessential summertime refresher. Is there anything like a big slice, ice cold, on a ninety five degree afternoon, following a spot of outdoor activity? I think not. Jeromy Lieb, the engaging owner of Sacred Beast in OTR concurs, and furthermore thinks watermelon…
For diners out of discernment, there exists an easily discernable fact: beef has become one of the priciest items on fine-dine menus. Of all beef options, most pricy is wagyu beef, a product perfected by Japanese husbandry dating at least to 800 CE. More about that in a sec, but first, let’s…
Finding a niche opportunity among the array of dining establishments in this town is tantamount to finding a winning lottery ticket on the sidewalk. Ain’t likely. Yet that is where Café Alma finds itself, according to Lainey Richler. She and husband Yair are co-owners of the new Pleasant Ri…
There is class, and then there is class. In fact, according to Webster’s New World Dictionary, there are ten usages for that word. For Rabbi Chaim Heinemann, director at Cincinnati Community Kollel, perhaps the meaning of the word focused on teaching is the higher order of things cultural, a…
Assume you are in a category of those who are more at risk than average people if you contract COVID. A compromised immune system, perhaps? A pre-existing condition that can be problematic when a virus strikes? A chronic respiratory ailment that becomes deeply serious if compounded by a viru…
Talk about a colorful backstory! For the past eight years, Cetin Gungor was the food and beverage director, and executive chef aboard a yacht that motored among the Aegean Cyclades and harbored in a port south of Canakkale on the Asian side of Turkey. Today, he’s plying his talents in the ki…
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