Many people put their garden beds to rest after the tomatoes have ripened, but that need not be the case. Now is the time to plan and prepare for fall vegetable garden plantings, also called succession planting. It’s a great… [Read More]
(Photo from HungryWoolf.com) Every summer, The Hills Market puts on a variety of outdoor dining events that are sometimes hard to come by in Ohio. Their weekly crab boils currently going on are one such event. Anyone who has spent… [Read More]
(Photo from RestaurantWidow.com) When we first became members of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture), we received plenty of produce that we had never encountered before. CSA managers are getting better about identifying everything in the share, but in the very… [Read More]
Summer and fall are a great time to catch county fairs and city food festivals. These events feature local foods, from local farmers. Here are some of the Ohio food festivals I’ve heard about – do you know of others… [Read More]
The next time your family heads to King’s Island, Cedar Point or somewhere else by car, skip the highway. By traveling through small towns via state routes and back roads, your family can be introduced to fun little shops and… [Read More]
Local food matters, and it doesn’t get much more local than the Historic North Market in the Short North/Downtown area. This is my favorite shopping experience in Central Ohio. The energy in the North Market, the knowledge of its purveyors… [Read More]
Local food matters. And I’m curious to find local pizza shops that also use local ingredients. One of my favorite local pies comes from Mama Mimi’s, which does take and bake. They have three stores in Columbus – Clintonville, Arlington… [Read More]
Eating local food matters. This is the second article in a series that features Columbus-area markets and grocery stores, to show how you can follow the farmers’ market philosophy of eating local, everyday. This week: Giant Eagle
Eating local food matters. Farmers’ markets have never been more popular. On any given Saturday morning, in any given community across the U.S. (including metro-Columbus), thousands of people descend upon their downtown to look at fresh fruits and veggies, homemade… [Read More]
Eating local food matters. Consumers are buying organic and looking for the term “free range” on their meats. However, nothing compares to being able to ask a farmer about produce and meats. When it’s on a package, you have to… [Read More]
One of the most remarkable changes in Columbus, as well as in the country more generally, in the past decade has been the growth in interest in food and food-related issues. This interest has led to a focus on the… [Read More]
Belstar Super Scorzonera, Rose Finn Apple Fingerlings, and Kolibri Kohlrabi. If these words mean nothing to you, then perhaps you need to spend a little more time chatting with Adam and Jamie at Wayward Seed Farm in Marysville. These produce… [Read More]
Press Release: North Market Hosts Ohio Proud Sundays Photo by Chris Graham The North Market supports thirty-plus small businesses seven days a week, twenty some farmers on Saturdays during the growing season, fifty odd (in number not in character) artisans… [Read More]
Dine Originals Columbus will have a new batch of their discounted gift certificates available for purchase tomorrow morning. Make sure to jump online early to snatch them up quickly, as they’re always released in limited quantities. This is always a… [Read More]
It was just this time last year that we were thrilled to announce the official Columbus convivium of Slow Food. And here we are, nearing our anniversary, with much to celebrate: A year of successful events, an abundance of new… [Read More]
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