My wife, Wendi, and I love to watch Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-ins & Dives" and Michael Symon's "Burgers, Brews & 'Cue" on the Food Network. It was while watching one of these shows where we learned of the term "gastropub," which generally refers to a pub that serves quality food. The owners of Broken Rocks Cafe & Bakery brought that style of eatery and pub to Wooster, and we are better for it. Wendi and I decided to try out the Rox Gastropub with her sister, Randi Breese, and … [Read more...]
I Found New York-style Pizza in the Unlikeliest of Places
In Boston, most pizzerias make a New York-style pizza. This is the style I grew up eating, and it is the one I prefer. This style of pizza has a thin crust (not like Pizza Hut's thin, cracker-like crust), is hand-stretched, hand-tossed and baked in an extremely hot oven (one coal-fired oven in New York reaches 2,000 degrees). Because of the high heat, the pizza cooks in mere minutes. This browns the cheese, chars the crust and gives the pizza a nice flavor. Well, trying to find this … [Read more...]
Chill and Try Some Artisan Ice Cream
The date was Saturday, February 13, 2016. The event was the Medina Ice Festival. The temperature was 16 degrees, with a real feel of 8 degrees.The weather was snowy, not blizzard conditions, but it was coming down pretty good.That is when Bobby, my husband, and I found Chill, an Artisan Ice Cream Company on the square in downtown Medina, Ohio. I do not subscribe to the idea that it can be "too cold" for ice cream. Actually I don't even believe that you can be "too full" for ice cream. … [Read more...]
Ice, Ice (and More Ice) Baby! Chillin’ Out at Medina Ice Festival
February 13, was a perfect day to view the ice sculpture displays at the 2016 Medina (Ohio) Ice Festival. It was freezing, so there was no fear of the sculptures melting. It was snowing, which added to the charm. It was Valentines weekend and I was with my wonderful husband, Bobby, which made being there romantic, even if it was freezing and snowing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE48zv9Xudo The weather didn't seem to keep many people away. There were plenty checking out the different … [Read more...]
Canton’s Table 6 Kitchen + Bar = 10
Wendi and I headed to the Canton area for the day. We wanted to take a tour of the Harry London Chocolate factory, visit the National First Ladies Museum and get a bite to eat at someplace that was not a chain and something different than what we can get in Wooster. We discovered Table 6 Kitchen + Bar. We learned about the restaurant from the Visit Canton website. While we live in Wooster, it is not like we are totally unfamiliar with Canton-area establishments. I thought Table 6 must … [Read more...]
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