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Find Your Place In The Kitchen
Regardless of what you call them, resolutions or goals, researchers agree that planning is key. Weight loss goals, resolutions to save money, or plans to learn a new skill; can all have cooking at home in common.
A Bubbly Buying Guide
A bottle of Champagne or Asti on New Year's Eve is tradition for most of us. So here's a bubbly guide and buying recommendations.
A Wine Buying Guide For Party Planners
Whether it's the company holiday party, or any other bash, somebody has the wine-buying duty. If you're on the hook to buy the wine, here's a guide to help you put smiles on guests faces and keep dollars in your pocket.
5 Amazing Vegetarian Friendly Restaurants in Dayton
What restaurants offer more than just meat dishes sans meat? Where can you find amazing vegetarian friendly food around Dayton?
Have a Spicy November
If there was ever a month made for cooking, November is it! Although many fresh veggies are gone, the family is arriving...
Cedarland Lebanese Bakery & Restaurant
Having never had Lebanese food, I was excited to join Lisa of Dayton Local for lunch at Cedarland Bakery & Restaurant to finally try some Lebanese cuisine.
Awesome, Value-Conscious Wines
Grab your safari jacket, fedora, and bullwhip – we're on the trail of two grapes that have all-but-disappeared from France, and then resurfaced in the wilds of South America. These two grapes make some awesome, value-conscious wines.
Flavors with a Californian flare... in Centerville
Dayton is full of little dining gems that are easy to miss; Flavors Eatery in Centerville is one of them.
Pairing Wine with Cheese
Don't just throw anything on a platter and grab a bottle randomly. Pairing wine with cheese can be just as rewarding as with any other food, and here's my guide to doing it.
Coco's Bistro: So Good You Won't Want To Share
I think you choose Coco's Bisto because they make food so good your lips curl into a smile and make you look into the eyes of whomever you're eating with and say, ''You NEED to try this. It's so good.''
Tailgating Wines
It's football season, and what's a football game without tailgating? Most people think of beer, or one of those spicy-tomato and celery stick cocktails, but there are great wines for tailgating, too.
Oregon Express Celebrates 30 Years with Free Pizza
During the week of September 16-19th the Oregon Express invites you to enjoy free pizza to celebrate their 30th anniversary with the purchase of a beverage, Monday-Thursday from 5-7 p.m.
Back to school, and back to wine
Whether it's yourself going back to school, or your kid going back to school - it's a great excuse to crack open that special bottle of wine.
Creative Pizzas and Gluten Free Options at Wheat Penny Oven and Bar
If you're beyond bored with traditional pizza, you will absolutely love Wheat Penny Oven & Bar.
Pies and Pints Now at The Greene
Tell a loved one, ''You're the peanut butter to my jelly or the cheese to my macaroni'' and there will be no doubt just how much you love him or her. But, ''You're the beer to my pizza''…now there's the perfect combo!
Wine in the States
Even though California, Oregon, and Washington state reign supreme, let's explore the wealth of fabulous wines in our other states. Believe it or not, there are great wines being made in Ohio, Virginia, New York, Arizona, and pretty much every state in the United States!
McNasty's Food Truck Serves Up Variety
I've known Richard and Cathy Bell for many years and was thrilled when they moved back to Dayton OH last year, reviving the McNasty's brand on their food truck.
Fressa Food Truck Gourmet Burgers
Taking the first bite of a Fressa Food Truck gourmet burger is a bit like grabbing an angry badger by the tail. This burger doesn't want to be tamed. It is going to bite, scratch and claw any attempt to define it as nothing more than a burger.
South African Wines
I've been a fan of South African wines for 20 years. There's a long, storied history to winemaking around the Cape of Good Hope; the wines have great quality and value, distinctive character, and their own, unique grape variety – Pinotage.
An Epicurean Experience At Coldwater Café
It's no wonder that Coldwater Café has earned an anchor position in Tipp City's historic community. The team at Coldwater is well oiled and provides an extraordinary experience.
