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Columbus Tastemakers: The Coop's Angie Theado

ANGIE THEADO Owner/chef, The Coop Story by Jill Moorhead // Photo by Alysia Burton Angie Theado spends her days cooped up--literally--in The Coop, perched in a parking lot adjacent to Glen Echo Ravine. Her daily offerings featuring a variation of poultry or egg stretch the definition of food truck fare in Columbus. With a culinary degree from Columbus State and nearly three years at Alana's Foo...See More

Columbus Tastemakers: Pattycake Bakery's Jennie Scheinbach and Sarah Bryant

JENNIE SCHEINBACH & SARAH BRYANT Pattycake Bakery Story by Robin Davis // Photo by Alysia Burton Jennie Scheinbach has been the public face of Pattycake Bakery, the cutting-edge vegan bakery she launched in 2005. But all that will change when she turns the whole business into a worker-owned cooperative in anticipation of the opening of a full-service restaurant. City Beet is slated to open ...See More

Columbus Tastemakers: Seventh Son Brewing's Colin Vent

COLIN VENT Sous chef, Deepwood & Brewer, Seventh Son Brewing Co. Story by G.A.Benton // Photo by Jodi Miller Colin Vent is always looking ahead. So, having determined food would soon be in his future, as part of Vent's final thesis show to attain a fine arts degree from OSU he not only produced beautiful ceramic pieces, but also cooked artful amuse-bouches to be eaten from them. Later, afte...See More

New Starbucks drinks, treats

I got a chance today to sample a few new goodies just added to the Starbucks menu. Columbus is actually a test market for a couple of new drinks, including the one pictured above, the Tazo Shaken Iced Peach Green Tea Lemonade. It's also available sans the lemonade (called, naturally, the Tazo Shaken Iced Peach Green Tea). Both were perfectly refreshing cool drinks perfect for warm afternoons....See More

posted by Shelley Mann | Wednesday, March 7, 2012 4:29 PM EST

Only in Columbus: 12 iconic dishes

Crave celebrates our city's signature dishes Columbus isn't synonymous with one particular dish the way Cincinnati is with chili, or Chicago is with deep-dish, or Philly is with cheesesteak. But that doesn't mean we're lacking dishes that scream Columbus. They're the plates you can't order anywhere else in the country. The sandwiches you grew up eating. The bites you show off to out-of-town vis...See More

posted by Shelley Mann | Monday, February 13, 2012 3:22 PM EST