Mall Maniac: A 3 Stop Trek Through Northeast Ohio

“That’s no towne center. It’s a shopping mall.” -Obi Wan Kenobi Backstory: As you probably saw from my last post, I’ll take a mall over a towne center any day of the week. The fact that a new mall being built nowadays is almost unheard of is where I find the charm in them. Some […]

Tri-County Mall: What’s left?

Main entrance of the mall. (Pic definitely not screenshotted from Google Maps street view.) Intro: Once a thriving mall in the northern suburbs of Cincinnati, Tri-County Mall has fallen by the wayside and its future is already written. It’s tough to watch the demise of a place that you’ve known and attended your entire life, […]

SPAM Fried Rice: On Fire

I know you’re already enticed just by the name, but before I get started here I need to tell you a few things. You do not always have to follow recipes to a T. In fact, many of the best chefs don’t measure precisely (most specifically spices and seasonings.) Watch a cooking show and you’ll […]

Slow Cooker Chicken Chili: Comfort at its finest

Background: In my time of being a home chef I’ve made a lot of chili, but never chili of the chicken variety. The other night I was at the grocery store to get my typical stuff, grabbed a few baking potatoes, and saw about a pound and a quarter of some good lookin’ thighs, the […]

The Classic Patty Melt: Diner Style

Well folks, Burger Week in Cincinnati has come to an end, and it brought me inspiration. If you don’t know what Burger Week is, I highly recommend following it on Instagram for some fire pics of dad circles. Anyway, considering all of the hype surrounding this and because I’m a dad, I figured I’d try […]

Buff Chick with Beast Battered Onion Rings: Your Death Row Meal

It was just a typical Sunday afternoon strolling through Kroger with my mother, and she asks me a question: “What do you want to make for dinner tomorrow?” Me, being the family’s chef, and taking any opportunity I can get to use my culinary creativity, had an idea pop into my head. I had been […]