FOOD & DRINK

Flying Dogs Hot Dogs

Flying Dogs

Lots of folks claim not to like hot dogs, but that seems a little hard to swallow, pardon the pun, considering how many of these definitive American sausages ar...

The Scoop on Scoops

Food trucks have been popping up in the MOV these past few years and I’m happy to report the newest addition can be found in St. Marys, W.Va. Scoops opened its ...
The Hideout in Parkersburg, WV

The Hideout

Sometimes it takes being away from home to bring a person back home. Cue a chance meeting last May between the previous owners of the old Pub 47 building and n...
The Original Pizza Place in Marietta Ohio

The Original Pizza Place

There are a multitude of really cool things about The Original Pizza Place - its history, its family ties and its delicious food. However, the coolest aspect mi...

Pepperoni Rolls

Excerpted from Tasting Ohio: Favorite Recipes from the Buckeye State (Farcountry Press, 2018) They may be the official state snack food of West Virginia, but y...

Who do Pepperoni Rolls belong to?

One of my clients, a large retail corporation, occasionally gives me assignments to develop recipes for a mainstream American audience. I love working with the ...

The Poky Dot

#foodie #foodporn #eatlocal The candy coated grids of Instagram drip with sugar, sweets and over-the-top desserts residing under these hashtags. One handle, @t...

The Best Bruschetta

Hailing from a small fishing village on the spur of Italy’s boot, my grandmother instilled in all of us a deep love for all things garlic. However, it wasn’t un...

Sweet Sangria

Sangria, a drink native to Spain, first came to the United States in the 60s. The popular party drink premiered at the World’s Fair in New York and Americans ha...
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