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[By: Sheldon Good | July 1, 2009 | One Comment ]
Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams: A Splurge for the Frugal Diner After tasting three different flavors, Yonathan Setiawan selected a fruity frozen-grassfed-organic-Ohio-dairy variety. Was it the right choice? Setiawan, from Bluffton, Ohio, gave his approval: “So good.” With that, the lemon and blueberry frozen yogurt from Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams became another ...
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[By: Sheldon Good and Ben Noll | June 30, 2009 | No Comment ]
Walking around the North Market is sensory overload. Paninis, peaches, pots and pans. Fresh fish heads peer out from behind flats of ice. Free samples slip into one's hands almost unwillingly. Bhut jolokia, the world's hottest chile, available in sample-form, is "not melt-your-face-off heat," but taste-testers will remember it for at least a half hour....
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[By: Sheldon Good | June 25, 2009 | One Comment ]
A (Hungry) Walker’s Guide to the City As you enter the city named for the man who sailed the ocean blue, you might feel a bit claustrophobic. That’s because you’re at the geographic center of Ohio, among approximately 8,000 other Mennonites and within 550 miles of half of the U.S. population. Chances are you’ll spend most of your convent...
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