• Is Donald Trump Spoiling The Party For Cleveland Restaurants?

    The upcoming Republican National Convention was supposed to be an economic boon to the caterers and restaurants of Cleveland, Ohio, with dining rooms and event spaces booked up many months in advance. But now that the big event is drawing near, the reality is turning out to be a lot less rosy. The Cleveland Scene reports that budgets…

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  • Alligator Headcheese Is A Thing: Talking Seafood Charcuterie With Chef Kenny Gilbert

    Chef Kenny Gilbert may be most recognizable for television appearances that have included an impressive showing in season seven of Top Chef and a successful turn on a recent episode of Beat Bobby Flay. The Cleveland native's affable personality is on display at all times on TV, but it's his creative culinary approach at Gilbert's Underground Kitchen on Amelia Island, Florida, that…

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  • 2015: A Year Of Eating Very Good Things. Midwest And Southwest Edition.

    Some call it the Heartland. We call it Hearty Eating Country. As the new year approaches, we've asked some of our writers to share their most memorable meals in the Midwest and Southwest in 2015. Here are their picks:[embedImage=https://www.foodrepublic.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/OsteraLanghe-700x700.jpg]Osteria Langhe (Chicago, Illinois)Restaurateur Aldo Zaninotto may be of Belgian descent, and chef Cameron Grant may be…

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  • Michael Symon Is Trying To Invent "Cleveland-Style Barbecue"

    Cleveland is known for a number of things — the Browns, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Drew Carey, LeBron James — but not barbecue. Acclaimed city chef Michael Symon is on a mission to change that.But what’s in a name? Barbecue by any other name would smell as smoky. Sure, there are a…

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  • Beer Around The NFL: Cleveland Browns

    Throughout the fall we have been taking a look at the beer scenes in cities representing all 32 NFL teams — from local brewers to beer-centric bars to the finest beer shops. One thing is for sure, football fans are drinking very well. And if you’re not into sports but enjoy a quality imperial oatmeal…

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  • Video: Michael Symon's Corned Beef Hash

    Cleveland restaurateur and The Chew’s resident cooker of manly meats Michael Symon is Greek and Italian by heritage, but in this clip he flaunts his knowledge of an Irish breakfast time staple—corned beef hash. Symon's killer hash uses the leftovers from the St. Patrick’s Day supper staple, corned beef and cabbage. Diced potatoes and onions…

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  • My Lolita Is A Hamburger

    In Vladamir Nabokov’s most famous novel, a middle-aged mope named Humbert Humbert becomes unhealthily obsessed with an under-aged girl named Dolores Haze. But you—and he—know her by a different name: Lolita, a nickname that still thrums across modern culture. I’m also obsessed with my own Lolita. But instead of facing jail time if I slake…

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