Review: RH Rooftop Restaurant Serves Solid Fare in a Dazzling Setting
While expensive and perhaps not the most inventive, the décor and ambiance is spectacular, making it easy to see why diners are in love.
Columbus Monthly, May 2022
Riziki Swahili Grill Welcomes You to the Spice Islands
Riziki Yussuf’s North Side restaurant is a flavor oasis specializing in dishes from Zanzibar.
Columbus Monthly, July 2021
The Effortless Vibe of Coast Wine House
The bar and bottle shop serves an array of wines and small plates from a century-old home in Dublin.
Columbus Monthly, July 2020
Takeout: Nine Pizza Styles and Where to Find Them in Columbus
Dough, sauce, cheese—something so simple has so many interpretations that we collectively refer to as pizza. The comfort food of our youth. The fuel that keeps us charged for an all-nighter in college (studying or … not). The Friday night tradition with the family. No one ever says, “Pizza? Yeah, I just don’t care for it.” The question is never if you want pizza. It’s what kind of pizza speaks to you. Here’s a primer on nine regional styles and where to find them around town.
Columbus Monthly, June 2020
Short Order: Shrimp Lips on Parsons Avenue
The secret is now very much out: Shrimp Lips is pure, Southern-style seafood boil joy.
Columbus Monthly, August 2020
Grain Changer
Shagbark Seed & Mill sparked a change with one simple question: Can grains and beans be local? The answer, they are proving, is yes.
Crave Magazine, Fall 2015
The Crowd Falls Silent
Players lucky and talented enough to make it to the NFL enjoy money, fame and the glory of the game they’ve loved their entire lives. But that dream ends abruptly and, for most players, against their will. What happens when the only job on your resume is one you can’t do anymore?
Columbus Monthly, February 2015
Creating a Cheese Culture
Across the state, small-batch cheesemakers are crafting cow, sheep and goat cheese that’s turning the heads of local chefs and judges in national competitions. Any way you slice it, Ohio’s artisanal cheese market is on the rise.
Crave Magazine, Fall 2014
The Midwest’s Essential 38 Restaurants
Eater, October 2017
Contributing writer for Columbus (Hoyo’s Kitchen)
Eater’s Columbus Heatmap
The hottest restaurants in the city 2019, 2014
Baking an Aria
When a cold ended Jonas Laughlin’s opera career, he found solace in baking. At his Columbus patisserie, he creates odes to European and Southern pastries.
Ohio Magazine, November 2016
The Crave 10
The 10 best restaurants in Columbus 2013.
Crave Magazine, Winter 2013
Son of the Soil
Lee Jones was 19 years old when his family lost its farm because of high-interest rates and commercial competition. Today, his Huron, Ohio-based Chef’s Garden is a thriving, “beyond-organic” business that grows niche produce for restaurants throughout the world.
Cleveland Magazine, June 2010