Cincinnati Magazine March 2014

CONDITION   Good, unmarked pages, reading wear

CONTENTS

·        Best New Restaurants – Our ranking for the city’s top new establishments runs the gamut from high-octane gastronomy to pan-Asian street food. Plus: Lipsmacking desserts, dishes we miss, and boss menus.

·        Back Of The House – What do chefs cook when they’re off the clock? Killer caramel corn and smoky mac and cheese to start. By Joanne Drilling

·        Have Menu, Will Time Travel – A visual history of Queen City menus, form 55-cent whiskey sours to “steamship round of beef.” By Steven Rosen

·        The Tom + Chee-ing of America – Are we witnessing the birth of a hipster franchise empire built on tomato soup and grilled cheese. By Dav eGhose

·        Cincinnati Kid: Jeff Ruby – The Jersey-born restaurateur (and author!) on Obama, Chris Christie, political correctness, and being Jeff Ruby. By RJ Smith

·        Letter From The Editor

·        Contributors

·        Feedback

·        Frontlines

o   Dispatch – Mt Adams’s underground engineering

o   Speak Easy – Poet K.C. Williams on the anxiety of influence

o   The Rundown – The return of Horror-Hound weekend

o   Pop Life – How to save Music Hall and Union Terminal

o   Sports – Remembering the Slushbowl of 1996

o   Artifact – West End bricks: our feat of clay

o   Dr. Know – Your QC questions answered

o   The List – This month’s hot dates

·        Radar

o   Necessities – What to wear where

o   Style Counsel – Izy Hardy, freelance stylist

o   Intersection – Mariemont

o   On The Market – 6456 Grand Vista, Pleasant Ridge

o   Escape – Camping it up on the beer cheese trail

·        Columns

o   The Observer – My Rover, myself. By Bob Woodiwiss

o   First Person – Deconstruction high. By Justin Williams

o   Tomatoes – Rites of spring. By Carol Tyler

·        Dine

o   Lunchbox – French Crust Café, downtown

o   Trade Secrets – John Marx, the bagel man

o   Fine Diving – Silverton Doughnuts, Silverton

o   Tableside With…-Alvin Feldman, wine specialist

o   Home Cooking – Blood orange semifreddo

o   The Breakdown – The BoBonerie’s opera cream torte

o   The App Bracket – Eating your way to the Final Four

o   Take 5 – Bock beer is back

o   The Classic – The pine Club, Dayton

o   Food Metrics – Maple syrup, by the numbers

o   Dining Guide – Greater Cincinnati restaurants: a selective list

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