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Local Author Pens Beer Cookbook

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John Lemmon, Author of “Beer Makes Everything Better”

Dayton native John Lemmon has a passion for home brewing beer. He has worked in jobs from restaurant management to corporate property management and has always found time to indulge his brew hobby. He even developed a beer that is served at Star City Brewery in Miamisburg .  It is a session IPA called “Hip Hop o Potamus.”

The Food Adventure Crew’s Big Ragu caught up with John for a couple of beers at Star City, and although we have known John for 20 years. we recently learned of his brewing hobby.

Now he has added author to his resume.  And it is a cookbook of sorts….

The book is called “BEER MAKES EVERYTHING BETTER.” It is subtitled “101 Recipes for Using Beer to Make Your Favorite Happy Hour Grub.”  Click here for info on purchasing the book.

John’s wife is a very successful author of fiction novels and through her dealings, he found himself in the middle of an opportunity to write a book about his passion.  BEER !

John is a true Food Adventurer.  His passion for brews and food is inspiring.

IT IS IN THE GENES:
After a few years of brewing, one of John’s siblings was researching the family tree. As fate would have it, they learned history was repeating itself.  John’s great, great Grampa Johann (John) Grimm, was listed as a brewmaster in the turn of the century census.   Johann Grimm was a brewmaster for 32 years before prohibition put his company out of business.  This coincidence makes you wonder, was John “born to brew ?”

John also runs a fun blog called “That Happy Hour Guy.”  Stay up to date with his activities on this FACEBOOK PAGE

WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS:

The book “Beer Makes Everything Better” is selling well, and John just finished a busy book signing event at a Centerville Library.

The book has recipes using all types of beers, and John says you can choose local beers or your favorite large-scale breweries. Check out one of his recipes here BEER BAKED WINGS !

He has some  upcoming gigs you my want to hit.
Feb 3rd  – Star City Brewery Book Signing
Feb 19th – he is at the Dayton Brew Club meeting taking place at Warped Wing Brewery.

Want more scoop on brews and food in the Miami Valley?  Check back for a new Food Adventure article EVERY WEEK right here on DaytonMostMetro.  Follow Food Adventures on Facebook with a click HERE

Enjoy browsing the gallery below.

Successful Authors in love – John and Jessica Lemmon

John making Beer Turkey chili from his cookbook

Beer lover and beer cookbook author, John Lemmon

The locally written book you need to add to your collection !

Ponitz Pave the Path Benefit Dinner

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Chef Head instructs Ponitz culinary students.

 

The Ponitz Culinary Program, at David H Ponitz Career Technology Center, Dayton & Table 33 are pleased to present PAVE THE PATH Benefit Dinner, a culinary journey through England, France & Italy this Saturday evening, Jan 27th. There will be two seatings, 6pm and 8pm for this dinner.

The special night will include a 4-course dinner that guides you through the enchanting cuisines of the four locales these culinary students will travel this summer. Live entertainment and an optional wine pairing menu will be a part of the evening. Here’s what’s on the menu:

 

Appetizer 

Inspired by London, England

Crisps Trio – Table 33’s own house made duck fat, Potato Crisps. Lightly seasoned and served with a trio of dips: Baked Pimento Cheese Dip (Table 33 staple), English Curry Dip accented with apples and Riesling soaked golden raisins (vegan), Tomato Bacon Jam with Malt Vinegar

Soup/Salad

Inspired by Paris, France

Choose One

  • Parisian Blues Salad – a bed of winter greens, pear, caramelized pecans, and a brilliant maple dressing all brought together to spotlight a true Parisan Blue Cheese. Served with toast points.
  • Deconstructed French Onion Soup – rich veggie broth using a red wine and mushrooms to give a great flavor (vegan) Raclette Style Cheese Fondue, with toast points for the ultimate experience.

Entrée

Inspired by Florence, Northern Italy 

Choose One

  • Barolo Braised Beef –Keener Farm’s local, sustainable, 100% grass fed beef, slowly braised in Barolo wine with carrots, celery, mushrooms, and a beautiful array of herbs and spices
  • Baccala alla Fiorentina – salted cod, seared and topped with a Fiorentina sauce of fresh tomato, red onion, olive oil, fresh rosemary and sprinkled with parmesan
  • Mushroom Ragu All’Inzimino – mushroom ragu made with white wine, slow simmered vegetable broth, inzimino a lovely mix of northern beans, chick peas, spinach, greens, fresh herbs and rich tomato puree (vegan)

 

Accompaniments

  • Polenta  – rich with olive oil drizzle, finished off with heavy cream, parmesan, and fresh parsley
  • Broccolini  – roasted and tossed in olive oil with fresh garlic, lemon zest and pepper (vegan)

Desserts 

Inspired by Rome, Southern Italy

A trio of sweet bites

  • Italian Cream Cake – Traditional Italian cream cake with pecans (Table 33 Staple)
  • Olive Oil Cake  – Cake made with the finest olive oil and fresh orange zest, rolled in a chocolate espresso glaze, glistened with olive oil and a charred candied orange
  • Panna Cotta  – hand crafted with coconut milk, smothered with a fresh berry coulis, garnished with fresh lemon peel (vegan)

***All Menu Items are Gluten Free***

Tickets can be purchased online for $60 for this dinner at Table 33.  Proceeds from the event will help send these Ponitz Culinary  students on a life-changing adventure to Europe that includes educational stops in London, Paris, Florence and Rome! Chef Steph and Chef Head, the co-instructors of the Ponitz Hospitality Management and Culinary Program, have been working with these students both in classroom and off-site, supporting numerous charity events, where they show up as extra hands to support local chefs in their catering gigs.  These opportunities provide real life experience that let these students get a realistic view of the business they will be joining upon graduation.

To learn more about the trip, visit https://www.eftours.com/tour-website/1950205UK

 

Stivers Savor Your Sunday Brunches Are Back at Coco’s

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Each Sunday in February, Coco’s Bistro will have different student performers from Stivers School for the Arts serenade you as you enjoy a tasty brunch, and support the premier arts school in the region.

These Sunday’s sell out quickly, so be sure to reserve for one or more Sundays ahead of time so you won’t miss out.

 

SAVOR YOUR SUNDAY  E N T R E E S    

FILET & EGGS

chargrilled filet, sunny side up eggs, house made demi glace, & home fried potatoes, english muffin

FRITTATA

fresh eggs, asparagus, carmelized onions, gouda, chive creama, home fried potatoes, English muffin

ITALIAN GRILLED CHEESE

panko breaded sourdough, four cheese blend, & our creamy tomato bisque

SPINACH SALAD                                                                     

blackened chicken breast, baby spinach, granny smith apples, french burnt walnuts, gouda, maple molasses vinaigrette, lemon zest

CHICKEN & WAFFLES

buttermilk fried chicken, belgian waffle, ohio maple syrup, house hot sauce

SHRIMP AND GRITS

Red chili butter, gorgonzola grits, white cheddar biscuit

THE BIG BREAKFAST

Local savory sage sausage, cracked black pepper gravy, white cheddar biscuit, home fried potatoes, over easy eggs, Applewood bacon

Tickets are $30 per guest. [$15 is tax-deductible] includes cinnamon focaccia bread.  Price does not include tax and gratuity.   Reservations are available  from 10am to 1:30pm. Tickets are $30 per guest [$15 is tax-deductible],  Bloody Mary’s & Mimosa’s are available for $5.  Full bar also available.

  • Feb. 4th
    The Stivers Jazz Group
  • Feb. 11th
    The Stivers Chamber Choir
  • Feb. 18th
    The Stivers Concert Pianists
  • Feb. 25th
    The Stivers Strings

Coco’s Bistro is located at 250 Warren St, Dayton, OH 45402 and can be reached at (937) 228-2626.

Beehive: The Sixties Musical

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The Dayton Playhouse is excited to kick off 2018 with BeeHive: The 60’s Musical created by Larry Gallagher  which runs through Feb. 4.

What better way to warm up those mid-winter blues than celebrating the female musicians of the 1960’s with such classics as “My Boyfriend’s Back” and “Me and Bobby McGee.” Beehive runs chronologically through the 1960’s beginning with the beehive hairdos of girl groups (the Chiffons, the Shirelles and the Supremes) and wrapping up with the solo work of Janis Joplin, Tina Turner and Aretha Franklin. 

The musical revue of the female artists of the 1960’s will have the audience wanting to sing along and reminisce. The days of miniskirts, transistor radios, juke boxes and flower power will come rushing back as Beehive slides nostalgically through the decade. The Washington Times said, “This hit-parade revue swings from the sweet sounds of the Supremes to Janis Joplin’s heart-rending rasp. From the Aquanet coiffures of the start of the decade to the flowing hippie locks of the Vietnam era, it’s all about the hair, baby.”

Friday and Saturday shows are at 8 pm and Sunday shows at 2 pm.

Tickets can be purchased at www.daytonplayhouse.com, or by calling 937-424-8477. Box office hours are 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm Monday and Wednesday, however messages may be left at any time and calls will be returned. Individual show tickets are $18 for adults and $16 for seniors, students and military. 

The Dayton Playhouse is located at 1301 E. Siebenthaler Ave, Dayton, OH 45414 in the Wegerzyn MetroPark. The Dayton Playhouse is a community theatre providing outstanding theatrical productions to Miami Valley audiences of all ages for more than fifty years. The Playhouse is nationally recognized for FutureFest, an annual festival of new plays.

Super Bowl Footballs Made in Ohio

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The footballs used in the Super Bowl have the names of the two competing teams, so they couldn’t be made until late yesterday. A work crew showed up at the Wilson factory in Ada, Ohio during halftime of the second game. They had some pizza and made a little TV party out of it. Then when the game was over and they knew who would be in the Super Bowl they started making footballs.

They worked all night, until five or six this morning when a new crew came in. By the end of today they will overnight 100 footballs to the Philadelphia Eagles and another 100 to the New England Patriots.

The N.F.L. is the only major sports league whose balls are manufactured in the United States. World Series baseballs come from a factory in Costa Rica. Basketballs in the N.B.A. finals first bounced on the floors of factories in China.

Wilson football factory, Ada, Ohio

Tours conducted by factory employees, ready to answer your football manufacturing questions can be booked in advance by calling 419-634-9901 for $5/adult.

217 N. Liberty St., Ada, OH
Directions:
From Hwy 235/N. Main St., turn east at the stoplight onto E. Highland Ave. Drive three blocks. You’ll see the parking lot for the little factory on the right.

Nominations Being Accepted For Dayton Region’s Walk of Fame

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TheDayton Region’s Walk of Fame began in 1996 as part of the Dayton Bicentennial celebration, with over 170 people or groups having been recognized since then. Memorial stones are located in the sidewalks along Third and Williams Streets in the Wright Dunbar Business District. A mural designed by artist James Pate highlights the Walk at the corner of West Third and South Williams.

photo by Cathy Ponitz

Wright Dunbar, Inc. announces that 2018 Dayton Region’s Walk of Fame nomination forms are now available online . A list of past inductees is available on the same website.

Paper nomination forms are also available at the Wright Dunbar, Inc. office, 1139 West Third Street, Dayton, OH 45402. Nominations must be received by noon on Thursday, March 1, 2018 online or in the Wright Dunbar office.

Individuals or groups from the Dayton region or who have spent a significant amount of time in the region and have made an enduring impact on the local community, the region, the nation and/or world are eligible for nomination. Arts/Culture, Aviation, Business/Corporate, Education, Entertainment/Media, Environment, Government/Military, Invention/Innovation, Law, Medicine, Philanthropy, Science, Significant Personal Achievement and Sports are the categories highlighted. Last year’s honorees were Oscar and Marjorie Boonshoft, Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., Cathy Guisewite, The Honorable David L. Hobson, Allison Janney and Tecumseh.

The Walk of Fame began in 1996 as part of the Dayton Bicentennial celebration, with over 170 people or groups having been recognized since then. Memorial stones are located in the sidewalks along Third and Williams Streets in the Wright Dunbar Business District. A mural designed by artist James Pate highlights the Walk at the corner of West Third and South Williams.

Harry Seifert, president and chair of the Wright-Dunbar, Inc. board, said, “The Dayton Region’s Walk of Fame serves as a great way to educate the public and instill pride in the accomplishments of the innovative contributions to society that have been made by the region’s outstanding citizens. Celebrating them motivates all us as well to do our best for the region.”

2018 winners will be honored at a luncheon at Sinclair College on Thursday, September 27.

Bloombead|freezeframe Returns to Its Roots!

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Local family-owned company, Bloombeads|freezeframe, has announced a return to offering 3-dimensional freezeframing flower preservation services after suspending the service for the last year. Freezeframing services involve preserving a client’s meaningful blooms by freeze drying them, re-enforcing and color-stabilizing them, and then arranging them in a protective and decorative display.

Bloombeads| freezeframe suspended the service in 2017 due to an overwhelming demand that led to extended turnaround times for completed orders. The team at Bloombeads|freezeframe spent 2017 completing the backlog, and is excited to announce that they have reopened this service to local customers. Bring your wedding, memorial, or special occasion flowers into their renovated showroom at 905 E. Third Street for a consultation with their team. You can see samples of all of their 3-dimensional offerings, as well as their full line of Bloombeads flower petal jewelry.

Specializing in the field of floral preservation as jewelry and art for over two decades, the Bloombeads|freezeframe team is excited to return to working with the 3-dimensional blooms again. When asked about saving wedding flowers, Bloombeads|freezeframe founder and co-owner Nanci Hames says “It’s not every day that we spend money surrounding ourselves with our favorite flowers, so yes, wedding flowers are incredibly unique, and we have always felt privileged to offer a service that allows our clients to enjoy those blooms for years after the wedding.”

But it’s not just the wedding community that seeks this kind of service. Customers seek out preservation of flowers as jewelry or art for flowers from memorials, births, retirements, anniversaries, etc. “Each of us has relationships that mean the world to us, and sometimes there are flowers that symbolize the importance of those relationships. When flowers help us make and keep those connections, we want to save them. Our company has grown organically over the last 25 years in response to the customer demand for authentic and customized ways to celebrate our connections to one another,” says Bloombeads by freezeframe co-owner Carli Dixon.

Relocating from their original 6,000-square foot building in Clayton, Ohio, to their new home downtown at 905 E. Third Street in 2013 was a dream realized for the ever-expanding company. After 4 years in their downtown location, an 18,000-square foot, late 19th-century warehouse, Dixon & Hames are more excited than ever to see what their future holds. The new location has not only allowed them to expand their Bloombeads flower petal jewelry service nationally, but has also afforded them a unique opportunity to cultivate a venue space as well, called The Brightside Music & Event Venue.


The venue has one room already open and available for intimate parties and events. With a full D5 liquor license, ample off-street parking, and a large adjustable performance stage, the Brightside has hosted rehearsal dinners, fundraisers, intimate concerts, and birthday parties. The larger room is slated for completion by June 2018, and will fill a niche in Dayton for DIY Industrial Chic wedding and event space, with concrete floors, exposed brick walls and expansive wooden beams. “We can’t wait to introduce this space to the community, and to share it with all the talented wedding and event vendors we have come to know over two decades working in this local industry,” says Dixon.

More information about The Brightside Venue can be found on their website. To schedule a tour or book an event, email Carli Dixon.

To see samples of preserved flowers as framed art and jewelry, stop into the Bloombeads|freezeframe showroom, open Monday from 9:00 to 6:00, Tuesday – Thursday from 10:00 to 5:00 and Saturday from 10:00 to 2:00. More information about the company as well as photos and samples can be found at Bloombeads.com.

Bloombeads|freezeframe and The Brightside will also have work displayed and information available at the Prime Time Bridal Open House on March 10th from 9-2 at Prime Time Party Rental, 5225 N. Springboro Pike West Carrollton, OH 45439.

Dunkin Donuts Makes Changes But Is It Enough?

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The first half of 2017 was spent chomping down my favorite, my one ultimate weakness DUNKIN DONUTS. Growing up on the east coast, Dunkies was a huge part of my life and over the years my feelings of love have been quite evident when it came to those tasty donuts. I would joke about how they knew my order at the drive thru and having a dozen or so present when I met with clients was the standard. Donuts were a big part of my life. Dunkin that is. They are something I never thought I would give up. As much as I enjoyed burying my face in them the after effects were not good. Since really diving into food and how everything I eat makes me feel, like many other things – I had to wonder, what’s in those donuts? And like many things theses days, the nutrition information is somewhat of a Magna Carta of bad stuff. But is there hope?

Photo Credit Grub Street

 

DUNKIN MAKES CHANGES

Like many in the food industry, Dunkin is making changes. News last year about cutting its menu and potentially changing its name was only the beginning.  In a recent announcement,  Dunkin announcement it’s commitment to “cleaner” menus in 2018. By the end of this year, they play to remove artificial dyes across their menu, including donut icings, fillings and toppings, as well as frozen beverages such as COOLATTA® frozen beverages, baked goods, breakfast sandwiches and coffee flavorings.

In August 2017, Dunkin Donuts announces it’s cutting half the menu, toying with the idea of removing “Donuts” from the brand name.

Photo Credit Dunkin Donuts

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER STUFF?

So they’re removing artificial dyes, does that mean the donuts are healthier? I remained curious and did some digging because aside from me loving and craving their donuts often, I had absolutely no idea what was in them.

“Despite Dunkin’s recent decision to eliminate artificial dyes from their menu by the end of 2018, a simple glazed doughnut still contains over 30 ingredients.” – Cooking Light Magazine

30 INGREDIENTS!!!!

I looked into it and none of it made sense, but a recent article in Cooking Light Magazine shed some light on not only the mighty 30 that make up a glazed donuts.

From Cooking Light Magazine

1.) Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour (including wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron as ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, and folic acid)
“Wheat flour” simply means wheat that has been milled (meaning the hard shell, or bran, and germ have been rubbed off) and ground into flour. Unfortunately a lot of the healthy nutrients are in the bran and germ (which is why unmilled, or “whole” wheat is better for you). So this flour has been “enriched” with those other ingredients—a mix of B vitamins and iron. While it’s better for you than unenriched flour would be, as you might imagine, it’s not quite the same.

Sometimes flour is bleached, so it looks nice and clean and white. But that’s less necessary if you’re adding in colors and other additives, so in this case, they’re specifying that the flour is “unbleached.”

Jim’s Donuts

If you have a favorite donut shop in Dayton, tell us about it!

A New Kind of Happy Hour

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There’s a brand new happy  hour debuting tonight which is focused on wellness and feeling good! 

According to their facebook page, Tonic is a pop-up, traveling “happier hour” in Dayton, where the wellness crowd is gathering to connect, network, learn, and unwind consciously. The concept for these gatherings began last fall and tonight they will share the concept for these recurring events with the public.  Tonight’s schedule includes:

Each event will feature a new collection of local “talent” and artists and feature a themed “playshop” at the start. Playshops range from art classes, to yoga nidra (relaxing and restorative yoga), to laughter meditation, to psychotherapy, to nature and adventure workshops, to educational wellness talks.

Tonights event will start with Matt Parente for Yoga and a Playshop!

Marianne Fink of Wellness Studio at Harmony Farm will lead a very special wellness discussion. Each playshop will be 30 minutes, followed by time to enjoy music, dance, and peruse wellness arts and refreshments.

Refreshments will include healthy options from local restaurants and food trucks as well as unique herbal tea concoctions, Kombucha, coconut and seasonal maple water. Join us and get your weekend of to a healthful start.  Chef Matthew Hayden of Meals From Scratch will be bringing some amazing healing treats tonight that you won’t want to miss!

This Friday, after a 10-year hiatus, Andrew White will come out of retirement to mix tunes at the 1st Tonic happier hour!

This will be  a traveling event. If you’d like to host one at your venue downtown let the organizers know!

Tonic’s first event will be hosted at WellSpace Dayton at 116 N. Jefferson St. on Friday, January 19th from 5:30-8pm.  Tickets for this event are on sale for $20 online. 

Who’d You Rather? KFC or Lee’s Famous Recipe ? Win $20 GiftCard

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In a world of fried chicken, 2 chains have battled it out for decades.   They are Kentucky Fried Chicken and Lee’s Famous Recipe. 

The colonel and the rooster have been going head to head for generations. But did you know these restaurants were started by related family members?

Today , Food Adventures heats up the family feud again and pits them against each other, head to head.  Plus, you get a chance to win a $20 gift card, just by commenting on which one is your favorite.

Yes.. you heard right…..

****COMMENT BELOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN a $20 GIFT CARD TO YOUR FAVORITE ONE****

So we ask you our patented question ….

WHO’D YOU RATHER GET IT ON WITH?
KFC or LEE’s FAMOUS RECIPE??

The Carolina Gold Chicken Little is KFC’s best item.

Comment at the bottom of the article and you can have a shot at winning a $20 gift certificate to tour favorite restaurant.  Don’t be a chicken.. do it !

The Big Ragu from The Food Adventures Crew breaks this one down.  Let’s see how the king of deep-fried food voted …

KFC TALE OF THE TAPE:
Founded by Colonel Harland Sanders, a Kentucky entrepreneur from Corbin, Kentucky who sold his chicken during the Great Depression. Sander’s opened his 2nd store in 1952. It was known as “Kentucky Fried Chicken” until 1991 when they changed the name to KFC. Today it is the 4th largest fast food franchise.

HERE ARE THE PRO’s of KFC:
—The Carolina Gold Chicken Little sandwich is a must eat, it is the best thing on the menu.
—Better Biscuits, no contest… but they always forget to give you butter and honey
—The whole wings are amazing, get 2 original recipe and 2 extra crispy
—Slightly better sides, even the alien “mashed potatoes and gravy”
—The apple pies that are offered at some stores are the same ones McDonalsds had in the 70’s and 80’s – deep-fried ones.
—The popcorn chicken is a winner, Nashville hot sauce will burn yo’ ass.

KFC’s HOT WINGS are no longer longer on the menu everyday – big mistake .

HERE ARE THE CONS’s of KFC:
–corporate made poor decision and got rid of two of their best menu items Honey BBQ Wings and Hot Wings
—KFC is not cheap…they price gouge a little
—They close too early

——————–Now, in the other corner …

LEE’S FAMOUS RECIPE, TALE OF THE TAPE:
After Colonel Sanders sold his franchise in 1962, he agreed to stay on as a promotional employee.  His nephew Lee Cummings worked on a new chicken recipe and in 1966 founded the first Lee’s Famous Recipe Fried Chicken in Lima, Ohio. Today, there are currently 142 Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken locations in 13 states across the USA.  Dayton, Ohio has been a national hot spot and testing ground for Famous Recipe Chicken stores.

Lee Cummings, Colonel Sander’s nephew started Famous Recipe Chicken

HERE ARE THE PRO’s of LEE’s FAMOUS RECIPE:
—The menu has a wider variety of choices country fried steak, oven roasted chicken,  liver and gizzards, white chicken chili, strawberry shortcake, etc..
—They offer an extra crispy SPICY version of their chicken too.
—During Lent they offer Shrimp and fish sometimes
—Nice prices, specials and deals help your wallet.

HERE ARE THE CONS’s of LEE’s FAMOUS RECIPE:
—The chicken is a little to salty
—The biscuits are awful
—The chicken fried steak is like a TV dinner Saulsbury steak

 

BIG RAGU’S VOTE: – KFC IS BETTER …

But what is your vote? Let your voice be heard.  Who’d you rather and why?  What items are your favorites?

A buttery biscuit from KFC – when they remember to give you butter and honey

**Comment below and be entered into our contest to win a $20 Gift Card to your choice of KFC or Famous Recipe.**

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Food Adventures is a local Dayton blog with a weekly feature article each week right here on Dayton Most Metro.  We leave no plate unturned and pride ourselves on giving you the best scoop on Miami Valley Restaurant food … all of it… NO RULES !

Please feel free to browse more photos in our gallery below.  Don’t forget to comment below for your chance to win.  Winner chosen at random next week.

 

Everybody needs an little KFC

left is KFC Original Recipe and right is Extra Crispy

KFC Biscuits – great if they remember to pack butter and honey for you

Lee’s Famous Recipe Mashed Potatoes and gravy

Country Fried Steak at Famous Recipe – yeah .. no …

Popcorn Shrimp great to dip in hot sauce at KFC

HONEY BBQ WINGS – the best thing KFC ever took off their menu – BRING THEM BACK 4 good

KFC took Hot wings off their menu too .. bad move

Colonel Sander’s and Mommie Dearest Joan Crawford… she was a Pepsi Exec for a while

A box of LEE’S.

Shrimp during lent ? YES !

Extra Crispy chicken from LEE’S FAMOUS RECIPE

Apple Pie at KFC

Nashvile Hot KFC sauce is ‘hot

COLONEL SANDERS And ALICE COOPER

COL SANDERS and JERRY LEWIS

Recipe for refrigerator rolls

Piles of LEE’S CHICKEN !

Famous recipe Extra Crispy Spicy chicken

KFC’s NASHVILLE HOT

Try a chicken little dipped in CAROLINA GOLD SAUCE- it is HEAVEN !

KFC HOT WINGS

Apple Pie at KFC

Lee’s Famous Recipe’s White Chicken Chili,,,,

 

 

 

US Postal Service Price Increase Starts Jan 21st

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The United States Postal Service  price changes to take effect Jan. 21, 2018. The new prices include a one cent increase in the price of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp from 49 cents to 50 cents.

Postcard stamps and metered letters will also have a one cent increase.

The next couple of days would be a great time to head to the post office and buy some forever stamps, while they are still 49 cents each.  Check out the great array of forever stamps available:

 

 

Don’t have time to make it to the post office? You can always buy online.

All You Can Eat Crab Legs Are Back!

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Back by popular demand, Basil’s On Market is bringing back their Friday night All-You-Can-Eat Snow Crab legs night!

Starting on January 19th, seafood lovers’ will be able to enjoy this treat from 4-9pm . They will also be featuring their signature truffle fries along with the crab legs.  This special will run  every Friday through March 30th for $30.

Basil’s on Market opened in August of 2016 and  shares a building with PNC Bank overlooking the Great Miami River. It’s part of the Water Street mixed-use development along the river with parking available on the street or in the Water Street parking lot.

The 4,800-square-foot restaurant seats 150 inside, and another 120 or so on a 2,200-square-foot patio overlooking the river and its fountains, when the weather cooperates. The bar has 20 taps of rotating craft beers, as well as a menu of craft cocktails.

No reservation are required, just stop in and enjoy as much crab as your heart desires!

Basil's logo with large B and basil leaf

Basil’s On Market

937.818.4390
312 N. Patterson Blvd.
Dayton, OH 45402

Basil’s Hours
Mon-Thu: 11 AM – 8 PM
Fri: 11 AM – 9 PM
Sat: 11 AM – 9 PM
Sun: 10 AM – 3 PM (Brunch Only)

Tour de Donut is Growing!

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For its 12th anniversary and its second year in Troy, the Tour de Donut is planning an event bigger and better than ever. The ride will start and end around the square of historic downtown Troy on Saturday, August 25, 2018. Registration for this very unique event is now open.  The inaugural event in Troy brought 2300 riders, the largest participation number to date. This number is expected to increase as the demand of interested cyclists grows. Being Ohio’s largest one-day bicycle event, cyclists travel to the Tour de Donut from 30 states.

 

New for 2018, the Tour de Donut welcomes Be The Match as their official charity partner. For the runners/walkers out there, Be The Match invites you to participate in the Buckeye Donut Dash. This 5k will begin in downtown Troy at 8:30am on Saturday, August 25, 2018 running simultaneously with the Tour de Donut. Registration is now open and information can be found  here . The Buckeye Donut Dash raises funds to help patients in need of a bone marrow transplant. With your support in fundraising, you help more patients afford transplants, add potential marrow donors to the Be The Match Registry and make more life-saving research possible.

Mallory Lynn eats a donut during a stop at Gordon United Methodist Church, during the Tour de Donut last fall. Photo from Troy Daily News.

The Tour de Donut is a unique bicycle event in which participants’ ability to eat donuts is just as important as their ability to ride their bicycle. During this timed bicycle event, riders visit donut stops along the course. For each donut the rider will eat (and keeps down), five minutes will be deducted from their ride time. The Glazer, a special donut stop, will return by popular demand. Each donut eaten at this stop is worth a ten minute deduction in ride time. A competition will be held between area donut shops during the Troy Strawberry Festival in June to choose the coveted special glazer donut.

Event organizers will offer three different distances for cyclists in 2018. New and improved routes are being designed, free of trains, that will offer riders a fun, challenging experience through beautiful, rural Miami County.

The Donut Mini, a 16-mile course, will return with one donut stop. The Mini awards its own prizes and allows younger riders and families to take part in the fun due to the shorter distance.

The 32-mile course, the Tour de Donut, will offer two donut stops. And, for the experienced cyclist, the Double D Challenge is a 64-mile ride with three donut stops. Prizes will be awarded for these courses in age group classes. Special awards will be given for the most donuts eaten, fastest time (without donuts), and the coveted golden Tour de Donut championship belt for the best adjusted “donut time”.

A free children’s event will take place at 8 am on N. Market Street. All children participating will receive a free T-shirt, finisher medal and all the donuts and milk they care to eat courtesy of Orthopedic Associates of Southwest Ohio.

Online registration is open. Cyclists should visit www.thetourdedonut.com and runners/walkers should visit www.bethematchfoundation.org/TheBuckeye to get registered.

If your group is interested in assisting with the ride at a donut stop, or would like to volunteer with organizers, please contact the Head Donut.

 

David Byrne Coming To Rose Music Center This August

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David Byrne has announced an extensive world tour in support of his forthcoming solo record, American Utopia. David will perform songs from the new album, which is out March 9 via Todomundo/Nonesuch Records, as well as classics from his solo career and his days with Talking Heads. A twelve-piece band will also join David on stage for a choreographed concert that he has called “the most ambitious show I’ve done since the shows that were filmed for Stop Making Sense.” The American Utopia Tour will include a stop in Huber Heights, OH at Rose Music Center on Saturday, August 11th.

Last week, Byrne announced the release of American Utopia during a presentation of “Reasons To Be Cheerful,” an ongoing series he curates of hopeful writings, photos, music, and lectures. The presentation was given at New York’s New School to a live audience and also was streamed via hisFacebook page.  He also released the first track from the album, “Everybody’s Coming To My House”— co-written with Brian Eno, featuring contributions from TTY, Happa, Isaiah Barr Leader of the Onyx Collective, Daniel Lopatin (Oneohtrix Point Never), Mercury Prize winner Sampha, and others. The song’s visual companion piece can be seen here. “Everybody’s Coming To My House” is available to download instantly with pre-orders of American Utopiaon iTunes and at nonesuch.com. Nonesuch Store pre-orders also include an exclusive print facsimile of an early handwritten lyric sheet to the song.

Tickets for the Huber Heights show will go on sale to the public beginning 11am on Friday, January 19th at www.Ticketmaster.com andwww.Rosemusiccenter.com. Charge by phone at 1.800.745.3000.

Beer + Donuts Tasting Event

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Pairing two of the best things ever made by man, Star City Brewing Company is partnering with  Bear Creek Donuts for Beer + Donuts: A Miamisburg Pairing on Saturday, January 20 from 1-4pm.

“Being from Miamisburg and occupying the old Peerless Mill, where we are, has always been central to who we are as a business,” said Justin Kohnen, owner of Star City Brewing Company. “There are so many great things going on in downtown Miamisburg too. We’ve been throwing around the idea of doing an event with Ryan Tripp from Bear Creek Donuts for a while now and are excited to see it come together for Beer + Donuts.”

Working closely with Bear Creek Donuts, the suggested pairings for the event include the Mound’s RTG Stout with two chocolate/coconut donut holes, the Great Miami Gose with two sea salt inspired donut holes, the Sweet Cider with a mini apple fritter, and the Hip-Hop-O-Potamus Session IPA with two citrus based donut holes.

“After you’ve finished the pairings, Bear Creek has the literal icing on top for us,” said Kohnen. “Ryan worked with our head brewer, Chad Klehamer and created an exclusive donut just for this event using one of our beers. We’re keeping it a surprise for the event, but you won’t be disappointed.”

For those interested, Beer + Donuts: A Miamisburg Pairing will take place at Star City Brewing on January 20 from 1-4pm. Tickets are $15 at the brewery or online.