• Review: At Salmex, Salvadoran and Mexican food is made with care

    Review: At Salmex, Salvadoran and Mexican food is made with care

    It’s been a while since I have been as excited about a little hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant as I have been about Salmex, a new-to-me Salvadoran spot on the edge of downtown. Here’s why: Every item we tried on the restaurant’s rather massive menu tasted like it was made with care, from scratch. There’s dishes you…

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    Happy Valentine’s Day from my kitchen: blueberry muffins and Excellent white bread both from @nytcooking. It smells really good in here.

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    New this week on the blog: the five things I’m most looking forward to in 2021. Travel is one. Fine dining is one. But the main one? It’s a lot more abstract.⠀⠀Find it at the link in my profile.The picture is from dinner at Bouchon in Las Vegas. (No. I am not in Vegas.)

  • Five things I’m looking forward to in 2021

    Five things I’m looking forward to in 2021

    We’ve recapped the restaurants the pandemic took from us last year, and the best food I ate in 2020. I don’t know about you, but I’m ready to look well into 2021 toward some of the things I’ll most welcome back into my life post-vaccine. What are you most looking forward to? Share it in…

  • Hot patio review: Plank Seafood + Provisions

    Hot patio review: Plank Seafood + Provisions

    Let me be the first to say it: Most Omaha restaurants have closed their hot patios for the season. It’s been an especially challenging few weeks for us being cooped up in our home (“Join the club,” you might be saying right about now.) That’s why it was such a pleasant surprise, such a heart…

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    This week's SBH newsletter: Ever wonder how Block 16 adds new menu items? I did. So I asked. Plus, a recap of all my 2020 favorites. ⠀⠀Find it all at the link in my profile, and if you haven't subscribed, you can do that there, too.

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    I reopened my kombucha factory after a long hiatus and wow, things are fizzy!First time trying d’Anjou pear infused jun tea.

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    I had no intention of recapping the best of 2020. But a conversation with a chef and taking the time to actually look back at the past year led me to a revelation: Even though 2020 stunk, a lot of the food I ate sure didn't. ⠀⠀In no particular order, here's all the best food,…

  • Best of 2020: Crap year, great food

    Best of 2020: Crap year, great food

    I had no plans to recap the best food I ate in 2020. Then I saw a Facebook post written by chef David Utterback, where he featured my best of 2018 list which I wrote when I was still at the World-Herald. I sent Dave a text, and we chatted. He made a good point:…

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    Some days you have a craving. That craving for me today was a @lacasapizzaria #meatcarpet. So dang happy. Don’t @ me.