• Review: West Omaha’s popular Crumbl Cookies are worth the hype

    Review: West Omaha’s popular Crumbl Cookies are worth the hype

    Sometimes a restaurant opening creates such an intense amount of buzz, it becomes unavoidable. In those rare cases, I simply have to check out whatever it is people are finding so irresistible. That’s what happened after I started hearing murmurs about a cookie place called Crumbl, which opened nine weeks ago in West Omaha.  As…

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    In New York doing New York things.

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    The wait is over. My first review after two challenging years for the Omaha food scene is here. At @izakayakoji, chef David Utterback is once again pushing Omaha’s dining scene forward; this time, he’s doing it with small skewers of meat.Well, that and a whole lot more. Find it now at the link in my…

  • Review: At Koji, small skewers of meat are pushing Omaha’s dining scene forward

    Review: At Koji, small skewers of meat are pushing Omaha’s dining scene forward

    Omaha’s food scene, and Omahans, have had a tough two years. We’ve lost restaurants. We’ve done our damndest to keep our local chefs and favorite spots in business. We’ve ordered a hell of a lot of takeout.   Which is one reason it felt like such a gift when Koji, chef David Utterback’s adventurous new spot…

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    I am so excited to announce that starting June 2, I will be back to writing regular, new restaurant reviews about Omaha food! Thanks to a new partnership with @growomaha, the reviews will be shared on both my site and on Grow Omaha Eats, as well as in both my newsletter and their weekly market…

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    Last night @kristinally made a group of friends an absolutely delicious three courses of @nicerollz style Korean. I can’t stop thinking about it, so I decided to write about it. I sure hope the rest of Omaha gets to eat this too. I can’t wait to see what this talented chef (and downright kind human)…

  • A private Nice Rollz experience for the books

    A private Nice Rollz experience for the books

    Sometimes, exceptional things can happen just because you ask. The dinner we had with a group of friends last night, courtesy of Nice Rollz’ Kristina Lee, is a great example of just that. Here’s how it happened: Our group considered a few different cuisines for our dinner date, settling on Korean. I texted Kristina to…

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    No trip to McCook is complete without a visit to @sehnertsbakery, Nebraska’s first America’s Classic @beardfoundation award winner. They make incredible bierocks — including these tiny ones for a talk Matthew and I gave about our book last night — and absolutely delicious baked goods. They have great coffee, a fantastic vintage sign and are…

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    First annual La Buvette shareholders weekend was such a joy. I can’t wait for next year.