The annual Eat Local for the Globe on September 13 was another great foodie event to benefit Findlay Market.

Eat Local For The Globe showcases Findlay Market vendors, local chefs, and regionally sourced foods in tasting stations and cooking demos around the market. In addition to food and wine, enjoy live music, the OTR Biergarten, silent auction items, and craft cocktails by Molly Wellman. General admission ticket holders will also be able to watch as teams of chefs prepare dishes for the 50-seat Chef’s Table, which features a seven course meal with wine pairings.  Participants also enjoyed nibbles from the Findlay Market prepared food vendors such as Fresh Table, Pho Lang Tang, Ayeti’s Gyros, Skirtz & Johnston Bakery, Taste of Belgium and Grandma Debbie’s.

Why buy local? Taste for one. Just picked, harvested, caught, or laid edibles are usually at peak flavor, a view that’s galvanized a nationwide farm-to-table movement. More importantly, money spent with local businesses is reinvested into the local economy. And, as the miles between our food and its sources decrease, the knowledge of what, why, and how we eat increases demand for quality and keeps the conversation at a national level where effective policy can be implemented.

Fresh Table was honored to participate in one of Cincinnati’s premiere foodie events.
Set your calendar for 2013’s 1 Night 12 Kitchens for an unforgettable night.
Think of it as dinner at more than 20 of the region’s best restaurants!
To help your conscience, think of it as supporting scholarships for students at the Midwest Culinary Institute.
Mingle with the region’s top chefs.
Sample amazing, creative gourmet fare.
Explore the state-of-the-art kitchens of the Midwest Culinary Institute.
Do all this and more at 1 Night 12 Kitchens, Cincinnati’s premiere culinary event

The Carnegie Arts Center annual exhibition The Art of Food
is a perfect marriage of the culinary + visual pleasures in life.
Celebrating its 6th year, The Carnegie’s annual Art of Food exhibition bring’s
together the Tri-State’s top chefs & artists to demonstrate how food may be a complete sensory experience.
2012’s artists were: Eric Brass, Leah Busch, Marisa Dipaola, Sayaka Ganz, Sandra Gross, Jeffrey Hayes, Vicky Kimble, Matt Kotlarczyk, Pam Kravetz, Jim Merz, Carla Morales, Sara Pearce, Kim Shifflett, and Jacquelyn Sommer.
Matt Kotlarczyk, Pam Kravetz, Jim Merz, Carla Morales, Sara Pearce, Kim Shifflett, and Jacquelyn Sommer.
The Culinary Artists
Bella Luna, Chef Alfio Gulisano | The BonBonerie, Sharon Butler | Bouquet, Chef Stephen Williams | Carriage House Farms, Chef Marc Bodenstein | Coffee Emporium, Tony Tausch | Eat Well Celebrations and Feasts, Chef Renee Schuler | Europa Bistro and Cafe, Chef Nicola Palmieri | Fireside Pizza, Mike Marschman | Fresh Table, Chef Louis Snowden / Chef Meredith Trombly / Chef Victor Brown| Honey, Chef Summer Genetti | Jean-Robert’s Table, Chef Jean-Robert de Cavel | Jeff Thomas Catering, Jeff Thomas | La Poste Eatery, Chef Dave Taylor | Nicholson’s Gastropub, Chef Marc Bodenstein | Otto’s, Chef Paul Weckman | Queen City Cookies, Peggy Shannon | Senate, Chef Daniel Wright | SmoQ, Chef Jackson Rouse | Taste of Belgium, Chef Jean-Francois Flechet | The Avenue Lounge | View Cucina, Chef Alfio Gulisano | Virgil’s Cafe, Chef Matt Buschle | Washington Platform Saloon and Restaurant, Jon Diebold