Some Toledo foodie obsessives may have heard of Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant known as the best in the world at the moment, but few will probably ever get a chance to experience it. Toledo chef Chris Nixon, the culinary whiz behind new fine dining venture Element 112, is allowing us at least a whiff of Noma's greatness with his delightfully peculiar-looking appetizer beer dirt. The dish, based on a Noma menu item, is a more highbrow version of veggies and dip — the buttermilk dressing comes covered in delicious faux soil made from Edmund Fitzgerald Porter — and it's Nixon's way of sharing a bullet point on his resume that's nothing to blink at: a summer 2012 stint at the famous Denmark restaurant. www.facebook.com/Element112.

 

Geoff Kies takes his pizza seriously. So seriously, in fact, that when he had the idea for his forthcoming Perrysburg pizza spot 5th Street Pub, he trained with the top: Roberto Caporuscio, the vivacious Italian owner of renowned NYC pizza place Keste Pizza & Vino. "The pride and love that goes into their pizza — they take it very seriously," Kies says. That's not the only authentically Italian thing he's got going on: 5th Street Pub's Neapolitan pizza oven and even the tomatoes are coming straight from the Boot. Kies says the opening's tentatively planned for February 10th — we'll be lining up for a slice of the deep-fried variety. 105 W. 5th St. (at the corner of Louisiana Ave.) in downtown Perrsyburg. 

 

 

Food blogging got a little more interesting when the Toledo natives behind Lobster Donut joined the foray. (Sorry, even gluttonous eaters like us can admit reading about food can get, well, boring). Their satirical blog posts include such illustrious titles as "Mitt Romney Unwilling to Concede Loss in Pie-Eating Contest" and "Coked-Up Guy Fieri Goes on Gun-Wielding Rampage in Response to NY Times Review." It's like The Onion for hungry people. We like it. www.lobsterdonut.com. 

Some Toledo foodie obsessives may have heard of Noma, the Copenhagen restaurant known as the best in the world at the moment, but few will probably ever get a chance to experience it. Toledo chef Chris Nixon, the culinary whiz behind new fine dining venture Element 112, is allowing us at least a whiff of Noma's greatness with his delightfully peculiar-looking appetizer beer dirt. The dish, based on a Noma menu item, is a more highbrow version of veggies and dip — the buttermilk dressing comes covered in delicious faux soil made from Edmund Fitzgerald Porter — and it's Nixon's way of sharing a bullet point on his resume that's nothing to blink at: a summer 2012 stint at the famous Denmark restaurant. www.facebook.com/Element112.

 

Geoff Kies takes his pizza seriously. So seriously, in fact, that when he had the idea for his forthcoming Perrysburg pizza spot 5th Street Pub, he trained with the top: Roberto Caporuscio, the vivacious Italian owner of renowned NYC pizza place Keste Pizza & Vino. "The pride and love that goes into their pizza — they take it very seriously," Kies says. That's not the only authentically Italian thing he's got going on: 5th Street Pub's Neapolitan pizza oven and even the tomatoes are coming straight from the Boot. Kies says the opening's tentatively planned for February 10th — we'll be lining up for a slice of the deep-fried variety. 105 W. 5th St. (at the corner of Louisiana Ave.) in downtown Perrsyburg. 

 

 

Food blogging got a little more interesting when the Toledo natives behind Lobster Donut joined the foray. (Sorry, even gluttonous eaters like us can admit reading about food can get, well, boring). Their satirical blog posts include such illustrious titles as "Mitt Romney Unwilling to Concede Loss in Pie-Eating Contest" and "Coked-Up Guy Fieri Goes on Gun-Wielding Rampage in Response to NY Times Review." It's like The Onion for hungry people. We like it. www.lobsterdonut.com.