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Yahoo
21-05-2025
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Best of Taste winners revealed for Taste of Cincinnati 2025. Here's the hot new list
We hope you're hungry because Taste of Cincinnati is around the corner. This week, judges sampled and rated dishes entered into the Best of Taste competition, which represents over 80 culinary pros from restaurants, Findlay Kitchen start-ups and food trucks. Gold, silver and bronze awards were granted in three categories: appetizers/side dishes, entrees and desserts. Taste of Cincinnati returns to Downtown over Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26. Here are the dishes that took home the glory at the pre-event competition this year. Gold: Hankering Southern Kitchen – Fried Green Tomatoes. Silver: Kabobske – Street Corn Hummus and Seasoned Pita Chips. Bronze: Alfio's Buon Chio – Korean Pork BBQ Empanada. Gold: Alfio's Buon Chio – Braised Short Ribs over Gnocchi. Silver: Lobsta Bakes of Main – Pan Seared Lump Crab Cakes. Bronze: Hankering Southern Kitchen – Smoked Carolina Street Tacos. Gold: The Cheesecakery – Black Raspberry Chip Cheesecake. Silver: Pompillio's – Tiramisu Cookes and Cream Cannoli. Bronze: Taste of Belgium – Lemon Poppyseed Waffle. Gold: Honey Child Pops – Peach Thyme Soda. Silver: Jay's Nyam & Jam – Jerk Chicken Wings with Pineapple Jerk Sauce. Bronze: Magnificent Morsels – Shrimp & Grits. Gold: Jay's Nyam & Jam – Jerk Chicken 'Jamaican' Bowl. Silver: Yee Mama – Chicken & Basil Handmade Wonton. Bronze: Sabor Alaniz – Chicken Taquitos. Gold: Walkerbar – Judgy Jenn Ice Cream. Silver: Olive Tree – Mixed Baklava. Bronze: Dojo Gelato – Gooey Butter Cake Gelato. Gold: Dine-In Hawaiian – Ono Hash. Silver: Maw Maw's Creole Kitchen – Mutha Clucka. Bronze: Twisted Greek – Deep Fried Feta. Gold: Twisted Greek – Hera's Garden Gyro. Silver: Quite Frankly – Pumba. Bronze: Fifty West Brewing Co. – Classic Burger. Gold: SugarSnap! Sweet Treats – Salted Caramel Brownie Sundae. Silver: Eliza Jane's Mobile Bake Shop – Peach Cobbler Blondie Sundae. Bronze: Davis Cookie Collection – Strawberry Crunch Sundae. The annual food festival takes place Memorial Day weekend in downtown Cincinnati, stretching from Fifth Street between Elm and Main streets. It takes place during these times: Saturday, May 24, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sunday, May 25, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday, May 26, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Taste of Cincinnati 2025: These dishes won Best of Taste
Yahoo
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
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Top 10 things to do Memorial Day weekend in Cincinnati
With pools opening this Memorial Day weekend, we know that signals summer is officially on the horizon. And that means there's so much to do in the Queen City. To help narrow it down, we've picked out our top 10 places to be this weekend. Get on your sunblock, because a lot of our picks take place outside. It's about time we all get some much-needed vitamin D and enjoy the weather. And it wouldn't be Memorial Day weekend without getting a little wet, so break out your swimsuits. But if you prefer the shade and staying dry, we have some picks for you, too. Pick your flavor below. Have an event you'd like us to know about? Submit it online at and we'll tell the world about it. Head to that same site to peruse our full calendar of events. If the Mayor of Flavortown himself, Guy Fieri, declared Cincinnati "one of the really cool food cities" with "next-level chefs," then you know you don't want to miss Taste of Cincinnati. Go in with a plan of attack to seek out all this year's Best of Taste winners, or just head to Fifth Street and let the wind guide your buds. Details: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday, Fifth Street, Downtown. Free admission with plenty of food and drink available for purchase. It's that time of the year again. Dust off your bikinis and swim trunks, and take a trip to the much-anticipated summer season opening day. With over 50 water activities, including 40 water slides, there are enough thrills to spend a whole day at the waterpark. Be sure to try the two attractions debuting this season: RiverRacers and Splash River Junction. Details: daily starting Saturday, Kings Island, 6300 Kings Island Drive, Mason. Get ready for big amusement rides, helicopter flights, live music, games, gambling and craft vendors. There will be a fireworks show on Saturday night. Admission is free, so bring the whole family. Details: 6-11 p.m. Thursday-Friday, noon-11 p.m. Saturday, New Richmond. Parade at 6 p.m. Thursday. Celebrate Caribbean and African culture. This fest features music from C.O.V. ThaHopeDealr, FT Falc, MC Da Don, Cuttboi Wormm, Mook Tenracks, DJ Shawn Kelly and performances by Lady Warriors, House of Traction Dance Team, Cincinnati Double Dutch Rope Twisters, CCPA Lions Marching Pride and more. Enjoy unique vendors and food. Details: 2-8 p.m. Friday, Washington Park, 1230 Elm St., Over-the-Rhine. Free. Illuminate the night by floating on glowing boats as the water glints and gleams. Explore the mysteries of space with the Cincinnati Astronomical Society and enjoy a night hike under the stars. From moths and moons to bats and bugs, there's so much to explore once the sun sets. Details: 8-11 p.m. Friday, Miami Whitewater Forest, 9001 Mount Hope Road, Harrison. Pre-registration is not required. Free. Glow boat rentals and refreshments available for purchase. Your favorite shimmering stars of the sea glide and twirl through the water with their tropical fish friends as part of the Mermaids Make Waves special event. Details: Opens Saturday, continues daily (except Tuesdays) through June 22, Newport Aquarium, 1 Levee Way, Newport. Included with admission. Come to the opening weekend of Faith & (in)Justice. This new exhibition explores how religion has been both an inspiration for change and a tool to justify oppression. It traces America's struggle for equity and the role of the country's three largest religions – Christianity, Judaism and Islam – in that struggle. This national touring exhibition debuts in Cincinnati. In This Place, the center's first new permanent exhibition in 15 years, is an immersive gallery exploring the historic significance of its location on the banks of the Ohio River, where many enslaved people self-liberating via the Underground Railroad took their first steps on free soil. Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Sunday, National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, 50 E. Freedom Way, Downtown. Runs May 23-Dec. 7. Kim Radochia channels her love of botany into an immersive exploration of nature's mesmerizing patterns and movements in her exhibit, titled "Botanical Fantastical." Details: noon-5 p.m. Wednesday-Monday, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park & Museum, Gallery Museum, 1763 Hamilton Cleves Road, Hamilton. Runs through July 27. Included with park admission. Come out and cheer for your favorite Cincinnati baseball team this weekend. And don't forget Fireworks Friday! Details: 6:40 p.m. Friday, 4:10 p.m. Saturday, 1:40 p.m. Sunday, Great American Ball Park, 100 Joe Nuxhall Way, Downtown. Raptor's highly skilled educators will be available to welcome guests, lead tours, conduct educational programs with our avian ambassadors, share biological artifacts and answer questions. Guests will have the opportunity to visit various educational stations where they can see and learn about the birds of prey native to the Cincinnati area and the work that Raptor Inc. does to protect these magnificent creatures. Details: 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Raptor Inc., 961 Barg Salt Run Road, Milford. Free, donations appreciated. This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Top 10 things to do Memorial Day weekend: Get a Taste or take a dip
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26-01-2025
- Yahoo
A South Florida dessert chef threatened President Trump's life on Facebook, cops say
A West Palm Beach caterer and dessert chef sits in Palm Beach County Main Detention Center after his Friday night arrest over social media posts the FBI and local police said count as threats to kill President Donald Trump. West Palm Beach police also claim they found cocaine in the car with 46-year-old Shannon Atkins during the arrest. Atkins is charged with written or electronic threats to kill or do bodily injury; possession of cocaine; and introducing a controlled substance in a county detention facility. Online court records say his bond is $10,000 for the latter two charges. But, the Palm Beach State Attorney's Office has made a motion for Atkins to remain under pretrial detention, which Judge Daliah Weiss granted Saturday pending a pretrial detention hearing. There might also be federal charges. READ MORE: Trump targets Biden-era migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti for deportation According to Facebook screenshots released by West Palm Beach police, Atkins made the following posts: ▪ On Jan. 14, he put 'Unfortunately, one is still alive' over a social media post that had pictures of Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ronald Reagan and President Trump with, 'All stood up to Democrats. All were shot.' ▪ On Jan. 19, at 9:59 a.m., he put 'Bullets please. Please Jesus. Save America!' over a post mourning Trump's inauguration the following day. ▪ At 11:04 a.m. the same day, he posted 'I've been banned from X because I said I hope and pray someone kills him. History is suppsoed [Sic] to repeat itself. We haven't had an assassination in years' followed by a emojis of eye rolling; laughing into tears; wide-eyes; and a shrug. On his Big Mama's House of Sweets Instagram account, Atkins says he graduated from Johnson & Wales' College of Culintary Arts and notes his 2016 win in the Flavors of Wellington for Best of Taste. Atkins ran Big Mama's House of Sweets from 2016 through 2020 and, now, state records say, runs Big Mama's House of Sweets, Catering & More out of his home. It was near that home that West Palm cops say they stopped Atkins Friday night around 7:30 p.m. He's been under investigation by the agency since Monday, after an Okeechobee reported Atkins posts to the FBI National Threat Operations Center. 'During the interview with detectives, Atkins admitted making the posts,' West Palm Police said.
