Nathan Morgan

Cream horns at 3 a.m. are a real option at one little Ohio bake shop, and that changes…

By Nathan Morgan · Oct 3

Fermented cabbage, rolled into a ball, breaded, and dropped into hot oil. It sounds like a dare, yet…

By Nathan Morgan · Oct 2

A cabbage roll that shares a plate with a coney dog sounds like a dare. In one Ohio…

By Nathan Morgan · Oct 1

A tiny paper bag holding three or four chocolates might be the smartest sweet deal in central Ohio.…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 30

A red phone booth where a dime still places a real call sits inside a store that also…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 29

Bacon jerky. Goose liver pâté. Butterfly prime rib jerky. Somewhere in Ohio, a butcher is wrapping those up…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 28

Two slices of plain white bread vanish under a mountain of mashed potatoes and brown gravy. Somewhere under…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 27

A whole sweet potato pie, carried out the door like a trophy, might be the most Ohio souvenir…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 26

A maple bacon donut at five in the morning sounds like a dare. In one small Ohio village,…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 25

Peanut butter was the last flavor I expected to remember from a trip through Ohio’s Amish Country. I…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 24

A little crock of dark, cinnamon-scented spread parked next to the salt shaker should not be the reason…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 23

A pepperoni-and-mushroom pie sliced into tiny squares tastes different when the crust snaps like a cracker and the…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 22

A milkshake so thick your straw stands up straight is one of Ohio’s quietest joys, waiting along back…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 21

Order a cherry phosphate at a marble counter and suddenly you’re standing in the middle of a century’s…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 20

My car window has never smelled better than the afternoon a tray of chili dogs and frosty root…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 19

The best corn I ever tasted came from a plywood table by the side of an Ohio road,…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 18

Walking past a storefront on a quiet Ohio street, you might not guess that behind the door lies…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 17

Chocolate and peanut butter meet in a dessert so rich it practically tastes like Ohio itself. Picture a…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 16

My first spoonful of Cincinnati-style chili came with a lesson: this isn’t the chili you grew up ladling…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 15

My first bite of a warm fry pie happened on a backroad in Ohio, and I still think…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 14

My stomach growled the moment I walked past the two-story gift shop and caught the smell of fresh…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 13

Craving a warm donut at three in the morning is not a problem in one corner of Ohio,…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 12

The smell hit me before I even opened the cooler door: smoky, savory, a little sweet, the kind…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 11

Some of the best meals in Ohio hide behind the plainest storefronts, the kind you might drive past…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 10

Somewhere along the Ohio shoreline, tucked where the water laps right up against the wooden decking, sits a…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 9

Some of the best meals in Ohio come from places that don’t shout about themselves. Picture rolling farmland,…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 8

Some of the best meals in Ohio hide in plain sight, tucked into a quiet corner of a…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 7

There’s a special kind of joy in pulling up to a little window in Ohio and having a…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 6

Some of the best meals in Ohio hide in the most unexpected buildings, and this one has quite…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 5

Some of the best bites in Ohio hide down quiet country roads and along sleepy Main Streets, tucked…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 4

Some of the best food finds in Ohio hide behind plain signs and modest storefronts you’d drive right…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 3

Some of the best meals in Ohio hide behind quiet storefronts you’d drive right past if you weren’t…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 2

Some of the best places in Ohio hide in plain sight, tucked into old brick storefronts you might…

By Nathan Morgan · Sep 1

Every once in a while you stumble onto a place that looks small and quiet from the road,…

By Nathan Morgan · Aug 31

Somewhere in Ohio, there’s a small, tucked-away eatery where the smell of paprika and simmering chicken greets you…

By Nathan Morgan · Aug 30

Picture yourself driving down a quiet country road in Ohio when you spot a little wooden stand tucked…

By Nathan Morgan · Aug 29

Some of the best meals in Ohio hide behind plain storefronts and neon signs you might drive past…

By Nathan Morgan · Aug 28

Some places sneak up on you. You walk in expecting one thing, and you leave charmed by something…

By Nathan Morgan · Aug 27

Some of the best cups of coffee in Ohio are waiting in places you’d never expect, tucked into…

By Nathan Morgan · Aug 26