About the Gourmand
CMH Gourmand is authored by Jim Ellison. I am a food lover and writer.
My Mission:
CMH Gourmand is designed to share my culinary adventures in Columbus and all over the world with you. I plan to continue to create a blog that is worth your cybertime.
My Culinary CV includes:
- an absolute passion for eating;
- I am a heck of a researcher - I have a MS in Library and Information Science with some significant food research experience (my specialities: ice cream, pizza, and regional sandwiches) ((my other mission is to work for OCLC));
- I am a Kansas City BBQ Society Certified BBQ judge (judged in Indiana and Wisconsin);
- Other judging at the North Market Harvest Festival in 2007 and Fiery Foods Festival in 2008;
- I am a rater for the Zagat Guide;
- I wrote food articles for Ohio Magazine and CitySearch.com;
- I was a mystery diner for Cameron Mitchell Restaurants;
- I did a review with The Grumpy Gourmet (Doral Chenoweth) - when he was writing for the Dispatch;
- I have attended numerous cooking classes and wine tastings hosted by the likes of Ricky Barnes, Scott Boles and Roger Gentile;
- I once ate 10 Italian Beef sandwiches, at 10 places in 8 hours, within the Chicago metro area;
- I (and four other local bloggers) gained the attention of the Columbus Dispatch in December 2007
- and I usually clean my plate
That is just a taste of the credientials I offer to the culinary writing community!
I have a web site called Ice Cream Ohio - please visit it often, tell your friends, and spread the word. Here is the link -
You can read my restaurant reviews at Columbus Underground in the Dining section.
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If you need to e-mail me - click here
What is a CMH Gourmand?
CMH GOURMAND charts my culinary adventures in Columbus (OH). See Sidedish Sidetrips for adventures outside of the capital city. CMH is the airport code for Columbus. Gourmand - is defined as “A connoisseur of fine food and drink.”
And to clarify the difference between Gourmand, Gourmet, and Epicure -
A gourmet is a person with discriminating taste in food and wine, as is a gourmand.
Because gourmand can also mean “one who enjoys food in great quantities” or even “a gluttonous eater,” care should be taken to make clear its intended sense.
An epicure is much the same as a gourmet, but the word may sometimes carry overtones of excessive refinement. This use of epicure is a misrepresentation of Epicurean philosophy, which, while it professed that pleasure was the highest good, was hardly given to excessive concern with food and drink.
(Thanks to Answers.com for that answer).
January 18, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Well Jim, I finally looked at this at home where I can take my time and enjoy. I picked a fine time to really discover your site, given that I have started a combination Abs/Sonoma/Weight watchers/South Beach diet and IC is out. But, hey, it is still winter and by the time I can buy a scoop from Graeters and eat it in the sun, I will have reached my weight goal (maybe) and eat anything I want(anyway — even if I don’t hit the goal).
March 3, 2007 at 12:35 am
Wow! “I once ate 10 Italian Beef sandwiches, at 10 places in 8 hours, within the Chicago metro area;” That just jumped off my flat-panel, right into my ramen noodles. Bangin’!
June 13, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Greetings, Jim:
I hope you all are doing well. I’ve been enjoying your Columbus blog, as well as your work with ColumbusUnderground.com. Quite thorough and informative! To jump into an introduction, I’m Pat Embry, a long-time Nashville-based entertainment editor and writer. (I wanna hear more about your recent Nashville trip.) For the past two years I’ve served as editorial director at Magellan Press, a locally based imprint specializing in dining and travel guides.
Last spring, Magellan successfully published a comprehensive local dining guidebook called Where the Locals Eat-Nashville. We’re now wrapping up many months of work on a companion national guidebook and extensive companion website, Where the Locals Eat http://www.wherethelocalseat.com, which will spotlight the Top 100 restaurants, including winners in any number dining categories (best diner, best contemporary, best Mexican restaurant, etc.), in each of the top 50 U.S. markets.
I’d welcome your feedback, pre-publication, on our Top 100 list in Columbus (or anywhere else). Any obvious clunkers? Any place resting on past laurels? Some place that has recently closed? A spot worthy of consideration that we have neglected?
Pat Embry