From Places to Eat

Chicken Salad Chick Restaurant

Tom and I love chicken salad.  Our previous favorite was at the now-defunct Andersons Grocery Store.  Their chicken salad, with raisins and grapes and no nuts, is still my favorite.  But we recently discovered a restaurant that is giving Andersons’ chicken salad a run for its money.  Even better, it is currently in business so …

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Carrot Cake for my Birthday

I like a good carrot cake.  Something moist and a little chewy.  It can have coconut or pineapple in it as long as those items add texture and moisture but don’t dominate the flavor.  Raisins are fine – nuts are not.  And, of course, that is the problem with most carrot cakes.  For some reason …

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Fried Bologna Sandwiches in Waldo, Ohio

After the adventure of visiting the Marion Cemetery, we headed to Waldo Ohio for fried bologna sandwiches.  I’m not sure how something at a restaurant gets to be “famous.”  At least they don’t say “world-famous.”  I’m also not sure how Mom and Dad heard about these famous fried bologna sandwiches.  But it sounded like a …

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