Updated Friday Morning with Tast of OSU, last event. Am I the only person who doesn't want to go outside when it's colder than 30 degrees? It's not the cold so much as it is the idea of the cold. I could seriously spend the entire winter bundled up in the house with some really good hot chocolate and watch movies, write, eat potato products and play Guitar Hero until sometime in April - say, when the leaves come out. Unfortunately, if I didn't leave the house to work every once in awhile to work, I would no longer have said cozy house in which to hibernate. Alas.
All of that to say, maybe you should also consider getting out of the house this week. Here are a few ideas... You know the drill - leave your events in the comments!
- First of all, for you Columbus Undgergrounders, there will be yet another CU I can't attend tomorrow (Thursday, the 24th) at Tip Top Kitchen & Cocktails on E Gay Street. The adventure begins at 6pm. Have some eggplant fries for me!
- Next up, a repost from last week, because what better location to spend a frigid day than the Franklin Park Conservatory? They are displaying orchids, hosting special events on Wednesday evenings - all sorts of fun things to take your mind off the cold.
- Don't forget that this Saturday is another winter Worthington Farmer's Market. Doors open at 10am, and the market takes place at the Griswold Center at 777 N High St. just north of the intersection of High & 161.
- This week's cooking classes at Sur la Table include: Thu 1/26 - Winter Appetizer Party with Mike McCauley; Fri 1/27 - French Bistro Classics with Mike McCauley; Sat 1/28 - Great Winter Breakfasts with Mike McCauley (10:30a) and Hearty Tuscan Dinner with Tom Johnson (5pm); Tue 1/29 - Escape to the Southwest with Mike McCauley; Wed 1/30 - 5 Classic Recipes Everyone Should Know. Unless otherwise noted, all classes are $65 and take place at 6:30pm. Click to their calendar for more information.
- This week at Whole Foods, learn about the foods & wines of Tuscany (Thu 1/24, 6:30pm); next Tuesday, 1/29, bring the kids along to learn how to make pizza (4pm); and on Wednesday the 30th, the whole family can learn how to eat healthy after the holidays (I need that). Click to their calendar for more information. Also, through the end of January, Whole Foods will be supporting the Children's Hunger Alliance. Stop by the Bistro for a ricotta Beignet; WF will donate $5 to the CHA for each beignet sold. Tasty and helpful.
- And, this week at the Wild Oats/Whole Food Market on Lane, Today, 1/23 - learn 100 foods to live by; enjoying samples and get recipes to incorporate these foods into your diet (free, 6pm); Thu 1/24 - a free Pranic healing clinic at 6pm; and on Monday 1/28, a recipe demo and sampling of Foods to Live by (free, noon); and, this location has adopted the Whole Foods "Fridays After Five" event; receive 5 tastes of wine and samplings of foods. This week's event (1/25) will highlight Mardi Gras, featuring Cajun foods & French wines and includes a free "Whole Foods Upper Arlington" wine glass. Click to their event calendar for more details.
- Friday night is the Taste of OSU Carnaval in the Ohio State Recreation Center. The event is free, and tickets for food & drinks are $1. There will be a dessert competition and foods from around the world. Best of all for international students - free phone calls around the world! Click over to their website for more information.
