First Place, Illustration - Adam Cairns / The Columbus Dispatch, “Smoke Signals”A “smoke signals” old fashioned by bartender Noah Rathnow at Buckeye Bourbon House is created with a private Maker’s Mark Private Select barrel pick bourbon and infused with hickory smoke.
Second Place, Illustration - Phillip L. Kaplan / The Blade, “Ramp Butter”Blade food editor Maddie Coppel prepares ramp butter on Monday, Apr. 22, 2024, in her kitchen in West Toledo.
Third Place, Illustration - Jeremy Wadsworth / The Blade, “Eclispe”Composite of the solar eclipse Monday, April 8, 2024, in Toledo.
Award of Excellence, Illustration - Jeff Lange / Akron Beacon Journal, “Old Fashioned”Oak & Olive speakeasy bar manager Erica Smole roasts a slice of bacon over a Maple Bacon Old Fashioned, Friday, July 26, 2024, in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
