Tri-Village July/August 2023

Path to Progress

OSU malaria researcher Mark Drew calls Upper Arlington home

Community Center plans

A smoke master’s tips

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19th Annual

New Albany Walking Classic

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September 10, 2023 • 8:00 am

Distance: 5k (3.1 miles) or 10k (6.2 Miles)

Location: New Albany, Ohio

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● Reserve your hoodie

● Receive a nisher medal

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Train with the New Albany Walking Club

● Meets every Sunday at 7:30 am

● Walk together in small groups

● Enjoy the camaraderie of others during the walks

● Receive discounts on clothing

● Gather indoors prior to and after the walks

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On the Cover: Photo courtesy of Mark Drew

Upper Arlington Farmers Market

3-6 p.m.

Littleton’s Market parking lot 2140 Tremont Center www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Wednesdays, July 5-Aug. 30

Grandview Cafe Trivia Wednesdays 7-10 p.m. 1455 W. 3rd Ave. www.grandviewcafe.com

Thursdays July 6-27

Stories on the Lawn 10-10:30 a.m.

Grandview Heights Public Library 1685 W. 1st Ave. www.ghpl.org

Throughout July and August

Reading to Rover

Miller Park Library – 6:30-7:30 p.m.

July 11; Aug. 8

Tremont Road Library – 6-7 p.m.,

July 19; Aug. 16

Lane Road Library – 4-5 p.m., July 24; Aug. 28 www.ualibrary.org

July UACA4Parade

9 a.m.

Begins at the corner of Northwest Blvd. and Zollinger Rd. www.directors1933.uaca.org/ wordpress

July UACA4Party in the Park 5:30-10:30 p.m.

Northam Park 2070 Northam Rd. www.directors1933.uaca.org/ wordpress

July 6

Concourse Gallery: Undesign the Redline

8 a.m.-5 p.m. Municipal Services Center 3600 Tremont Rd. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

July 6

Let’s Draw Together with Cartoonist Jeff Nicholas

11 a.m.-noon

Lane Road Library 1945 Lane Rd. www.ualibrary.org

July Movies7

in the Park – Sonic the Hedgehog 2

7:30 p.m.

Sunny 95 Park 4395 Carriage Hill Ln. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

July 8

Let’s Make Magic Together with The Alans!

2-3 p.m.

Tremont Road Library 2800 Tremont Rd. www.ualibrary.org

Always check websites for updated information.

July Crafts9for a Cause

1-2:30 p.m.

Grandview Heights Public Library 1685 W. 1st Ave.

www.ghpl.org

Tuesdays July 11-25

Music on the Lawn

7-8 p.m.

July 11 – Sean Carney

July 18 – Flogo Shaggins

July 25 – The Conspiracy Band

Grandview Heights Public Library

1685 W. 1st Ave.

www.ghpl.org

July 12

Princess Party

2-4 p.m.

Tremont Road Library 2800 Tremont Rd.

www.ualibrary.org

July 12, 26; Aug. 9, 23

Writers Group

6-8 p.m.

Grandview Heights Public Library

1685 W. 1st Ave.

www.ghpl.org

Photo courtesy of City of Upper Arlington

Movies in the Park

July 12, Aug. 25

Blood Drive

10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Municipal Services Center 3600 Tremont Rd. www.redcrossblood.org

July 13

Arts on Arlington

6-10 p.m. Mallway Park 2096 Arlington Ave. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

July Giant18Bubble Show

1-2 p.m. Tremont Road Library 2800 Tremont Rd. www.ualibrary.org

July Summer20Celebration

6-9 p.m.

Thompson Park 4250 Woodbridge Rd. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

July Blood21Drive – Battle of Badges

10 a.m.-4 p.m. Municipal Services Center 3600 Tremont Rd. www.redcrossblood.org

July 26; Aug. 30

TBD: The Improvised Musical!

7:30 p.m.

Natalie’s Grandview 945 King Ave. www.nataliesgrandview.com

July 27

Fun Day Carnival

6:30-7:30 p.m. Miller Park Library 1901 Arlington Ave. www.ualibrary.org

July 27

Performance by Leigh Nash

7:30 p.m.

Natalie’s Grandview 945 King Ave. www.nataliesgrandview.com

July 28

The Golden Gala: Through the Decades

6-8 p.m.

Amelita Mirolo Barn 4395 Carriage Hill Ln. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

July 28, Aug. 25

Tennis Doubles Social Nights

6-9 p.m.

Northam Tennis Courts 2070 Northam Rd. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

July 29, August 26

Grandview Hop

5-9 p.m. Grandview Ave. www.grandviewhop.com

Aug. 1

National Night Out

6 p.m. St. Agatha Parish 1800 Northam Rd. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Aug. Movies11 in the Park – Encanto

7:30 p.m. Thompson Park South Shelter 2020 McCoy Rd. www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Aug. 16

First Day of School Upper Arlington Schools www.uaschools.org

Aug. 17 or Aug. 26

Friends of UA Parks Volunteer Day 9 a.m.-noon

Thompson Park Meet in Mountview Rd. parking lot www.upperarlingtonoh.gov

Aug. Columbus19-20Food Truck Festival Saturday 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sunday 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

Franklin County Fairgrounds 4951 Northwest Pkwy., Hilliard www.columbusfoodtruckfest.com

To submit your event for next issue’s calendar, contact tkirkendall@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Medical Marvels in UA

Mark Drew’s journey to malaria research, and life settling in Upper Arlington

Upper Arlington is home to many inspiring people, and Mark Drew and his family are no exception.

Drew is currently one of the leading researchers in the world on malaria and has shifted much of his attention to teaching, as he recently became the director of graduate education in the Department of Microbial Infection and Immunity at The Ohio State University.

Drew grew up in the Pacific Northwest and attended Seattle Pacific University, a small liberal arts school close to home. He earned his degree in biochemistry before marrying his wife, Joanne. From there, he blazed his own trail into the medical research world.

“I took an alternative track in a way,” Drew says. “Joanne and I got married in college, and then I needed a job. So I started working in a research laboratory in Seattle, which is still actually very famous. And I happened into that. So this is my serendipity.”

Drew worked at the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute for three and a half years, where he was able to study tropical medicine, do RNA and DNA sequencing manually, as well as radioactive and pathogen work as a technician.

He then joined a parasitology lab at Oregon Health and Science University and studied the parasite leishmania. There he co-authored several papers and a mentor suggested he pursue graduate school.

“I literally had no idea what graduate school was,” Drew says. “I kind of did because it was a department (at the university). I was really out of touch. I did not have that on my radar.”

He applied to five schools and got into two; he was denied by Stanford University; the University of California San Francisco and Harvard University, but got into Yale University and Johns Hopkins University. He chose the latter.

“I was really fortunate and I have a lot of love for Johns Hopkins; it was a huge experience for me,” he says. “To do my Ph.D. there was an absolute honor. High quality education, great people, you ride the elevator with Nobel laureates on a daily basis.”

Drew was moved by his experience at Johns Hopkins, especially by his professors, and it set him on the path for the rest of his career.

“You have people who are incredibly passionate about teaching,” he says. “Great research, world-class research. But it wasn’t lip service about giving it back. They were passionate about teaching and (have) a rich history of teaching.”

He joined his principal investigator (PI) and mentor, Paul Englund, on a research trip to Africa to study African sleeping sickness. He found that he loved the lab work and was extremely grateful for the hands-on experiences he got in the field.

Drew was inspired to pursue a faculty position because of mentors like Englund and stayed on the academic track.

“I wanted to go back into malaria research, and that parasite that causes malaria is really challenging to work on, it’s really hard,” Drew says. “But of course, as a global burden of disease, it’s one of the biggest problems we have.”

So Drew went to work in St. Louis at one of the top malaria research labs in the

world – the others being in the Netherlands and Australia – where his life would change quickly. Fred and Matilda, the Drews’ children, were both born there before Drew finished his postdoctoral work and got a job at OSU. The family moved to Upper Arlington in 2008.

“At the time when I started working with malaria, about two and a half million people died per year. Most all of those (are) children under the age of 5,” he says. “We’ve gotten much, much better at it now. Now it’s more in the neighborhood of maybe 650,000 to 800,000, for a lot of reasons.”

Challenges in Ohio

The Drews lived in a suburb of St. Louis, which he says was much like Upper Arlington. They had gotten used to life on the coast in Seattle and Baltimore, but really enjoyed suburban life in Missouri and Drew was grateful that Ohio State showed a lot of interest in him.

When the Drew family moved, Matilda was only 2 months old and Fred was 2 years old. Fred had been diagnosed with a disease called Diamond-Blackfan anemia, which made his bone marrow unable to make red blood cells.

He had to have blood transfusions every 10 days after being born.

A fundraiser was held in Tremont Center just as Fred was turning 6 years old to help the family pay for him to get a bone marrow transplant in Seattle. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the last of the hardships the Drews would face after their move to Columbus.

Photos courtesy of Mark Drew

“Within the first six months of moving here, Joanne was diagnosed with breast cancer,” Drew says.

Luckily, the family was not going to fight alone.

They had found an Episcopal church in St. Louis that was “a perfect fit for us, spiritually,” Drew says. The history and the function of the Episcopal church in the UA community was a draw for Drew. Community involvement and transparent, proactive leadership were also important. After a few months at Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, he knew they were in the right place.

“Saint Mark’s was hugely supportive,” Drew says. “I don’t know what we would have done without that sense of community and support because we don’t have direct family here.”

The church, Ohio State and Upper Arlington were all accommodating and overwhelmingly supportive when the Drew family needed them most. Drew remarks that a “Midwest attitude” of generosity and genuine empathy enabled the family to stay in Ohio rather than return to Seattle.

“Joanne, when she had breast cancer and we just had these two little kids, we nearly had to buy an extra freezer for all the casseroles that got brought over,” Drew says, laughing. “It’s just so Midwest.”

Joanne beat cancer and now works as a clinical research coordinator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where she spearheaded its recognition of Rare Disease Day in February.

Fred’s bone marrow transplant was successful and he turned 17 this year. He and his sister Matilda, 14, are students at Upper Arlington High School.

This year Drew took the role of food chair for the UA Crew, which Matilda is participating in as a rising sophomore. See page 24 for his smoke master tips and mac and cheese recipe.

Drew remains invested in his students and his work. He believes strongly in the scientific process and is grateful for the medical research that is saving lives every year, including Joanne’s.

“Forty years of basic science went into Herceptin (the antibody that targeted Joanne’s cancer cells),” Drew says. “That appreciation and funding of that basic research, that was instrumental in saving my wife’s life. The basic research we’re doing right now, by the same token, will be inserted into health care five, 10, 40 years from now.”

Tyler Kirkendall is an editor at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

The Drew Family (left to right) Matilda, Joanne, Mark and Fred

Recreation for Residents

By Megan Brokamp

After years of feedback from residents and requests for a community recreation space, the city of Upper Arlington has partnered with the Upper Arlington Community Foundation to meet residents’ needs with a new stateof-the-art building, the Bob Crane Community Center.

The design process

As a component of the 2018 Parks and Recreation Comprehensive Plan project, officials surveyed residents, and, according to Parks and Recreation Director Debbie McLaughlin, there was major concern over the lack of recreation facilities in the community.

“The survey identified a number of unmet needs for recreation facilities and the relative importance residents placed

on having those facilities available to them,” McLaughlin says.

The Community Center Feasibility Task Force was developed in 2019 and is composed of 16 community members. This initiative worked with consultants in a study spanning 18 months. The study was designed to compile resident feedback surrounding the project across multiple stages of research.

Residents voiced a need for fitness spaces that accommodate all ages and areas that foster active community engagement. The study additionally unveiled

that residents prioritize wellness programs such as fitness classes and learn-to-swim programs. The desires recorded in the study directly informed the construction and amenities of the Bob Crane Community Center.

The project wasn’t without its hiccups, however. Just as the Community Center Feasibility Task Force was gaining momentum, COVID-19 struck, forcing the task force to restructure research processes and engagement within the community. Although the pandemic required extensive changes to its initial plans, City

The

Bob Crane Community Center takes shape after years of planning

April 17 groundbreaking ceremony at the new construction site

Photos courtesy of UA Bob Crane Community Center

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Manager Steve Schoeny says clarity came out of uncertainty.

“A positive to emerge from the pandemic, however, was a collective, enhanced appreciation for the importance of having

Bob Crane Community Center Amenities

Public lobby with cafe space

Multipurpose indoor pool with lap lanes, a water slide, water play and zero entry

Indoor play space

Child watch space

Multi-level exercise floor

Multiple group exercise and programming rooms

Senior lounge

Two-court hardwood gymnasium

One court rubberized floor multi-use gymnasium

Indoor walking/running track

Esports technology and gaming rooms

Open gaming lounge with billiards and ping pong

Large event space

Multiple outdoor decks

Photos courtesy of UA Bob Crane Community Center

welcoming, safe community gathering spaces,” Schoeny says. “Further fueling the community’s desire for a community center.”

The city laid out the plan to residents on the May 2021 ballot, and after almost 80 percent of voters expressed support, City Council officially approved the project and established a team to design, construct and manage the facility.

This 155,000-square-foot facility features five floors and an expansive mezzanine. The center will provide an array of resources for all ages, from child play areas to senior lounges. Numerous areas will cater to community gatherings, such as an event hall and multi-purpose outdoor space.

Whether members are swimming laps or grabbing a latte, the space provides a wellrounded balance of exercise and entertainment all while residents build community.

Funding

The Upper Arlington Community Foundation formed a committee to secure funding for the project that has collected millions in private funds, ensuring that the building has the resources to fulfill resident desires without a tax increase for the city.

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“In record time, more than $8 million in private pledges were secured to help fund the community center,” Schoeny says. “A clear message that our residents are ready to do their part to make this project a reality for the benefit of everyone in our community.”

Its leading donor was Loann Crane, the wife of late businessman and philanthropist Bob Crane, who died in 2021. She provided a generous donation of $2 million, which inspired the center to adopt Bob’s name. The Crane family’s combined passion for sports and the UA community guarantees that the new facility’s features will align with the priorities voiced by residents.

Parking is yet to be confirmed, but the plan includes ways to incorporate extensive lot space. A parking garage has been proposed adjacent to the facility, in addition to on-street parallel parking. There will be ADA-compliant parking next to the facility, within the parking garage and in front of the older adult housing complex across from the center. Thirty-seven limited-mobility parking spaces will be placed in accessible locations on the initial floor of the garage.

Completing the project

While COVID-19 lengthened the project’s timeline, the city is optimistic about its progress

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thus far. It’s hard not to get excited consid ering the idea was formed long before the plan finally came together in 2018.

“It’s safe to say that it’s been many de cades in the making,” Upper Arlington Com munity Affairs Director Emma Speight says.

Over the last few years, the project has completed programming, schematic design, design development and construc tion documentation stages. After pushing through setbacks, project managers are working through developing stages at a promising pace.

On April 17, the city celebrated its progress with shovels and hard hats and broke ground at the Kingsdale Shopping Center.

The city estimates that construction may wrap up by the end of 2024 and proj ects a grand opening in late spring 2025. The community center will be located at the Kingsdale Shopping Center, 3200 Tremont Rd.

Megan Brokamp is an editorial assistant at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Furry Facilitator

Facility dog Ferris fosters connection

Who is a lover of food, sleeps through math class and has golden hair? Hint: He walks on four legs.

There’s a good chance you’ve heard of Ferris the facility dog at Upper Arlington High School. Ferris is a local celebrity with over 2,100 followers on Instagram (@uaferris).

For Kim Wilson, Ferris’ handler, the original intention of the page was to let students know when Ferris was available and as an opportunity to teach her students in the Individualized Needs Center how to use social media.

“But it has ended up becoming a community phenomenon,” Wilson says.

More importantly than on the internet, he’s become a familiar face at UAHS as he fulfills his role in the school and district community, which, more than anything, fosters connection.

Ferris, who just completed his second school year at UAHS, is not a service dog, which would help individuals with their specific needs. Instead, Ferris has been trained to address community needs as a facility dog assigned to a specific location.

Wilson, an intervention specialist, wasn’t the first person to suggest bringing a dog to the building, but she had a unique take on the purpose one could serve.

Instead of only having a dog to boost morale and give students a companion to help decompress, she set out to use a facility dog to create a connection between the special needs students in her classroom and the rest of the school population.

Wilson’s idea received the most votes in the annual Idea Hunt among staff, earning more votes than all the other ideas combined that year.

“I think that was great for her, too, because it was not just like, ‘oh, I want a dog for my classroom, period.’ But it was sup-

ported by the rest of the school,” Laura Moore says. “So it was about two years where we had to go through a process of researching, presenting, … we gave surveys to try to figure out some resistance areas and how to respond, making plans.”

Moore is the instructional leader for the research and design labs at UAHS, which helped support and formulate Wilson’s prototype through data collection and collaboration within the district.

“We wanted to make sure that we were really focused on what was innovative about it, like what are we trying to accomplish?” Moore says. “So the question we asked was like, how can this dog actually bridge people together?”

Ferris was placed with Wilson at UAHS in July 2021 through the organization Paws with a Cause and two years into his post, the 3-year-old golden retriever has more than met the goals set out for him as a part of the school community. Wilson, Moore and others including Alice Finley of the Upper Arlington Education Foundation continue to evaluate how he can best serve and be available to students and staff.

Students’ artwork depicting Ferris

Photos by Claire Miller

“I’m just always blown away by the collectiveness of the group that gathers around him,” Wilson says. “The original goal was my students are going to say hi to other people in the hallway through Ferris. They’re going to have conversations. But it has evolved into so many different people from so many different walks of life. Teachers that I wouldn’t have ever talked to are now friends with me and he really just brings people together.”

Sophie Miller, a 2023 UAHS graduate, was a peer collaborator for two periods a day in the Individualized Needs Center. She says attending Ferris Forum, a set time during the day Ferris is available to visit with students in a common area, brought new opportunities, like peer collaboration, to her attention.

“I definitely think Ferris has helped with the inclusive environment at our school,” Avery Golowin, another 2023 graduate and peer collaborator, says.

In the same spirit of inclusion, Wilson and Moore sent out surveys on the potential challenges and barriers to having a dog in school. Allergies and fear were the top issues encountered in the student population in small numbers.

“We work directly with people and talk through some options and we’re kind of still navigating, developing as we go,” Wilson says.

The school put on a third birthday party for Ferris in April which incorporated creativity and the joy of Ferris to the planning and execution of the event.

“The amount of connection that just happened that day during the party was like astronomical,” Wilson says. “But then the amount of connection behind the scenes – his birthday party was a good example of why he’s here and how everyone kind of rallies behind him.”

Claire Miller is a contributing writer at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at feedback@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

Dream Come True

Grandview family updates historic house to fit lifestyle

Although they have been in their Grandview home for roughly four years, Kristin and Andy Smock almost walked away from the historic house. While it was in the neighborhood they wanted, it wasn’t what they were looking for. Its outdated kitchen, lack of insulation and unfinished basement were not ideal. Andy was sure he wasn’t interested, but Kristin had an idea of how to change that.

“She thought, ‘You know, if we expand a little bit and remodel it just a little, we could potentially get the house that we’ve always wanted. Exactly what we want for the same process of a move-inready home,’” he says.

While it would take some time to get to that dream home – albeit with a fun demolition party along the way – they were willing to take that journey and were happy to have Susan and Bob Dyas at Epic Group guiding the way.

Blending past with present

Since the house was built in 1919, they needed to make some changes. But the Smocks wanted to keep as much of the original plan as possible.

Some unchanged elements include the built-in shelving and oak floor in the dining and living rooms, as well as the double French doors that lead out to the front porch.

Most of the original pine flooring on the second level was also preserved, with any updated rooms getting matching flooring. Because they added about 164 square feet to the kitchen, it needed new flooring. The before photos are almost unrecognizable from the space it is today. Epic Group and the Smocks completely transformed the home, from appliances being moved and replaced to repainting cabinets to update an unappealing color.

“Blue cabinets in the kitchen, and not good a blue,” Kristin says. “Blue is back in style, but this blue was not great.”

From the ground up (and up)

But the kitchen wasn’t the only space that needed attention to become the Smocks’ ideal home. Off the southwest side of the house they built a 750-squarefoot addition – stretching all three floors – to create a guest bedroom in the basement, a family room on the first floor and an owner’s suite on the second.

This addition didn’t come without its challenges, and there was one major roadblock that stopped everything in its tracks: they lifted the basement tile floor to unveil dirt. There was no foundation underneath.

Photos courtesy of J E Evans Photography

“It was like it looked like an M&M to me,” Kristin says.

With concerns of how to proceed, the Dyases had the city engineer evaluate the situation and help find a solution. Andy says what helped turn it around was how well Epic Group handled everything and kept them involved so they didn’t feel blindsided.

“They came out and we talked. They were like, ‘Here’s the fix, here’s repairs (and) what it’s gonna cost,” he

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says. “There was never any like, ‘By the way, here’s an extra X number of $1,000s for this thing that we figured out that we needed.’”

Outdoor update

The Smocks also wanted to tackle a backyard revitalization. With a covered patio area that has fans, a TV and fire pit, they now have a perfect outdoor oasis to entertain guests and host parties.

But they aren’t done yet. Landscaping is up next.

The Smocks hope to put a giant tree in the back corner of their property and plant some greenery along their driveway.

And with the hope of having a dog someday, a fence around the property is something they see in their future as well.

Though the project had its ups and downs and even unpleasant surprises, Kristin says she’s unsure if she would’ve done anything differently. Still, she doesn’t foresee them leaving the home any time soon.

Rachel Karas is an editor at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at rkaras@cityscenemediagroup.com.

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Super Smoker

Mark Drew shares tips and experience smoking food

Mark Drew is one of the leading minds in malaria research in the world (see page 8). This year, the Ohio State College of Medicine researcher became the food chair for the Upper Arlington High School Crew team, of which his daughter, Matilda, is a member.

Drew began smoking meat when he was a kid in the Pacific Northwest after salmon fishing trips. He says that his father would often have large groups over for outdoor cooking, which was how he fell in love with it.

Of course, he could use his extensive knowledge of biochemistry to inform his cooking and technique, but “that takes the fun out of it,” he says.

Drew has made a hobby of learning best practices in cooking, with a wealth of

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knowledge on how people have prepared meat throughout history.

If you want to become better at smoking or grilling meats, Drew says, the best way to start is with easier, low-stakes projects. He says that smoking pork shoulder should be foolproof and the excess meat

Smoked Mac and Cheese

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp. butter

• 2 tbsp. flour

• 2 cups heavy cream

• 1lb. extra sharp cheddar (shredded)

• ½ lb. Monterey Jack (shredded)

• 1-2 tbsp. hot sauce

• ~2 tsp. all-purpose seasoning (e.g. Old Bay, cajun, etc.)

• 1 cup mayo

• 1 cup sour cream

• 12 oz. elbow macaroni noodles (cooked)

• 1/2 cup panko

• 12 oz. thin sliced bacon, cooked crispy (reserve ~2 tbsp. grease)

• Butter or non-stick spray for preparing pan

• Wood for smoking (a medium wood like pecan or oak)

Method

• Pre-heat smoker to 350° and allow to stabilize for 15-20 minutes. Prepare pasta according to package directions, drain and set aside. Grate both cheeses and set aside.

• In a wide saucepan, heat 2 tbsp. of butter and 2 tbsp. of flour over medium heat. Stir constantly until the roux starts to smell a little nutty, about 3-5 minutes. Gradually add heavy cream while stirring until sauce thickens. Add grated cheeses in batches, stirring until smooth and creamy. Add seasoning plus 1-2 tbsp. of your favorite hot sauce, to taste.

• Mix cooked pasta with the sauce, mayo and sour cream and pour into a prepared smoker-safe dish (a 13-inch cast iron skillet is ideal).

• Combine cooked bacon and panko in food processor with reserved bacon grease (or oil) and pulse until bacon is coarsely chopped. Top mac and cheese with panko/bacon mixture.

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• Place the skillet in a 350° smoker for 1 hour or until mac and cheese becomes hot and bubbly. Check halfway through the cooking time as smokers and grills will vary. If mac and cheese is getting too dark, cover with foil and continue cooking.

Variations

• Smoked lobster mac: Boil a lobster, replacing 1 cup of the heavy cream with lobster stock. Coarsely chop lobster meat and mix into pasta mixture.

• Smoked brisket mac: Add in ~1 lb. of cubed, smoked brisket, omitting bacon.

• Jalapeno mac: To sauce add ~½ cup pickled jalapenos plus pickling juice to taste. Omit bacon and top dish with tablespoon dollops of cream cheese plus more jalapenos during last 15 minutes of smoking.

will keep well when wrapped up and put in the freezer.

Another tip from the smoke master? Get a good thermometer and a quality pair of tongs. Drew has had the same pair of tongs since 2002 and says they are perfect for keeping his hands safe and it is worth the extra money to get a pair that won’t break and can handle high temperatures.

A thermometer that can get you a quick, accurate read is essential. Interfering with meat as little as possible while grilling or cooking means a tastier dish. Expensive grills and smokers are much less important than the technique, tools and practice, Drew says.

“You can cook great food on a $40 Smokey Joe with a good spatula and tongs,” he says.

Tyler Kirkendall is an editor at CityScene Media Group. Feedback welcome at tkirkendall@ cityscenemediagroup.com.

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