Jim Ellison

Jim Ellison's first slice of pizza was from Dante's in Clintonville. He was four or five years old. By fourth grade, he was a convert. He fondly recalls Pizza Quick on English Muffins and Stouffer's French Bread pizza in middle school and plenty of Franco's, Villa Nova, Pizza House and Iacono's in high school. College introduced him to Flying Pizza and Adriatico's and eventually postgrad brought Hounddog's. He began his CMH Gourmand blog in 2006 and in 2013 founded a pizza tour built from his ...See more

Jim Ellison's first slice of pizza was from Dante's in Clintonville. He was four or five years old. By fourth grade, he was a convert. He fondly recalls Pizza Quick on English Muffins and Stouffer's French Bread pizza in middle school and plenty of Franco's, Villa Nova, Pizza House and Iacono's in high school. College introduced him to Flying Pizza and Adriatico's and eventually postgrad brought Hounddog's. He began his CMH Gourmand blog in 2006 and in 2013 founded a pizza tour built from his (now former) tour company, Columbus Brew Adventures. Columbus Pizza is his first book. See less