John Carlos White
(Publisher/Founder)
After a ten-year career in the Navy, John Carlos returned to Louisville where he became a fixture in the market’s media landscape. After a decade working in radio broadcasting, he found his love for print while serving as Vice President of Louisville Eccentric Observer Newspaper (LEO) for three years. In 2003 John Carlos founded Food & Dining Magazine. He is a very hands-on Publisher working closely with the editors on content, going to the majority of photoshoots, and is the lead graph design for the magazine.
The Winter 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.

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The Fall 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.
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The Summer 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine — our 20th Anniversary issue — is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.
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The Spring 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online.
Subscribe to our award winning print publication and have it delivered to your door...
The Food & Dining team includes a lot of crazy football fans who will soon immerse themselves in our annual fantasy football team drafts. How crazy are we? We run and sponsor three leagues and hold three separate parties...
UPDATE: Karen's Memorial service has been set. Â
Now we would like to invite her family, friends and the restaurant community to come out and celebrate her life.
The event is being held above River House Restaurant (in their event space Savor)...
As many of you may already know, Karen Shane died unexpectedly early Friday morning.
Karen was an unstoppable force of goodness in the Louisville food and beverage industry for decades. Her impact on the industry and the people in it...
The Food & Dining team includes a lot of crazy football fans who will soon immerse themselves in our annual fantasy football team drafts. How crazy are we? We run and sponsor three leagues and hold three separate parties...
The 2020 the Four Roses Kentucky Reggae Festival (presented by Bath Fitter) has been postponed to a later date owing to COVID-19. However, the coronavirus simply cannot prevent the Jamaican Jerk Marinade (with chicken) recipe featured herein. ...
Mother's Day 2020 — like most of the year's holidays — is sure to be a memorable one. Luckily an extravagant meal can still be left to the pros (thanks anyways, dad and kids).
Below, we've listed over a dozen...
