Friday, April 19, 2024

The Taste Bud: NEWS FLASH — Aldi’s frozen ahi tuna steaks transmute into sashimi

Department of Creative Sashimi: Kevin's exploration of uses for flash-frozen tuna steaks already has transformed my household's next journey to Aldi. (As a brief reminder, F&D links to prolific local writer Kevin Gibson’s “The Taste...

Edibles & Potables: Salmon after midnight, or the frozen ATM solution

Allow me to kick off this episode of "Edibles & Potables" by paraphrasing the late, great Frank Zappa: You can't be a real country unless you have a salmon ATM and an airline. It helps...

July 4th feasting at the street booths in 19th century New York City

We have all been here before; specifically, the 4th of July in 2022, when this post appeared for the first time in this space.  As Archie Bunker once crooned, "those were the days." Before microwave ovens,...

Edibles & Potables: “Endeavour” must end, but Fred Thursday’s sandwiches will live on

 I’m probably in the minority among my peers in the sense that television and cinema register very little impact in my life. It wasn’t always this way, and the obvious purpose of today’s post is...

Edibles & Potables: The “pizza effect”; Alberto Grandi; and debunking Italian culinary myths

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. We have the...

The Taste Bud: The Back Door’s Burner Wings and Kevin’s “capsaicin-fueled fire”

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. We’ve taken great...

Kentucky Greens Co. leaps forward, so #SNACKDIFFERENT

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. Enjoy a wide...

Edibles & Potables: How do you make change for an eel (pie)?

 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. We visited A....

Edibles & Potables: The Chow Mein Sandwich, a Tahitian staple

As Wikipedia helpfully explains, "Tahiti is the largest island of the Windward group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia," and for those readers entertaining the notion of visiting Tahiti, any number of travel...

Edibles & Potables: “Flanders to give protected heritage status to frietkots”

We have all been here before. https://foodanddine.com/edibles-potables-who-invented-the-francophone-fry/ Pro tip: it’s British English to call a friterie, frituur or frietkot a “chip shop.” But when you're in Belgium, merely follow your nose and/or the trail of satisfied...