Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Edibles & Potables: Sorghum is for popping, too

Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn't pop. I'll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to...

Ideas for pizza on the grill — just add social distancing

Tim and Lori Laird are Food & Dining Magazine’s officially designated Entertaining Editors-at-Large, co-writers of our “Easy Entertaining” column, and in essence professional crowd-pleasers. As we're all aware, at the present time the objective is...

Edibles & Potables: “Sometimes you play for the chitlins”

Atlas Obscura defines chitlins. They're American history, the culture of the enslaved, and yes, the edible "parts" of a pig. But chitlins are greater than the sum of mere pork bits. Enslaved people had to sustain...

(Audio Interviews, Recipes) Celebrity Chef Michelle Bernstein Talks with Comedian, Foodie Mike Glazer

Comedian, writer Mike Glazer (HBO, Food Network, Funny or Die, BuzzFeed, FOX, truTV, FUSE, High Times, Fullscreen, The Chive, CBS, UCB Theatre, and Second City Chicago ) won third place on America's Worst Cooks in 2014...

Edibles & Potables: Six informative reads about the changes to come for restaurants and...

Subject to occupancy percentages, mandated social distancing and heightened hygienic procedures, Indiana restaurants will be permitted to reopen tomorrow (May 11), with Kentucky's to follow on May 22.  What happens next is anyone's guess. Now...

Cooking at home? Don’t follow the trends — rediscover the classics

Don’t Follow the trends. Rediscover the classics. Or, whatever happened to boeuf bourguignon? One of the more entertainingly silly food stories that appear regularly in newspapers’ food sections and cooking magazines is the annual prognostications...

Taste of the Bluegrass Trail: Blue Licks Battlefield Offers History and a Quiet Get...

According to the State Parks website, “On August 19, 1782, nearly seventy Kentuckians died in what some historians have called the “Last Battle of the American Revolution.” While that claim is debatable, the struggle...

Detroit-style pizza comes to BoomBozz Pizza & Watch Bar (Westport Village)

It's about time we gave due consideration to Detroit-style pizza, and as such, your attention is directed to Eater for this 2016 primer by Brenna Houck: Detroit-Style Pizza: The Definitive Guide – "from red tops...

Easy Entertaining—Tailgating in the Comfort of Your Own Home

Tailgating is always a fun occasion to get friends together to cheer on your favorite teams. In the winter months football is still in season with the Big Game coming in February, and basketball...

Edibles & Potables: We know Cincinnati cuisine, but what about Los Angeles?

Finally Super Bowl Sunday has arrived. Can we use the words "Super Bowl" without incurring a licensing fee? In my household, the championship gala tends to be the only football game we watch all season,...