Thursday, April 25, 2024

Chef Edward Lee on 2020: The power of a meal is hope

I suspect we'll all look back at the days and weeks preceding the pandemic's full-bore arrival in March, and if we're being honest, recall them with the same sense of ominous foreshadowing typically felt...

Barn8’s Alison Settle has New Year’s braised greens and cornbread recipes

Collard greens are a late-season crop and can be harvested well into winter, making them ideal for holiday eating. Appropriately, collards are a New Year's Day tradition in the American South, along with the dish...

Chef Ouita Michel’s first cookbook is coming soon

Chef Ouita Michel featured prominently in Monday's culinary news cycle, as she has authored her first cookbook with collaborators Sara Gibbs and Genie Graf. Just a Few Miles South: Timeless Recipes from our Favorite Places...

“Grazie Maestro”: River City Supper Club honors Bim Deitrich, Oct. 30 & 31

On Friday and Saturday, October 30 and 31, Chef Michael Hargrove brings his ongoing River City Supper Club pop-up project to Bourbon Barrel Foods - Eat Your Bourbon Marketplace (2710 Frankfort Avenue) for two...

Edibles & Potables: Chef Levon Wallace and FatBelly Pretzel

Edibles & Potables is a Sunday potpourri of food and dining topics.  The Louisville dining community fondly recalls Chef Levon Wallace for his lengthy tenure as executive chef at Proof on Main (702 W. Main...

Edibles & Potables: Whole lotta localism in Southern Living’s Cooks of the Year

The future of food? It's female. https://foodanddine.com/the-future-of-food-is-female-live-film-premiere-on-facebook-is-july-26/ Unsurprisingly, we find that Kentucky is amply represented on the list of Southern Living's 2020 Cooks of the Year.    https://www.facebook.com/TukTukLex/posts/1185167898533613?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB0EI9IpFDX-ye80VRI8V5sPRqD2_qLPsYL3Ez3hfwhqEbvoRxAamAA2vZThXHUzeT9paZDq4fJRT5LPr73N_Q8YXKEa6xJGZ6AkIEzF3Xh6axtVfcvmEmqImjB0eHKQvVgJN2VXUL8cjDAhsI8G0VaeAs1jkbiL1tr5R18rIpYn6MhANn6d5rVF8aLFCvFdys_cOD52aD7diXQtq3jI1Zdj4ccqKpkTnbBS6eWAwhToFwQWeJ-5Un4mKjnphbYAAun538ttg72zingeHOGb9Wwwgatfr3hC8vx0gRX_Wud9etK7EACxzbVXPRXAOHtgabdv-1aGgfQgmleNZ4yI58OZbF47UZYxrSWPwpehWQkAu0&__tn__=-R Samantha Fore, Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites  Like many Southern chefs,...

Dinner with Anoosh & Friends, a virtual dining and cooking series, debuts September 1

When the pandemic restaurant shutdown landed in March, Chef Anoosh Shariat's personalized pivot was to move forward the date for the launch of his non-profit organization Compassion & Cooking Inc. and begin helping to...

Edibles & Potables: The lone genius theory, disputed

“Edibles & Potables” is a place to park items of interest located outside our customary metro Louisville coverage area. This said, one of the week's most important developments occurred right here.  https://foodanddine.com/responsible-restaurant-bar-coalition/ COVID-19 is real. Unfortunately,...

“The Future of Food is Female” live film premiere on Facebook is July 26

Something very special happened in March. An evening of ideas, empowerment, wisdom, mutual support and a fair amount of good humor took place at the Bomhard Theater. https://foodanddine.com/lee-initiatives-2020-mentees-revealed-at-the-future-of-food-is-female/ For those in attendance on March 2, the...

The former SOU!, reimagined as CASK, opens July 16 in Plainview

As usually is the case these days, the first sign of changes to come at SOU! Southern Kitchen & Bar was a mysterious Facebook post. https://www.facebook.com/cask502/photos/a.2469751196682756/2702245703433303/?type=3&__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARDqRIIGXJ1ar-zqT_MIkcmaQS-6hkRCJ-FN-Ucky02o7FkmsvObRZXpAE8fsRx1nfojfgDYAfeX2LYqMasIUKuoO9Co1CLWuArReHTDsjTk_-dmqOzINh9F30aOafpiiI0Xad6QnZiTwOUb5RIf8huzNJ-dY0HP28WFRe_jRl0CYZPmoRHCEu_qeX72Aqr7j2vCXCEHcP10Y_sqcLxojTM0JQLNvbu5fODWXYC6uJfB0DQo5i1dygNfT7Cp3vmbnUQ4YefdgNSWlpLHEpERpBl9hNUqWLyeYnV_PbOOvvXjn4bGgkTHWEsG_7w2Hsyw03Avx_YTeXcmbjEaEPcIureK3KU-&__tn__=-R It took a muddled minute or three to realize the...