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To show you how old I am, I remember when fresh berries were markers of the seasons. Strawberries appeared only at the height of spring, in late May or early June, and heralded the...

As hard as it might be to believe, a career spent writing humor columns did not prepare me for the rigors of restaurant ownership. Shocking, I know, but true. Yet restaurant ownership remains the...

The bourbon craze deserves some credit for tequila’s soaring popularity. Most Baby Boomers recall bourbon as “the drunk’s drink” in the 1970s. Back then, gin was coming in, vodka was rockin’ and rum was running....

The Spring 2024 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/vol_81_-_spring_2024 Subscribe to our award-winning print publication and have it...

I mentioned in the recent F&D recipe story about pawpaws (below) that I would make a point to inform readers when paw paws are available at farmers markets. For two weeks now, I have been...

Since my passion for coffee is solidly evident, friends and acquaintances approach me asking me for recommendations, or a personal favorite of my own. The task can be a challenge. Coffee is produced in...

You’ll hear one sort of pitch at a sales meeting, and see another thrown during a baseball game, but brewer’s pitch is completely different. Brewer’s pitch is a resinous substance used to line wooden...

https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/f_d_fall_2023/14 In the current issue we welcome Kevin Gibson to our stellar roster of columnists, with his "Off the Eaten Path." OFF THE EATEN PATH – Island Breeze: Kevin Gibson is always on the hunt for out-of-the-way...

I am not, as they say, a “Disney Person.” The waits that rival Soviet-era bread lines, the Malthusian crowds … such things give me the heebie-jeebies. I swore in college I would never go...

https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/vol_81_-_spring_2024/14 Since 2013, the city of Louisville has designated the entirety of April as “Mint Julep Month,” celebrating the famous Bourbon cocktail as well as the arrival of Spring in Kentucky (not to mention a...