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Perhaps the cold weather will have retarded the blossoming of the  dogwoods enough so that that mystical concurrence, Derby and dogwoods in bloom, might actually happen this year. As we wait to see, Derby Festival...

Fall always provides plenty of entertainment options involving food and drink. Oktoberfests proliferate, beer festivals abound, cook-offs pull in competitive cooks and local newspapers owned by national companies try to horn in with their...

Indisputably and perhaps even irrevocably, Kentucky is the bourbon capital of the universe. But with the advent of pandemic-borne legislation permitting licensed-by-the-drink restaurants to sell liquor by the drink for carryout (with food, and...

Only 274 people have passed the test to become a Master Sommelier since it was established in 1969, and 24 passed it in 2018. However, 23 of them have been stripped of their titles...

The article reprinted here first appeared at my web site on February 21. The cover photo depicts the tab at Päffgen in Köln (Cologne) that night in 2008 when six of us dropped by for...

The western end of the First Friday trolley hops will soon have a new focus for food and drink. Old 502 Winery and Falls City beer have collaborated to add Over the 9 restaurant...

The third annual Bourbon Affair fantasy camp, June 14-19, continues to grow in popularity, with 22 of its 37 events already sold out. Bu 15 others still have tickets available, including the Anatomy Academy:...

New Wheated Bourbon from Wilderness Trail Member distilleries of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail will be reopening June 8. Danville’s Wilderness Trail Distillery will mark the occasion by releasing a 6-year-old, wheated, bottled-in-bond bourbon. (The other...

BOURBON NEWS & NOTES – 31 July, 2020, by Susan Reigler Spirits of French Lick Distillery Launches Private Barrel Selection Program Spirits of French Lick Distillery in West Baden Springs, Indiana is a small operation producing...

Whatever else one thinks about living through a pandemic, it must be conceded that the usual food and dining story lines are limited. I've been going through the archives, both Food & Dining Magazine's...