Friday, March 29, 2024

Letters from Lelia’s Kitchen: “The Harbingers of Spring”

https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/vol_81_-_spring_2024/32 F&D's home cooking columnist Lelia Gentle is preparing for strawberries, asparagus and other annual delights cherished by locavores: "The harbingers of Spring are on the way … you know, those farmers’ market early arrivals...

Letters from Lelia’s Kitchen: Using hot and smoky chipotle peppers

https://issuu.com/foodanddiningmagazine/docs/f_d_fall_2023/26 F&D's home cooking columnist Lelia Gentle writes that "depending on whom you ask, the chili has three designations: it is a fruit, it is a vegetable, and it is a spice." One of her...

Grub at Gravely: An in-house food menu at Gravely Brewing

F&D's fortnightly "Hip Hops" beer column appeared as scheduled yesterday, but just as it was being finished and readied for publication, Gravely Brewing Company (514 Baxter Ave.) announced its new Grub at Gravely menu. Let's...

Edibles & Potables: Ancient food traditions for the winter solstice (and Saturnalia)

The Winter 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. Click here to check it out. For the record,...

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: A “canned” story of Ropa Vieja at La Bodeguita de Mima

While not officially classified as one of his "The Taste Bud" columns, our friend and contributor Kevin Gibson's documentation of a recent visit to La Bodeguita de Mima is close enough for Punto guajiro,...

Easy Entertaining — Cajun Crawfish Boil…Made Easy

Up here, north of Bayou Country, Cajun food is party food, the mark of a celebration that includes spicy sausage and seafood, rice and okra, catfish, gumbo, maque choux... And the epitome of Cajun party...

Edibles & Potables: “England’s First Celebrity Chef” (at Gastro Obscura)

The Winter 2023 issue of Food & Dining Magazine is now available in all the familiar places: Louisville area eateries and food shops, newsstands and online. Gastro Obscura is a division of Atlas Obscura; they're...

The Taste Bud: Kevin tastes Righteous Felon Craft Jerky, and is both pleased and...

It's been a spell since we checked in with our friend and colleague Kevin Gibson. Kevin as yet is selflessly engaged in the pursuit of flavor for the benefit of his readers, as here: The...