Saturday, May 4, 2024

Edibles & Potables: Scrooge’s journey of enlightenment begins in 3…2…1…

Scrooge (1970) is the musical version of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol, starring the late, great Albert Finney. In the truest sense of "literally", studios don't make films like this any longer. Finney...

Cooking with Ron — Lenten Fish Ideas (recipes)

Our Ron Mikulak considers two questions. First, how did Lenten Friday's piscatorial calendrical tradition begin? And second, besides, frying it in oil, what are some other ways to cook fish? I remember from my childhood...

$10 Challenge — The Monkey Wrench.

The Monkey Wrench is a chameleon of a business that morphs into whatever its patrons need it to be. This versatile venue serves up good food, cold drinks, live music and on Tuesdays, $5...

Edibles & Potables: A fried chicken road trip from Serbia to Ohio

Road trip! We're headed to Barberton (near Akron in Ohio, USA) by way of Bela Crkva (Vojvodina, Serbia) for the express purpose of eating fried chicken. But the road is long, and the many winding...

Edibles & Potables: The Regimen Sanitatus Salernum — or, a medieval diet revisited

 The medieval period of European history -- the Middle Ages, or the Dark Ages -- encompassed 1,000 years between the fall of the Roman Empire and the arrival of the Renaissance -- approximately 500...

You don’t need a crowd to grill outside the box

Tim and Lori Laird are Food & Dining Magazine's officially designated Entertaining Editors-at-Large, the writers of our "Easy Entertaining" column, and in essence professional crowd-pleasers. At the present time America is quelling crowds to corral...

Give turkey leftovers a bit of cheese

With Christmas day behind us, we find ourselves left with piles of leftover wrapping paper and food.  Here's a quick and easy recipe for leftover turkey, originally published along with other great recipes for...

Revisiting “Burgoo: A Kentucky Original”

Editor's note: Ron Mikulak's 2015 exploration of burgoo is reprinted here as a Kentucky Derby enticement, although you can enjoy it any time.  Many Derby visitors hope to dine on regional delights like country ham...

Cellar Door Chocolates Expanding Into Portland With New Headquarters, Tasting Room

Cellar Door Chocolates announced today they plan to expand their operations to meet growing demand. Originally established in 2007, the confections company will have a new headquarters with production facility within the Heine Brothers'...

Edibles & Potables: Eating quite well in Portugal, from bacalhau to Lucifer’s fingers

I’ve traveled in Portugal twice, first in 2000 to Lisbon, Porto and the Douro Valley (where Port wine is produced), then in 2018 to Porto, with a short excursion by air to Funchal on...