Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Cooking at home? Don’t follow the trends — rediscover the classics

Don’t Follow the trends. Rediscover the classics. Or, whatever happened to boeuf bourguignon? One of the more entertainingly silly food stories that appear regularly in newspapers’ food sections and cooking magazines is the annual prognostications...

Milkadamia is a Creamy Dairy Alternative

Many of our readers have asked for more content about alternative diets.  Years ago, I decided to give up dairy milk in an effort to reduce my dairy intake without giving up my beloved cheese....

Afternoon Archive: Ron’s do-it-yourself weekend brunch

It's an "Afternoon Archive" when we thumb through past print editions of Food & Dining Magazine and take another look. In this pandemic-mandated period of social distancing, one can't help noticing how socially communal...

Edibles & Potables: A very different kind of feasting gig

"Edibles & Potables" is F&D's weekly Sunday morning glance at the world of food and drink outside our metropolitan Louisville coverage area. We all must work to put food on the table, but what if...

Food & Wine says Nord’s Bakery has Kentucky’s best doughnuts

Nord's Bakery has garnered national exposure by way of Food & Wine, with the magazine honoring Nord's for making Kentucky's best doughnuts. Here's an excerpt, and of course it is fascinating to peruse the state-by-state...

Edibles & Potables: King of potatoes in Prussia

In contemporary times it's hard to imagine Europeans ever being wary of potatoes, but tubers weren't native to the continent, and because they belong to the family Solanaceae,  which includes poisonous plants like nightshade,...

Edibles & Potables: The burgoomeister, his burgoo, and your contentment

Originally published on 25 October 2020 (hence the pandemic reference), this brief burgoo primer is reprinted here today as a prelude to the forthcoming 2nd annual Burgoo Bash at Against the Grain on Saturday,...

Bourbon Apple Hot Toddy Cures the Cold?

The extreme cold doesn’t seem to be letting up any time soon, and we want to share a recipe we found that may help with the sniffles — or, if nothing else, at least...

Edibles & Potables: About food deliveries, domains, tipping and reconciliation

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” ― Confucius Where I live the options for food delivery used to be simple. Many pizza parlors did it, and maybe a few Chinese restaurants....

The Taste Bud: Kevin praises Chocolate Pizza Company’s Peanut Butter Wings

During the course of our lives, we learn that humanity's innate saltiness can be obscured by sweet exterior flavors and textures; so it is that the secret to Peanut Butter Wings is the Ruffles-style...