Friday, April 19, 2024

Edibles & Potables: Is it a good idea to serve humble pie for Thanksgiving?

Edibles & Potables is here for you, engine idling at the intersection of humility and offal. An explanation is needed, and we can always rely on Madonna to jump-start the conversation. "Ultimately it boils down...

Louisville Pizza Week 2021 starts TOMORROW (Monday, November 15)

(Edibles & Potables, our usual Sunday column, is taking a break this week.) Louisville Pizza Week is seven days of paying homage to all things ‘za, no matter how you slice it. Each participating restaurant...

Edibles & Potables: All the food was Greek to me, if not to my...

“Edibles & Potables” is Food & Dining Magazine’s Sunday morning slot for a merry meander down the rabbit holes we encounter. Our goal is to emerge later with a steaming pot of Hasenpfeffer and...

Edibles & Potables: The passing of cheesemonger Anne Saxelby

Long ago and far away at the 1990s-era Rich O's Public House, a customer of mine named Bill was the only other person I knew who subscribed to The Economist. Bill eventually moved away,...

Rosa de Oro bakery makes bread and pays it forward

In case you were wondering, Taste Atlas has a mouthwatering list of the "7 Most Popular Mexican Breads," including Pan de Acambaro, Totopo and Bolillo. Segues aside, Louisville's Rosa de Oro commercial bakery was featured...

The Exchange brings the Red Men’s signature chicken and dumplings back to Harvest Homecoming

 Harvest Homecoming is the tail that wags New Albany's civic dog, and while the 52-year-old annual festival promotes numerous events throughout the city, in the mind of the public it's all about "booth days,"...

Edibles & Potables: Can the whole first-world food system be changed?

Back in May, my seminar was underway, or at least is was about to be. Edibles & Potables: “The Way We Eat Now,” by Bee Wilson Edibles & Potables: Add this book ("Animal, Vegetable,...

Edibles & Potables: “What kind of fast food place runs out of fries?”

Sorry but neither the Moderna nor the Pfizer vaccine secretly implant microchips that put you under the control of Satan, as the microchips are needed elsewhere. — Matt Stoller (@matthewstoller) September 26, 2021 "Edibles & Potables"...

Edibles & Potables: Among the autumn rituals, persimmons

Probably a bit early, but that's okay. I grew up in the Southern Indiana countryside, which in 1976 was being busily repurposed into residential suburbs. We had pasture and some woods, raised Angus, kept a...

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...