Thursday, March 28, 2024

Edibles & Potables: Check out Southern Indiana’s Sweets and Treats Trail

I googled the term "trail tourism" without expecting the results to be quite this literal. As it turns out, trail tourism is quite the widespread concept, and has been for a while. But in...

The Taste Bud: Kevin samples Peppers-R-Paradise Bourbon Barrel Aged Extreme hot sauce

Our friend and colleague Kevin Gibson recently has embarked upon a voyage ("Chasing Heat") of hot pepper exploration, as randomly documented here. Voyeurs of a masochistic bent surely will enjoy leafing through Kevin's exercises in...

Clearwater Seafood

Outpost of the Atlantic Maritimes thrives in Louisville In a nondescript business park in South Louisville, among loading docks and plain-faced offices, a Nova Scotia company is busy handling a treasure among ocean seafood — live,...

The Taste Bud: Kevin ingests an Armageddon pepper and shares his pain

Here at Food & Dining Magazine, we're as enamored of Johnny Knoxville-style exhibitionist stunts as the next food and drink publication, so when our friend and colleague Kevin Gibson revealed his epic encounter with...

Edibles & Potables: Monbiot and “The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People”

Food & Dining Magazine aims to chronicle the pursuit of edibles and potables within the boundaries of the Louisville metropolitan area, but "Edibles & Potables" (the column) exists to extend our gaze outward, to...

Fried fish for Lent? Kevin Gibson has a list

At his web site, our friend and F&D contributor Kevin Gibson has updated his blog post from 2023, offering a fine overview of fried fish options from local restaurants this year during Lent. 10 Tasty...

“Anthony Bourdain’s genius was not in the kitchen. His genius was in knowing which...

File under "Edibles & Potables." Anthony Bourdain's birthday is June 25. Bourdain took his own life in 2018, and we remember him for various reasons, all of which combine to remind us that there is...

Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings, Happy Holidays

 What is your family's tradition for food and drink on Christmas Day? Movies rank highly for many. One of my favorite Christmas movies isn't Die Hard, and also wasn't plucked from the burgeoning Hallmark canon. It's...

Edibles & Potables: The Ham Belt (2012)

Today's installment of "Edibles & Potables" requires a preface. "The Ham Belt," written by longtime Food & Dining Magazine contributor Greg Gapsis, appeared in our Winter 2012 print edition. The story is dated in...

Grassa Gramma Searches for a Gramma

Louisvillians have been watching and waiting for Kevin Grangier's (Village Anchor, Le Moo) new spot in Holiday Manor since it was announced in 2017.  The Italian restaurant is set to open in August, and...