Monday, April 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...

Edibles & Potables: Food destined for pairing with libations

Welcome to 2023. Feeling all right? I've long since embraced the old fart's tactical New Year's Eve, starting and finishing quite early in the day. My beers yesterday were nice, and I'm largely pain-free, having...

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: Comfort food, like Hungarian goulash soup

The sun was shining this morning, but the thermometer showed 6 degrees F. As the world came hesitantly into focus while I crawled out of bed, my brain posted its usual a.m. orientation notes,...

The Taste Bud: Kevin finds good seafood in the freezer section

Have you ever wondered how frozen food came to be? Focusing on fish, writer Mark Kurlansky explains the contributions of frozen food innovator Clarence Birdseye in an excerpt from Eater's article "The Strange History of...

Edibles & Potables: In Bangladesh, putting an end to adulterating turmeric

As a reminder, “Edibles & Potables” is F&D’s Sunday slot for food and dining topics that range outside our customary Metro Louisville coverage area, and every other Wednesday (more or less) is given over to “Hip...

Edibles & Potables: Chicken tikka masala and the death of Britain’s curry king

As I was saying two years ago... India achieved independence in 1947, and the fact that today, in the midst of Brexit and right-wing populist backlash, chicken tikka masala remains warmly embedded in the British...

Everyday Kitchen charcuterie tips, Lodgic Everyday Community gift cards

Over the weekend I popped into Aldi to see if their delicious German curried herring was in stock (alas, no such luck) and saw an entire display devoted to charcuterie supplies, reminding me of...

Edibles & Potables: The rise of the Australian flat white (coffee, not paint)

Apparently I don't get out much; then again, perhaps the flat white has not made the long trek to come from abroad and roost amid Louisville's caffeinated trend-consciousness. A flat white is a coffee drink consisting...

The Taste Bud: In which Kevin pursues a Taco Bell Chili Cheese Burrito

In the history of Food & Dining Magazine's web site, dating back to around 2012, never once has "Taco Bell" been used as a tag. Until today, that is. Take it away, Kevin Gibson. The Taste...