Saturday, April 27, 2024

Louisville Burger Week is back (July 19 – 25), with $6 burgers at 50+...

(Edibles & Potables is taking a break today because burgers are all anyone wants to talk about, anyway) Louisville Burger Week returns tomorrow (Monday 19 July) and runs through Sunday the 25th. It will be...

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...

Learn about the “New Year New You Nutrition Class” at The J

It's time to put those New Year's food-related resolutions to the test. The J (Jewish Community Center) is staging a "New Year, New You Nutrition Class" with instructor Kyle Tabler, an alumnus of The Institute...

Edibles & Potables: We got the beets (again) because it’s time for Ukrainian Borsch...

https://foodanddine.com/edibles-potables-we-got-the-beets-raw-pickled-roasted-or-stewed/ Yes, I know; this beet obsession just might be getting to me. Two weeks ago, during a literature-inspired beet digression, it was my original aim to include borsch (or borscht). The opportunity somehow slipped past,...

Edibles & Potables: How do we feed the world without devouring the planet?

George Monbiot is a British environmental and political activist. In his recent essay at The Guardian, Monbiot considers the likelihood of a "contagious collapse" on the part of the global food industry. In short,...

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....

Edibles & Potables: The complicated story of Durban curry

Edibles & Potables is Food & Dining's weekly Sunday brunch for digressions culled from the world outside our metro Louisville coverage area. Today's topic is Durban curry, but first a confession. Prior to Friday morning, I'd...

MESA, A Collaborative Kitchen Now Offers Incubator Space and Catering

MESA, A Collaborative Kitchen, 216 Pearl St, in New Albany recently launched two new programs at its high-end studio kitchen: an incubator program for start-up businesses and catering from MESA chefs.   The incubator program...

July 4th feasting at the street booths in 19th century New York City

We have all been here before; specifically, the 4th of July in 2022, when this post appeared for the first time in this space.  As Archie Bunker once crooned, "those were the days." Before microwave ovens,...

It’s Derby-Pie™ only if Kern’s Kitchen bakes it

The beer nerds among us understand the implications of a trademark. "Steam" beer is a style of beer associated with San Francisco, but Anchor Brewing Company owns the trademark, and so the rest of us...