Thursday, May 2, 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...

Revisiting “Burgoo: A Kentucky Original”

Editor's note: Ron Mikulak's 2015 exploration of burgoo is reprinted here as a Kentucky Derby enticement, although you can enjoy it any time.  Many Derby visitors hope to dine on regional delights like country ham...

Get your groceries at River House Restaurant & Raw Bar

Louisville area restaurants are giving free rein to the impromptu innovation of their business models during this time of coronavirus-inspired dislocation. They're pouring growlers, boxing ready-to-bake family meals, assembling take-away cocktail kits and functioning...

Edibles & Potables: Marmite and the unanticipated persistence of umami

In 2011, the British Broadcasting Corporation published a list of ten things "you'll love/hate to know" about Marmite, the longtime British culinary staple which, we must concede from the outset, is a divider of...

Edibles & Potables: A 106-year-old Tampa bakery’s existential struggles

"Edibles & Potables" is Food & Dining Magazine's space on Sunday for ranging beyond our usual Louisville metro coverage area. Today our daily Cuban bread is baked in Tampa by a family-owned bakery, but the existential...

Edibles & Potables: This food museum is a must when visiting Sweden

Our Sunday morning ruminations vary between short shots and long hauls. Today, I'll waste no words in directing you to a vastly informative and entertaining piece by Jiayang Fan in The New Yorker. The Gatekeepers...

Easy Entertaining: Celebrate With Chocolate

Who doesn’t like chocolate? Or holidays? Well we have a reason to celebrate then because there are no less than 42 official Chocolate Holidays during the year. And the winter season has a few...

Reopening realities: “Masked waiters, half-empty dining rooms, and mobile ordering”?

Coming on the heels of yesterday's guest commentary at Food & Dining Magazine (Restaurateur Chad Coulter on beating COVID and reopening Kentucky) comes this far-ranging piece at Eater: There Will Be No Grand Reopening...

Logan Street Market Plans New Food Haven for Food Desert

The Phoenix Hill neighborhood is getting a new market, and it’s slated to open early next year on the corner of Logan and Kentucky St.  According to the Logan Street Market website,  the 25,000...

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...