Easy Entertaining — Hot Dogs & Board Games
Sometimes entertaining isn't about the most complicated recipes and chic tableware. It’s about getting together with people you like without having to spend hours of preparation.
Keeping it easy and fun is as simple as hot dogs...
Sweet Tea — the House Wine of the South
It starts making its appearance as you cross that mythical, yet definitive boundary that is the acclaimed Gateway to the South — the Mason-Dixon line.
It is found in the land where the term “y’all”...
Q&A: Chef Josh Moore of Volare
Josh Moore grows his own—produce, that is, on a 10-acre farm near Taylorsville. When the fruits and vegetables are ripe, they end up plated at Volare, where Moore is executive chef and partner.
Outside the...
Q&A: Troy Schuster of 211 Clover Lane
Trying to get a table at 211 Clover Lane without a reservation on a weekend will send you seeking sustenance elsewhere. Their regular customers might not know the chefs' names, but make no mistake,...
Vodka — The Gateway Spirit
I am a cocktail enthusiast, part of a small but growing handful of people who drink because we love the art of drinking.
I love the theatrics involved in preparing a quality drink: the sound...
Food & Dining magazine wins multiple photography awards for 2012 work.
A series of images published in Food & Dining last year collected top honors last month in the 39th annual Louie Awards, an event produced by the American Advertising Federation’s Louisville Chapter.
The photos were...
The State of Louisville Brewing.
Resident beer expert Roger Baylor takes a look at how far our local brewing has come...
The Kentucky Derby has taken place right here in Louisville every year since 1875. From 1979 through 1992, there...
$10 Challenge — The Monkey Wrench.
The Monkey Wrench is a chameleon of a business that morphs into whatever its patrons need it to be. This versatile venue serves up good food, cold drinks, live music and on Tuesdays, $5...
Tips for Better Coffee at Home.
We’ve all had that magical moment when at a coffeehouse, a neighborhood diner, or an upscale restaurant, you tipped up your coffee cup and were introduced to that very special memory of coffee that...
Easy Entertaining — A Lobster Feast (party planning & recipes)
Ask anyone who has seen Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” knows, cooking whole live lobsters can be intimidating. But we’ve taken the fear out of the process by providing easy steps to properly cook lobsters,...
