Even a curmudgeon has a few thanks to give before the gluttony commences
The most recent iteration of this column came in 2020; parts of it date back fifteen or more years. The cover artwork was created...
Diary: “Beer: Why not for breakfast?” (2009 – 2010)
"Mug Shots"
From 2009 - 2011, I wrote a column for Louisville Eccentric Observer (aka LEO Weekly) called "Mug Shots."
If I recall, it was Cary...
Milk is liquid snot
(This article originally appeared at the former NA Confidential blog on January 16, 2017. The clauses have been rearranged.)
I believe that drinking milk is...
Five Way Vegetarian Cincinnati Chili, because that’s the way I Iike it
This recipe is from my mother’s file, via her next-door-neighbors (the Mulloys), and revised extensively. Kidney beans take the place of the ground beef,...
“Death to Chain Restaurants,” or how one evening at Taco Bell (circa 2005) radicalized...
I've meant to tell this story many times over the years. Earlier this week the topic arose at Facebook in the form of a...
Menu Items: Babette’s Feast, the film (1987): “Once good taste is learned, there is...
Throughout the world sounds one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me the chance to do my very best.
Your faithful correspondent...
Shane’s Excellent New Words: One bluegill, one crappie, one carp
Yesterday's "Edibles & Potables" column at Food & Dining Magazine celebrated the hallowed Czech and Slovak family tradition of yuletide carp. As a postscript,...
Menu Items: You may wish to rethink humble pie for Thanksgiving or Christmas
Originally published at the Food & Dining Magazine web site on 21 November 2021.
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Edibles & Potables is here for you, engine idling at the...
Menu Items: Štruklji, Jota and Pelinkovac — or, what I ate and drank on...
Originally published at Food & Dining Magazine on 21 December 2019.
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Your correspondent and his lovely wife spent time before and after Thanksgiving across the...
Think beer globally, drink beer locally, pair beer with food thoughtfully
Every major industrialized nation has A BEER (you can’t be a Real Country unless you have A BEER and an airline—it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear...
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Diary: Talking ‘bout my generation (subtitle: OK Boomer)
Recently a post by Chris Arnade (ar-NAHD-i) at X caught my eye.
I've written for the last decade about the educational divide in the US,...
Diary: Is it the end? A new beginning? Anyone? Bueller?
During the next few days, I’ll be concluding the online publication of Food & Dining Magazine’s “lost” Spring 2026 print edition (Vol. 89).
The Spring...
Diary: What’s next? Beats me, but I’ll think of something
Beginning today, I'll be posting piecemeal, online, the contents of Food & Dining Magazine's Spring 2026 (Vol. 89) print issue.
In the aftermath of John...
