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...
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...
“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...
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,...
Say hello to Agave & Rye Epic Tacos, an eatery conceived with Floyd County...
"Notes from the Underground" extends a hale and hearty welcome to Agave & Rye Epic Tacos. Here's a preview I wrote at Food &...
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,...
Herring salad — a simple, savory and effective recipe
Believe it or not, this tasty and simple recipe for herring salad originated with Betty Crocker's International Cookbook, which was published in 1980 and...
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...
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...
