How many of us are eating turkey for Thanksgiving next week? Let’s run the numbers!
The National Turkey Federation tells us that 88 percent of Americans will chow down on roasted bird next Thursday, meaning that 46 million turkeys will be sacrificed to our national tradition. Continue reading Let’s talk turkey about meat and not-meat
I’m sitting here at my computer eating a bag of jerky, and it is so good that I. Cannot. Stop. Continue reading Louisville Vegan Jerky wins our applause
Think about this, Louisville: We’ve been enjoying Anoosh Shariat’s delicious cooking and attentive service through four decades now.
Count ‘em … Continue reading We nosh until we can nosh no more at Noosh Nosh
How big is Africa? Africa is so big that you could fit the U.S., China, India, Japan and most of the countries of Europe neatly within its borders and still have plenty of nooks and crannies left for more. You’ve probably seen the colorful map that shows this; it’s all over the Internet.
How big is Africa? About 1.5 billion people live there, or almost 1 out of every 7 humans on Earth. That’s about the same as the total population of Europe, North and South America.
So riddle me this: How come so many of us know so little about Africa? And getting to the point, how come Louisville has so doggoned few African restaurants? Continue reading We find friendly folks and good East African eats at Safari Grill
If a restaurant visibly shifts into overdrive when they think there’s a critic in the house, I wonder if they’re giving 100% the rest of the time.
I finally got around to checking out the Comfy Cow’s new “Black and Brew” ice cream, a wacky flavor with a plus: 20 percent of all sales of the flavor during October 2016 benefit Louisville’s excellent Food Literacy Project. Continue reading Beer ice cream? Comfy Cow’s Black & Brew benefits Food Literacy Project
We’re really sorry to see Roux Louisville closing. Best wishes to Dustin Staggers in his next venture. Here’s a link to the announcement on their Facebook page.
Tater Tots ($8) at Equus are house-made with Cheddar and served with earthy truffle aioli. They’re crunchy fried spheres, and we ate them all, but I can’t say they seemed “totty.” They act more like floury fritters. Is this a bug or a feature?
