“I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now.” -Louisa May Alcott From its provocative aroma while brewing to the moment when that first, flavorful sip […]
Fresh Perks
Thinking Inside the Box
Like other service-oriented businesses, the restaurant industry has been slammed pretty hard due to the pandemic and resulting shut-downs. Though we inch ever closer to […]
Something to Beef About
Since the early 1900s, the meat packing industry has been fraught with problems. Plants’ exploitation of workers and highly unsanitary and unsafe practices – brought […]
Local Cottage Food Industry: Black-Owned Bakeries
Long before the rise of social media (or even the internet), people have been making baked goods in their own kitchens for sale to the […]
Hot Chefs, Cool Flavors
If there’s one thing summer stirs, it’s the childhood memories of cool, sweet treats. Though any kid from Los Angeles to Manhattan can enjoy creamy […]
LGD Eats
As the years pass, it’s fascinating to watch how commerce and development will ebb and flow, hopping from neighborhood to neighborhood. One renovation, one dream […]
Prodigious Plates: For the Love of Leftovers
Though there’s many a snob who would scoff at a dish piled high with more food that any average person could eat in one sitting, […]
À la mode
What with all of the hoopla of Mardi Gras going on, it’s easy to miss one of the most significant celebrations of February, Great American […]
Low-Priced Lunch by the Boxful
Though you’d like to believe that the plate lunch, sometimes called a “meat and three,” is a down-home, Southern or Mid-Western invention, it’s origin is […]
A Southern-Fried Secret
Like the recipe for your Great Aunt Edie’s flaky, buttermilk biscuits, many chefs and restaurants jealously guard the secret behind their signature dishes. Consider Olive […]