You’ll be happiest meeting crawfish with a bottle of ice-cold beer in your hand, the cheaper the better.

I just had a damn fine dinner at City House, the kind of dinner that makes you believe that dining after dark in Nashville has a bright future.

Long deprived of world-class brews, Alabamans are fighting back.

As interpreted by the Ballet Memphis, the song “Chitlins” inspired a bacchanal of dance, one that was very carnal, vaguely offal-istic and, yes, beautiful.

The Tabasco-spiked dirty martini strikes me as a drink with legs. So does the tea punch I've been making of late.

Local pheasant served with rutabaga puree, shredded kale and pickled peaches was so delicious I was loath to leave the table.

The late chef and cookbook author Edna Lewis changed the face of Southern cuisine.

In the rest of the country, brunch falls between eleven and two. But when you're in Scott Peacock's hands, you'll want to clear the whole day for a languorous taste of tradition....

Way too often, when talk turns to America’s citadels of edible and drinkable achievement, Louisville gets elbowed aside.

"Never throw away your old tapes," said Davia Nelson, who with Nikki Silva comprises NPR's Kitchen Sisters.