Roger Baylor

Previously: 40 Years in Beer (Book II), Part 82: BrewWorks, Jack Daniel’s, and the next wave of Kentuckiana breweries (1994 – 2001) It seems that the chronology went awry during one of my customary tangents. Consequently, here’s my earlier account of the ... See more

Bristol Bar & Grille East (Hurstbourne) is next for APRON Inc.’s Chef in a Box promotion, but first the bigger picture. Food & Dining Magazine continues to preview the forthcoming Chef in a Box offering. It’s a tasty fundraising project dating to ... See more

The Japanese city of Osaka is known as “Japan’s Kitchen,” boasting perhaps the best-ever civic mantra for food lovers: “Kuidaore,” which can be translated as “eat until you drop” or “eat yourself bankrupt.” Verily, it sounds like my kind of place. Osaka’s... See more

Steely Dan’s album Aja was released almost 50 years ago. Whatever one thinks about this music today, it remains that Aja was seismic within in my own circle of music-loving friends at the time. The production was pristine by the audiophile’s standards, an... See more

in our current Winter 2025 print edition, “easy entertaining” columnists Tim and Lori Laird share soup art, soup wisdom and soup recipes, courtesy of two experienced local soup practitioners. Included are recipes for Chicken Tortellini Soup, Portabella Mu... See more