Chefs announced for Spring Dinner Series; tickets on sale now
Happy springtime! For all of us here at Culinary Crossroads, it means it’s almost time for our Spring Dinner Series, and tickets are now on sale. This will be our third year for our series of collaborative chef dinners at Highland Golf & Country Club in...
Discover global ingredients at international grocery
Foodies, international ex-pats and creative home cooks all got a much-anticipated holiday present when Saraga International Grocery opened in Indianapolis just before Christmas. And since then, they’ve flocked to the massive grocery, located in a former Target at 8448...
Tenderloin Guy Rick Garrett dishes on Indiana’s favorite sandwich
Comedian, musician and storyteller Rick Garrett is The Tenderloin Connoisseur and has a popular blog with a to-the-point title: “All tenderloins, all the time.” A 2015 Hoosier Comedy Award winner, Rick travels all over the Midwest, telling jokes, sharing stories and...
Brunch fest returns to Indy for fifth year
Indianapolis entrepreneur Ashley Brooks, of A. Rose Hospitality, knows her way around a brunch menu. In 2014, she co-founded the popular Indianapolis restaurant Milktooth, which gained national recognition for its creative breakfast and lunch fare. In 2017, she...
Small-town Indiana restaurant honored with James Beard award
A restaurant in the small Southern Indiana town of Oldenburg got a big surprise recently. When the owner of Wagner’s Village Inn, well known for its fried chicken, began receiving congratulatory phone calls about a very prestigious award, he thought it was a prank....
Fort Wayne collaborative chef dinner a success
Thank you! We just want to express our gratitude to all of you who came out to our latest On the Road collaborative chef dinner in Fort Wayne on Feb. 21. We had a great time at Union Street Market in the new Electric Works development in Fort Wayne. The former General...
Daniel Orr, chef/owner at FARMbloomington
Bloomington chef Daniel Orr on foraging, fine dining and what’s in his fridge Columbus, Ind., native Daniel Orr left Indiana for culinary school, and his career took him around the world, from Michelin-starred restaurants in Europe to some of New York City’s top...
The Story Inn features live music, comedy shows, and the Indiana Wine Fair
One inconvenient location since 1851. It was true then, and it’s still true today. And that’s how the Story Inn, situated on Ind. 135 south of Nashville, Ind., identifies itself, although the restaurant and inn are definitely worth the effort it takes to get there. It...
Spring Dinner Series begins April 10 in Indy
It may still be winter, but spring is on the way – and that means we’re planning for the Culinary Crossroads Spring Dinner Series! This will be the third year for our series of collaborative chef dinners at Highland Golf & Country Club in Indianapolis. It’s a...
Catching up with Indy chef Erin Kem
Indianapolis food fans might know chef Erin Kem from the dozen years she spent at the highly regarded R bistro on Mass Ave. But when that restaurant closed in 2016, she took on the challenge of cooking in a very small footprint – behind the bar at the former Cannon...