Celebrating Indiana’s culinary community
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...
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...
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...
Marcus Daniel is the executive chef at Joseph Decuis, a fine-dining restaurant in Roanoke, Ind. The restaurant features Wagyu beef raised on the restaurant’s nearby farm along with Mangalitsa pigs, heritage chickens and turkeys, and a wide array of vegetables. Chef...
Indianapolis pastry chef Cindy Hawkins, owner of Circle City Sweets, competed in her fifth World Food Championships in November as part of Team Indiana, a Culinary Crossroads initiative, and placed in the top 10. We caught up with Hawkins at her shop and production...
