Fortwaynefeed

There is angst and heartache on the menu at The Stand. Not because of all the different hot dogs that are on it, but because you have to choose from among them. Kierkegaard wrote about this sort of conflict in his 1844 work “The Concept of Tubular Anxiety.” This predicament can grow even worse when you start hearing the hot dogs say things like “Pick me!” “No...

Because the Hot Brandy Apple Pie dessert at the Black Dog Pub arrives at your table in a hot skillet, one can only assume that it was invented by an 18th century blacksmith. While he worked, the blacksmith threw apples, butter and brandy in a glowing cast-iron pan, cooked it for three seconds and tossed it all into his calloused mouth. OK, maybe not. But this delectabl...

PHOTO OP: Chad Ryan has worked as a professional sports photographer for almost 40 years. In that span, he weathered both the switch from film to digital and the severe decline of photojournalism. Ryan doesn’t work for news outlets these days; he works for teams. The Fort Wayne Komets, Notre Dame Football and the Tampa Bay Rays. Most recently, he was hired by Fo...

How often do we sit down to eat and really stop to think about where our food comes from? We live such busy lives and, for many, convenience foods are necessary fuel to keep us going. Yet there’s power in knowing, and Karen Petersen, Executive Director of Northeast Indiana Local Food Network...

People who are humorous can seem light to us (as in, both luminous and airy).

But many people employ lightness as a way of carrying heavy things as gracefully as possible.

Some possess an innate buoyancy of spirit. Others forge their humorous outlook in a furnace of adversity.

(Incidentally, Furnace of Adversity is my favorite Death Metal band. This obse...