Food & Drink

Pssst…here’s the lowdown on six secretive spots that don’t hide their appreciation of fine whiskey

Take our quiz to see how many of these bottles you can identify from just their shapes—no labels here!

Mix up a whiskey-coffee riff from celebrated Atlanta mixologist Tiffanie Barriere’s new cocktail book, packed with classics, new inventions, history, and fun

Warm up with a bowl of cool-weather comfort from Soby’s chef Jon Buck

This rich, creamy stew—made with black lentils and red kidney beans and spiced with cardamon, cumin, peppercorn, ginger, and garlic—is a beloved Indian truck stop food

The Asheville chef behind Chai Pani spices up the Southern classic with kashmiri chili and a carmelizing ginger-garlic paste

Through sloppy jais and Mumbai toasties, crispy okra matchsticks and dal makhani, the Chai Pani chef wants readers to say: “I’m going to learn how to cook Indian food as easily as I make pancakes for breakfast”

Elevated with white pepper and green Sichuan peppercorn oil

The entrepreneur and accidental chef set out to create a West African Chipotle. Then ChòpnBlọk took on a life of its own.

Jokingly nicknamed the “white girl salad,” this bright, crunchy mix of cabbage, carrot, green onion, and toasted cashews is a Chai Pani and Botiwalla bestseller

A cocktail fit for a celebration

Expect a chorus of “How’d you do that?” before anyone even takes a sip

An easy and elevated side that’s a little French and all flavor

Long a mostly anonymous source of whiskey for other brands, MGP steps “out of the shadows” with its own bourbon

Take a tasting tour of the Volunteer State’s distilling scene with these standout bottles

Beef broth with a splash of bourbon amplifies roasted onions in these irresistible, cheese-topped treats

The cocktail Cortney LaCorte serves when she wants to see guests’ faces light up

An appetizer merger that just makes sense

Nashville’s “Cheese Gal” talks low-stress entertaining and her new cookbook, “Oversharing”

Rylan Thompson of Chattanooga’s Easy Bistro devised the DIY cola syrup behind this grown-up riff on a Southern classic