dining

Housed in a revamped storefront full of intimate tables and timber-chic accents, this cozy family tavern has been packed to its exposed brick walls on the past two weekends that we popped in.

Including the vegan cookies-and-cream cake at the Mass Ave and Carmel Bazbeaux locations.

Casserole is a one-pot dish that can be prepped ahead. Self-reliant and relaxed, it takes care of itself in the oven by bubbling and browning away, allowing you to get on with your life.

A gifted chef can make a dish look simple when it is anything but. Case in point: these skillet-formed hash browns.

All six of its gourmet flavors begin with a base of smooth, crunchy honey-roasted peanut butter, with add-ins not found in your average jar of Jif.

This small sit-down eatery offers Asian dishes including hand-pulled noodles and soup dumplings.

He had no interest in cooking until high school, when he taught himself to whip up scrambled eggs.

Hoppy New Year! 2014 will bring even more microbreweries to the local beer scene. Belly up to this recap.

Including eggs Benedict with a Southern twang at The Indigo Duck.

Crunch down on the deliciously imperfect off-color crisps that emerge from the waxed brown Broad Ripple Chip Co. bag, and you will never go back to Lay’s.

Including a bright crimson bowl of bacon-and-beet soup at R Bistro.

She has a new seafood stand in City Market and a foolproof recipe featuring one of her best sellers.

Featuring a sentimental favorite: the pecan ball at Pipers Restaurant.

Including Indiana State Fair (fried) food porn, a celebrity’s surprise visit at a downtown eatery, a buzzworthy drink prepared 10 different ways, and much more.

Including one of Indiana’s biggest cons, a complicated woman in her final days, a reality-TV hilljack, the crafty governor-elect, a big-deal farmer, the coupling of an actress and a corn-fed rocker, and more.