LIVE TO EAT: Food & Dining Magazine is throwing a party, and YOU are invited.

As noted elsewhere, I've been contributing beer columns to Food & Dining Magazine almost from the beginning, starting around 2005 if memory serves. Lately I've been writing features and profiles, and it's been quite the education at my advanced age.

One key to understanding the impact of this publication is something not always apparent to metro residents, who might see the current issue at eateries and bookstores, but don't notice its placement in hotel rooms.

Obviously, if you live here, chances are you're not staying in a hotel. 

Louisville metro's food and drink scene is excellent by any standard, and we punch above our weight in terms of population. How many visitors these past 15 years have been guided to our abundant and acclaimed eateries and watering holes by this magazine in their hotel rooms? 

We're looking forward to something different.

May 30: Food & Dining 15 Year Anniversary & Summer Issue Release Party

It's free, but you must register. Read all about it, and I hope to see you next Wednesday.

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We're Throwing a Party...You're invited. Our Summer issue, Volume 60, is now out on stands, marking 15 amazing years of high quality culinary coverage in Louisville, and we've got a few other reasons to celebrate. So, we're throwing our first ever issue release party just for our faithful followers. Read on for more information, and reserve your free tickets today! It's our 15 year anniversary (60 issues!) We have a new editor-in-chief It’s our first ever issue release party!  With all of that in mind, we'd like to invite you to our free anniversary celebration and issue release party at Sarino in Germantown! (1030 Goss Avenue) on May 30 from 6 to 9 p.m.

Get Your Tickets Here.   Free Food (Neapolitan pizza slices and appetizers). Discounted Drinks ($2 off Tito’s Vodka and Four Roses Bourbon, half price bottles of select wines and $1 off beer). Free swag (Hundreds of dollars in restaurant gift card giveaways and other promotional items). Meet the Food & Dining Magazine writers we hope you have enjoyed reading over the years and the staff behind the magazine.  Book signings of five different books penned by our writers, with books available at special pricing Free tickets are limited and invitation only. You can invite your friends by selecting the number of tickets on the link. You don't need to print them, just give your name at the door (or show emailed tickets on your phone).

Fun Fact: Our city now has over 1,400 restaurants — 37 new since our last issue. Our guide details them all! In This Issue:   Letter From Our New Editor Hip Hops Link: Roger Baylor Dishes with Mile Wide Beer Co about Nomah! NE IPA Profile: ROC brings Southern Italy cuisine to Bardstown Road with unrivaled showmanship Profile: Sarino carries family tradition into 3rd generation of Gabriele Cuisine Profile: bar Vetti  offers a Kentucky sourced take on Italian Easy Entertaining Celebrates their year in Food & Dning with recipes from "Bourbon Country Cookbook And we have a new humor column now online: The Clueless Ginger: Eggs and Water? Wizardry!!