In Search of…The Best Pickle Plate
Summertime in this city is hot. A day outside will leave you covered in a shiny, salty sweat that not even a shady spot under a tree will help. One way to cool down is with food and drink. An … Continue reading
Author: cstephens
Bio: A Louisvillian her whole life, Caroline Stephens is trying her hand with a new place. She now lives in Missoula, Montana. What brought her there is the environmental studies graduate program at the University of Montana, where she focuses on environmental writing. She finds herself writing most often about her home state of Kentucky.
Articles by cstephens
The Weeds of Louisville
Now that planting weekend (or, as we say here, Derby weekend) is months gone by, the summer crops have begun to take their hold in the garden. So have the weeds, the opportunistic plants that move so quickly into cultivated … Continue reading
Agriculture Legacy Initiative
On the second to last Sunday in April, a group of young farmers gathered on what just might have been the last chilly day of the season. Some hoped that a patchy frost wouldn’t get their newly planted spring crops. … Continue reading
A Farmer’s Look at Derby
On Mint On my first Kentucky Derby Day at college – my first outside of Louisville – I was making mint juleps. I scavenged across the geometric interplay of bluegrass and concrete on campus and investigated low-lying, shady, and moist … Continue reading
The River’s City
My neighbor who lives on the next street over tells a story about the Ohio River. He and his friend’s son hang out on Sunday afternoons. This how they spent one of them. One Sunday afternoon during a flood, they … Continue reading
The Future is so bright: A tour of local solar-powered homes
If you’re looking towards downtown Louisville from just a few miles off, a layer of brown smog lingers above the peaks of the skyline. It may seem that Metro Louisville is immune from the pollution of a metropolis like Los … Continue reading
Land of Tomorrow
North of Louisville, in La Grange, Kentucky, something like Hollywood is happening. A film set is arranged outside of an old farmhouse. Two pickup trucks, which together play one role, have been spray painted with the name of a fictitious … Continue reading
Teach Them How to Cook Fish
Timothy Tucker and the United Crescent Hill Ministries Kitchen