Food From Here with Peggy Pirro

Brian Buxton of Fingers Fork Knife & Spoon returns for our 30th episode to talk about local dining and his new role as owner/publisher of Evansville’s free entertainment monthly, News4U.

Jenny Scheller is a home-based baker with a passion for macarons, the delicate, crispy/chewy sandwich cookies she creates for her business, the Dainty Flour.

Tom Leggett is the market manager of the popular Franklin Street Bazaar – now in its second decade on Evansville’s west side. He also writes about food trucks for News4U and hosts the Evansville Food Trucks group on Facebook. His motto: always be learning.

Roxanne Dubai is a private chef and hospitality professional who owns the catering company Peace 4U. Her cooking is informed by her community activism and her desire to bring good food to all.

Roger & Mary Winstead own Beautiful Edibles farm in Newburgh, and are founding co-owners of Local Source, Evansville’s online food hub and farmers market. Learn how they’re changing the way we get our local food in this end-of-the-season episode.

Lisa Vaughan launched Feed Evansville to get food into the hands of families when schools shut down at the start of the COVID pandemic. Today, the organization continues to find innovative ways to address food insecurity in our community.

From the ecology of beehives to how she collects a swarm of honeybees from a nervous homeowner, Kelsey Gerhardt discusses her work as a 4th generation beekeeper, educator, honey judge and honey sommelier.

Amanda Bradshaw-Burks is the Urban Agriculture and Natural Resources educator with the Vanderburgh County Purdue Extension, and an avid gardener with a passion for heirloom tomatoes. Get her recipe for easy tomato sauce and some tips for beginning gardeners.

She grew up in Flagstaff, Arizona. He went to North High in Evansville. They met in Sandpoint, Alaska, and moved to Posey County to start a farm. Now Nate & Amelie Julian raise chickens and goats and grow vegetables and gourmet mushrooms on the land they named Earthryz.

In this first episode of our Fall 2024 Season, we hear from Chef Jeff Gott and partner DeAndre Wilson of Turn Table, the local catering company that built a following at events and festivals and is now serving enthusiastic fans at Arcademie in downtown Evansville.

Nina Bambina’s childhood summers were spent with her extended family in Sicily, in a house with palatial doors that opened onto the beach, where the food was always fresh, the wine and olive oil were local, and the cannoli were simply the best.

Haynie’s Corner Brewing Company owner Sam Buente brings an inclusive vibe and an abundance of community spirit to this popular neighborhood brew pub.

At Sweet Schmitt’s Artisan Candies in Evansville, owner Mike Schmitt creates gourmet caramels, chocolate truffles, dessert marshmallows, and memories.

Scot Mangold is the head chef at Old National Events Plaza, in charge of a busy kitchen that caters performances, conferences and conventions, and hosts the monthly Dinner on the Bridge events in downtown Evansville.

Becky and Ginger Woods are the owners of Woods & Stems, an Evansville mushroom farm that grows gourmet mushrooms and produces extracts, lion's mane coffee, and mushroom jerky following low-waste, sustainable practices.

Rachel Rainey is a third generation fudge-maker who inherited her grandmother's fudge kettle and used it to start 3 Chicks Fudgery in her home kitchen. The business now has a storefront, a wholesale operation, and a food trailer for bringing her fudge and her mini-donut fryer to local events year round.

In Part Two of this conversation with the owner of the popular Facebook page Fingers, Fork, Knife & Spoon, we talk about the state of fine dining in Evansville and elsewhere, remember some dearly departed local favorites, and meet Brian’s traveling companion, a cute little terrier named Riley.

Brian Buxton runs the popular Facebook page Fingers, Fork, Knife & Spoon, where more than 20,000 followers get regular updates on local and regional dining. This episode is Part One of our two-part conversation.

Britni & Troy Teeters raise pigs and goats and chickens and grow herbs and vegetables on their rural Vanderburgh County homestead. Moonlight Hollow Farm hosts a metal shop, a soap-making facility, an herb garden, and an AirBnB camper for guests. It’s a bit of renaissance farming on Evansville’s west side.

Jubilee Woolley Fly hosts foraging classes and an eclectic mix of events on her small farm in Northern Vanderburgh County. In this episode we talk about how she interacts with the energy of her farm, how agro-tourism fits into the picture, and how she creates her “yard pesto.”