Peggy Pirro

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.

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.

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.