Nashville Scene

It's been almost 30 years since Mark Bittman earned $50 for his first food article, and in three decades of penning cooking columns for The New York Times and recipes for his How to Cook Everything cookbook series, he has shifted his focus from food preparation to food policy. Full Story »

There's an old saying that trying to talk about music is like "dancing about architecture." It's not always a graceful dance. Full Story »

As Nashville prepares to answer a momentous question—should we build a giant new convention center?—the decision is still at least a couple months away. Full Story »

For six weeks, the Tennessee Titans had been the victims of identity theft. Never mind that they might have been not only the victims, but also accessories to the crime. Full Story »

In praise of Randall 's 'Rebel' What a pity that Mr. Martin chose to fire off his scathing criticism of Alice Randall's stirring new novel Rebel Yell after (by his own admission) reading about three paragraphs (" Love/Hate Mail ," Oct. 29). If he had read Rebel Yell cover to cover, as I did a few Sundays ago, he would have been moved by the intimate human portraits Ms. Randall paints of all the ... Full Story »

Rufus says: Don't take it out on the dog. Right now, this very minute, there's a book being sold on Amazon.com and elsewhere with the title Time to Eat the Dog? The Real Guide to Sustainable Living .Sweet Baby Jesus ! I know there are some folks who want to live in a world where everybody rides a bike and all farts smell like roses. Full Story »

It's no secret that Metro Parks and Recreation director Roy Wilson is holding onto his job by a thread. At an administrative working session with his board last week, Wilson confirmed that Parks suffered a $700,000 shortfall in the last fiscal year. Full Story »

Recent arrivals to Nashville may only know Nathan Bedford Forrest as the subject of a tacky monument that helps clutter the view as they drive south on I-65. But for many locals, the native Tennessean is a complicated and divisive figure—one who embodies both the noblest and ugliest aspects of the white South. Full Story »