A psychological quirk that many people don’t think about on a regular basis is that our brains are actually geared to best remember something from the very beginning and very end of an experience.

“Amuse-bouche” is the INDY‘s new, sporadic series where we give you our hot take on a recent restaurant opening. It’s not a critique or a review, just a taste of what to expect. What defines a diner?

Simple foods taken to new heights by combining them with luxurious ingredients is quite simply what chefs do with the amuse-bouche today. Abasket of papad, a piece of gud, a small matthi with achaar ...

Any dinner party worth talking about is going to have small bites to nibble on in between conversations. Sometimes platters of deviled eggs and crudites are laid out on the table, ripe for the taking, ...

Inspired by the French from the nouvelle cuisine movement of the 1970s, the amuse-bouche or amuse-gueule is on a mission to distract patrons while they wait for the first course. It doesn’t announce ...