A nice article from one of the Hoosier Beer Geeks in Indy. Obviously it is more drinks than food oriented, but it includes some very nice words about the 'Ville:
http://hoosierbeergeek.blogspot.com/201 ... -keep.html
"Terroir: The notion that a place injects a unique character into the things that are produced and grown there. Louisville embodies the concept of terroir because Louisville is a unique place, more than unique if that's possible. Its people, its neighborhoods, its culture--all have this incomparable organic character that seems to spring from the very banks of the Ohio River."