Ron Mikulak
(Executive Editor) Ron Mikulak, a founding staff member and former Editor-in-Chief of F&D, has also served as the Assistant Food Editor at the Courier-Journal, where for nine years he managed the test kitchen, cooked hundreds of restaurant dishes requested by C-J readers for the "Cook's Corner" column and developed his own recipes for feature articles. After retiring from the newspaper in 2013 he happily returned to F&D, where he now writes the popular columns “Cooking with Ron” and "Comings and Goings." Ron also pens the pithy restaurant guide blurbs that try to capture the spirit of all the area restaurants.
Thursday, June 12, 6:30-9:30 p.m., over two dozen chefs from restaurants all around Louisville will join with Dean Corbett at his restaurant, Corbett’s, An American Place, 5050 Norton Health Care Blvd., to cook up a storm for the fifth...
Wednesday, June 11 at 7 p.m., the Bristol Bar & Grille, 700 W. Riverside Drive in Jeffersonville, Ind., will host Molly Meeker, co-owner of Meeker Vineyard, who will talk with guests about the wine pairings chosen for the four-course...
The operators of the popular gourmet burger truck, Grind, have opened a restaurant at 3311 Preston Hwy., across from the entrance to the Fairgrounds.
Grind Burger Kitchen is the newest professional move for Liz and Jess Huot, who will continue...
The first Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza restaurant in Kentucky is scheduled to open today in the Shelbyville Road Plaza.
To celebrate the grand opening, the Louisville location is having "Free Pizza Day" from 11 am to 11 pm tomorrow, June 10,...
You just can’t avoid Bourbon-flavored news these days, it seems.
More and more is happening of note in the realm of Kentucky’s contribution to world culture. Here are some more tidbits.
I: Bourbons Bistro, 2255 Frankfort Ave., has turned 9 years...
Tuesday, June 10, Against the Grain Brewery, 401 E. Main St., will celebrate the 750ml format bottle release of “Bay & Pepper Your Bretts, ” a collaboration brew developed with the help of Chef Josh Lehman of the Holy...
Friday, June 8, and Saturday, June 9, Check’s Cafe, Germantown’s quintessential bar and grill, will host the Germantown/Schnitzelburg Blues Festival. The music stage will be set up in front of Check’s, 1101 E. Burnett Ave., and they will be...
Friday, June 6, 6:30 p.m. Winston’s Restaurant, 3101 Bardstown Rd., will host a rare tasting of single barrel Bourbons from Brown-Forman and Buffalo Trace.
The tasting event , which will cost $45, will consist of one-ounce pours of four distinct...
Thursday, June 5, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Bistro 1860 is throwing a Summer Garden Party, the first of the season’s special “themed Thursday” events to be held the first Thursday of each month.
A bluegrass band will provide music while guests chow down...
Volare Italian Ristorante, 2300 Frankfort Ave., will tour Italy’s regional cuisines and wines during June, offering week-long menu specials paired with selected regional wines.
Tuscany will be celebrated June 2-8; Sicily June 9-15; the Piedmont region June 16-22 and Veneto...
