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.
Yet another opportunity to dip into the world of local brewing will occur Friday Oct. 17 at Slugger Field, at the 2014 Louisville Brewfest. The $5 basic admission gets you in and give gives you a souvenir cup. After...
The premier fall party event at 4th Street Live will be Saturday, Oct. 11. Doors open for the Pig & Swig event at 1 p.m., music, provided by Gas Money, starts at 2 and the hi-jinks last until 6...
I. Bourbon Month specials at Bourbons Bistro
Bourbon’s Bistro, 2255 Frankfort Ave., will mark Bourbon Heritage Month with a Wednesday bar snack special. Executive chef Jeff Bridges, will concoct a series of “Bourbon Bites” for munching at the bar. Chef...
I. Wednesday, Sept. 24, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Buck’s Restaurant & Bar, 425 W. Ormsby Ave., will host Willie Pratt of Michter’s Whiskey, for the September meeting of the Bourbon Brotherhood, a loose organization of people who like Bourbon and want to...
Thursday, Sept. 25. Chef John Castro of Winston’s, 3101 Bardstown Rd on the Sullivan University campus, will offer a 5-course menu paired with wines from the Orin Swift Cellars, which crafts interesting wines from California grapes, as well as...
Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 6:30 p.m., Seviche chef Anthony Lamas will serve a 4-course dinner to celebrate the publication of “Country Ham:A Southern Tradition of Hogs, Salt and Smoke" by F&D columnist Steve Coomes.
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Competing fall festivals make it hard for dedicated local party goers to know which neighborhood to hang out in this weekend, Saturday, Sept 20. In Butchertown, Copper & Kings brandy distillery, 1111 E. Washington St., is the host for...
It is that time of the year for neighborhood festivals, which are ramping up as cooler weather arrives. This Saturday, Sept. 20, Germantown inaugurates its Seven Sense Festival, a block party featuring more than 20 bands, local food and...
Eric Morris, co-owner of Loop 22, 2222 Dundee Rd., will refocus the menu on value-priced small plates and bargain well drinks. The changes were prompted by the rigors of a weird first year, plagued by plumbing problems in the...
Southern Indiana restaurateur Matt McMahan has leased the property he ran as The Irish Exit, at 207 E. Main St. in New Albany, to Kyle and Ulrike Mullikin, who will open an upscale Italian restaurant called Don Vito’s Italian...
