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.
Panera swears off artificial food additives: Panera, the national soup, salad and sandwich chain with over 1800 outlets nationwide, has announced that it will eliminate artificial colors, flavors, sweeteners and preservatives from its food over the next 2 years, moving...
We're not sure if there are still seats available, but tonight at 7 p.m., the English Grill at the Brown Hotel will host an “eco-friendly” 5-course dinner, prepared by Brown Hotel executive chef Josh Bettis, in consultation with Wayne Samiere...
Thursday June 26,7 p.m., Bistro 1860 barkeep Stephen Dennison will demonstrate how to craft interesting cocktails at a cocktail party hosted by Bourbon Barrel Foods at their Kitchen Studio in Butchertown Market, Story Ave.
Bourbon Barrel Foods will offer hors...
Of note in the realm of pig news, F&D’s spirit columnist Steve Coomes (whose recent F&D article explains the intricacies of tequila very nicely, and discusses the affinity of that spirit with our native bourbon) has published "Country Ham:...
Sunday, June 22, 2014 at 6 p.m., Yew Dell Botanical Gardens and Slow Food Bluegrass will host the 4th annual Farm to Table Dinner outdoors under a tent at Yew Dell, 6220 Old LaGrange Road, Crestwood.
Kathy Cary of Lilly’s...
And that is what you can have Saturday, June 21, 6:30 p.m., when Asiatique, 1767 Bardstown Rd., hosts a bourbon and cigar dinner on the outdoor patio, weather permitting. Willet Distillery’s bourbons will be featured, a brand list that...
Restaurant Hospitality magazine, which covers the restaurant trade, recently declared the Three Little Pigs sandwich served at Down One Bourbon Bar, 321 Main St., as the best barbecue sandwich in the country.
The handsome, below-street level bar is most visible...
In the ten years that Caffe Classico, 2144 Frankfort Ave., has been in operation, it has never had TV screens anywhere on the premises, owner Tommy Mudd proudly said. But now he has rented a very large screen TV,...
Two recent stories in our esteemed local media point out the ways technology is making it harder to be the conscientious thoughtful eater that common sense and Michael Pollan (he of “Eat food, Not too much. Mostly vegetables” fame)...
On Friday, June 13, 6:00 p.m., Limestone, 10001 Forest Green Blvd., will offer its traditional Fathers Day dinner, an idea so good that it is strange that no one else has imitated it.
The meal will be a five-course dinner,...
