Sunday, May 5, 2024

Afternoon Archive: Q & A with Chef David Danielson of Churchill Downs

We're combing the archives for items of interest, and this 2014 interview by Michael L. Jones with Chef David Danielson remains fascinating. How does he feed all those people at Churchill Downs on a...

If you want one of the Ten Tables, act fast

Opening two immediately popular restaurants within months of each other earlier this year was apparently not enough for chefs Dustin Staggers and Griffin Paulin of Roux and Rumplings Slurp Shop. Now they are collaborating...

LEE Initiative’s 2020 mentees revealed at “The Future of Food is Female”

Last Monday, The LEE Initiative teamed with Kentucky to the World to present “The Future of Food is Female,” a program in the Republic Bank Foundation Speaker Series, held at the Bomhard Theater. Those in...

Q&A: Chef John Plymale of Porcini

Chef John Plymale has been with Porcini since before its 1992 opening. Twenty-plus years later, the restaurant seems like an extension of the chef himself. A thoughtful and affable guy, Plymale sat down for a...

Celebrity Chef Dan Churchill & This Hotel Announce New Localized Approach to Food &...

You may have never while shopping or catching a movie at Mall St Matthews considered popping into the Hilton Garden Inn across the road at 400 Sherburn Ln for a local-centric drink or dinner...

ROC, Fork & Barrel open now

Two new finer-dining restaurants have opened this week, the long-awaited ROC, at 1327 Bardstown Rd., which has been under renovation for a while, and Fork & Barrel, a fairly quick conversion of the former...

Chef Q&A: 610 Magnolia’s Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan is the Executive Chef at 610 Magnolia, where he runs day-to-day operations for celebrity chef Edward Lee, a former Top Chef contestant. Sullivan’s cooking, which combines Southern food with ingredients and techniques from...

Taste of the Bluegrass Trail: Western Waterlands – Kentucky Dam Village

If you want to see a national recreational area without leaving the state, head south west from Louisville to the Land Between the Lakes. However, not too far from there is a lovely resort...

Kevin Ashworth’s Khora pasta preview dinner at 610 Magnolia on January 18

Vogue Magazine, which has been chronicling the vagaries of American fashion and lifestyles since 1892, has selected the forthcoming Khora in Cincinnati as one of "2020’s Most Anticipated American Restaurant Openings." Louisvillians immediately will...

Upcoming special dinners at Cena

Cena, the luxe Italian restaurant on the lower floor of the building that houses the rambunctious Mussels and Burger Bar at 9200 Taylorsville Rd, has several special meals this holiday season, some, like the...