Cooking with Ron: Home cooking — Then and Now
Recently, a neighbor stopped by to give me a little gift, just something she had found while going through her files that she was sure I would be interested in. She presented me with...
Cooking with Ron—Stews to Chase the Winter Blues
When winter winds nip at the nose, when the clouds spit snow and puddles freeze – that is the time for comforting meals of stew in steaming bowls accompanied by chunks of crusty bread.
Stews...
Easy Entertaining—Tailgating in the Comfort of Your Own Home
Tailgating is always a fun occasion to get friends together to cheer on your favorite teams. In the winter months football is still in season with the Big Game coming in February, and basketball...
Cooking with Ron— Corn
Although the focus of this issue is Bourbon, it is important to know that corn has other uses besides forming the backbone of a Bourbon’s mash bill. In fact, of all the agricultural benefits ensuing...
Easy Entertaining— Cooking with Bourbon
With the growing emphasis on using local ingredients whenever possible in cooking, it is only natural that restaurant chefs would experiment with uses for Bourbon, a local product with a long and storied history...
Cooking with Ron—Nashville Hot Chicken
Suddenly, Nashville-style hot chicken is popping up all over in the form of new restaurants or as menu items at others such as KFC and O’Charley’s. In Louisville, Joella’s Hot Chicken and Royals Hot...
Easy Entertaining — Cajun Crawfish Boil…Made Easy
Up here, north of Bayou Country, Cajun food is party food, the mark of a celebration that includes spicy sausage and seafood, rice and okra, catfish, gumbo, maque choux...
And the epitome of Cajun party...
Cooking with Ron: Un-fussy Country Ham
A whole ham is a challenge, but here are some ways to appreciate Kentucky ham’s rich flavors without investing a lot of time and money.
Everyone should go to a real Derby party blow-out at...
Easy Entertaining: Downtown Triple Crown
On the first Saturday in May, Derby season is celebrated in Kentucky and throughout the region. As we hope for another Triple Crown winner, people begin the festivities weeks before the Derby, party hard...
Easy Entertaining — Celebration Dishes
Originally published in the Winter 2015 issue of Food & Dining Magazine.
The holidays call for celebratory dishes, special occasion favorite foods which evoke wonderful sights and aromas when getting together with family and friends. Everyone has...
