Update…
… the Bourbon Banana Bread with Pecans and Dark Chocolate is even better the second day!
Banana bread plus
The weather turned suddenly chilly here this weekend, which put me in the mood for baking. Happily having all the ingredients on hand, I decided to try a recipe for Bourbon Banana Bread with Pecans and Dark Chocolate that I’d…
Bourbon on the Belle
You are probably aware that the Kentucky Derby is run the first Saturday in May. But if you’re not here in Louisville, you may not realize that the Derby festivities stretch out for two weeks leading up to the Greatest…
A full day of drinking bourbon
Louisville freelance writer Dana McMahan spent a whole day drinking along the city’s Urban Bourbon Trail and lived to blog about it. My favorite revelation: President Harry S Truman purportedly started his day with a meal of toast, eggs, bacon, fruit,…
Whoa! That’s one fancy drink
To mark the 75th year that the mint julep has been the official drink of the Kentucky Derby, Woodford Reserve – the official bourbon of the Kentucky Derby – is offering 75 special (read: pricey!) mint julep cups for sale. Through…
A toast to the Titanic
Today, April 15, marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and the loss of more than 1,500 lives. The largest ship afloat, the Titanic was also designed to be the most luxurious, and many prominent people…
‘Great Compromiser’ – but not on this
Today is the birthday of Henry Clay Sr., a great lawyer and orator who represented Kentucky in both the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, where he served three different terms as Speaker of the House. He was also Secretary of State…
The craft of bourbon making
In the past year, six new distilleries have joined the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. All of them are micro-distilleries, or craft distillers, meaning they keep fewer than 25,000 barrels of spirits in inventory at any one time. A couple of weekends…
