Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 10th, 2009 No Comments »
Here are recipes from last week’s cooking class at Just Us Girls and a presentation at the Paul Sawyier Library in Frankfort on Tuesday.
5 minute chocolate mug cake for one
4 tablespoons flour
4 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons cocoa
1 egg
3 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons oil
3 tablespoons chocolate chips
A small splash of vanilla extract
1 large coffee mug (MicroSafe)
Add dry ingredients [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 4th, 2009 No Comments »
The holiday season is almost here, and restaurants and wineries are making plans.
■ To help you celebrate Thanksgiving, winemakers at Horseshoe Bend Vineyards in Willisburg recommend their Rose of Cabernet, Golden Sun and Red Jester Chambourcin for the holiday meal.
Horseshoe Bend will have tastings on Saturday and Nov. 21. The cost is $10 and includes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 3rd, 2009 No Comments »
A cookbook produced by Our Lady of the Mountains School in Paintsville is much more than recipes. “It tells the story of the beautiful building our school is housed in, one of the most historic buildings in Eastern Kentucky — The Mayo Mansion,” Sue Miller said.
Proceeds from the sales will be used to help students [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Oct 7th, 2009 No Comments »
Here are the recipes Bobby Flay prepared at the Incredible Food Show on Oct. 3.
Oven-roasted ribs with peanut-chipotle sauce & peanut-green onion relish
Mesa BBQ sauce
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 large Spanish onion, coarsely chopped
5 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
3 cups canned plum tomatoes and juices, pureed
1 cup water
1/4 cup ketchup
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
3 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 30th, 2009 No Comments »
Food Network star Bobby Flay will be in Lexington this weekend as the headliner for The Incredible Food Show.
The event is at Lexington Center and Rupp Arena on Saturday and Sunday. Flay’s shows will be at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $35 to $75.
General admission is $12 and includes culinary seminars featuring [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 23rd, 2009 No Comments »
Jonathan Lundy, chef/owner of Jonathan at Gratz Park, will pair foods with scotch and bourbon on a live Webcast on Friday. Laphroaig Islay single malt scotch will join Maker’s Mark for the Distillery Live broadcast from Maker’s Mark distillery in Loretto.
Laphroaig distillery manager John Campbell, Maker’s Mark master distiller Kevin Smith and Malt Advocate magazine [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 22nd, 2009 1 Comment »
Brigitte Nguyen of Lexington will now be known as the person who won the last National Chicken Cooking Contest.
After 48 competitions over 60 years, the contest has been suspended. In a press release, NCC President George Watts said the contest “has been one of the country’s premiere competitive cooking events, but the economic realities facing [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 16th, 2009 No Comments »
University of Kentucky football can fill the entire day on Saturday, with Lexington restaurants taking care of you before and after the game.
UK takes on the University of Louisville at noon at Commonwealth Stadium, and the parking lots will be packed.
You can have an early lunch at Ramsey’s Diner, 496 East High Street, and catch [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Sep 8th, 2009 No Comments »
In the early ’80s, newspapers and women’s magazines ran a recipe for a baked rice dish that was a favorite of Freda Stacy. She made the recipe for years and then misplaced it. Here’s the recipe that was printed in the Herald-Leader. Instead of pimentos Stacy said she used chopped red pepper.
Baked rice Chantilly [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2009 No Comments »
I may never make another old-fashioned fruit pie.
I made a rustic fruit tart for my cooking class at Just Us Girls last week and since then I’ve seen tarts in almost every food magazine I’ve picked up. And a plum tart is pictured on the cover of a new cookbook, Earth To Table by [...]
