Genuine Kentucky fried chicken is a crunchy/juicy/spicy swirl like nowhere else, at its best west of Louisville. Also in this area you will find one of the nation’s most colorful styles of barbecue, where king of the pit is not pork or beef but rather, mutton — almost always served with a bowl of burgoo on the side. Louisville is home to the baroque American sandwich known as a hot brown, as well as to pie-and-cake-eater’s-heaven in the form of the Homemade Ice Cream and Pie Kitchen. In the east, eat-shacks and convenience stores sell chili buns, which are like chili dogs without the hot dog, their goodness depending entirely on the quality of the chili. Through the heart of the state runs the bourbon trail, where distilleries offer tastes and Maker’s Mark has a little farm-to-table eatery with unique Kentucky food and bourbon drinks.
Get yourself to Western Kentucky for great BBQ I see the food shows on TV where they go all over the place looking for barbecue,” says pitmaster Lowell Jewell, “and...
In 1901, there were fewer than 7,000 cars on America’s roads. Just 40 years later, Duncan Hines’s guidebook Adventures in Good Eating was pinpointing hundreds of gems worthy of a detour....
IN THE 1950s, when George Markham was a student at Henderson County High School in western Kentucky, he fell in love with fried chicken. It didn't hurt that his...
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Unique Regional Dishes After 40 years and 5 million miles spent on the road looking for America's best regional food, we've assembled a list of the quintessential, must-eat food in...
Where to Eat in Louisville If you're in Louisville, Kentucky, for the Derby (or any other reason), Roadfood has a few essential eateries to recommend for the best local, authentic...
There's Nothing Quite like Kentucky Mutton Following the barbecue trail west of Louisville along the Ohio River and south towards the Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky Mutton is king of...
"Drive-in" has come to mean just about any cheap-eats restaurant with car-friendly parking. A genuine drive-in is a place where customers park and are waited on and eat in...
Of the hundred five-star barbecue parlors around the U.S.A. this dozen is the crème de la crème. .
Crumb-topped, lattice-topped, or layered with caramel and welcoming a scoop of ice cream on top, apple pie is everywhere from coast to coast. For your pleasure, a baker's dozen...
There are few desserts simpler than basic chess pie and, when it's made right, nothing better. A congress of eggs, butter and sugar with a dash of cornmeal and...
