By Richard Thomas During my long stint in Portugal, I widened my cooking repertoire to fill all the things I craved and could not get locally. One of those items was macaroni and cheese, which I very quickly enhanced with extra items like onions, garlic, chives and/or bacon. Bringing up the bacon raised another possibility, because wherever bacon goes one ...
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Roast Chicken Bourbon Maple Glaze Recipe
By Richard Thomas Last week I was dining at Lexington’s Middle Fork restaurant, an outstanding place located inside the renovated shell of the defunct James E. Pepper Distillery. I dined on their split half of a roast chicken with maple glaze, which was melt in your mouth wonderful. Of course, the next morning I began thinking about how to take ...
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By Richard Thomas Having returned to My Old Kentucky Home, I have revived my passion for hiking and discovered the pleasures of a local nature preserve, Raven Run, as a part of that. On my drive to the park, there is posted a reminder that it is deer season and there is plenty of game about in the form of ...
Read More »Bourbon Country Ham Sauce Recipe
By Richard Thomas This November installment of The Whiskey Reviewer‘s cooking with whiskey beat is a big different from what I’ve done in the past. First, I freely admit to never having made this sauce before, so this article is more of a declaration of my intent to make it! My Mom opens every Thanksgiving with small country ham biscuits, ...
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By Richard Thomas Autumn is the season for everything made from pumpkin or seasoned with “pumpkin spices,” and while some people have developed a problem with that, I am not among them. What is more, autumn is also the time when the release calendar and the weather come together to make it whiskey season! What better way to bring those ...
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