Eat Kentucky: A Southern Food Podcast
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsAn exploration and celebration of Kentucky food and culture with host Alan Cornett.
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Bourbon Shot - Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon 2023
December 01, 2023 18:13 - 3 minutes - 7.08 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Brown-Forman’s King of Kentucky 2023
November 06, 2023 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.93 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series
October 31, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 5.38 MBA review of Barrell Craft Spirits' new A Tale of Two Islands and Amburana Finish from their Cask Finish Series. Welcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Copper& Kings Bourbon 2023
October 30, 2023 16:30 - 2 minutes - 3.96 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Four Roses 2023 LE
September 08, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.31 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Barrell Bourbon Batch 34
May 26, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.64 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Peerless High Rye Bourbon
April 28, 2023 17:13 - 2 minutes - 5.41 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Green River Wheated Bourbon
March 31, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.59 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Bernheim Barrel Proof Wheat Whiskey Debuts
March 17, 2023 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.15 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Make & Muddle Adds a Boost to Your Cocktails
February 03, 2023 14:44 - 1 minute - 3.63 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Make & Muddle Website | Instagram
Bourbon Shot - Dixon Dedman Is Back With 2XO Phoenix Blend
January 20, 2023 15:22 - 2 minutes - 4.41 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook 2XO Whiskey
Bourbon Shot - In With the New: Bardstown Bourbon’s Origin Series
January 06, 2023 11:00 - 3 minutes - 5.67 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Angel’s Envy Cask Strength 2022
December 02, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 4.33 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot - Barrell Vantage Offers Three Times the Oak
October 21, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.18 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot -2022 King of Kentucky Review
September 30, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.5 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Bardstown Bourbon Chauteau de Laubade & Plantation Rum Collaborations
September 16, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 6.63 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Barrell Bourbon Batch 33 Review
September 02, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.09 MBWelcome to the Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Old Forester & Four Roses LEs Move to Lotteries
August 26, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 5.18 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Old Forester 2022 Birthday Bourbon Lottery Four Roses 2022 LE Lottery
Bourbon Shot: Hidden Barn Bourbon Batch One
August 12, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 5.31 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Angel’s Envy Expands Its Visitor Space
June 17, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.1 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Heaven Hill Breaks Ground & ECBP B522 Hits Stores
June 10, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 5.02 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Mint Julep Time
May 05, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 6.67 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Sweetens Cove ’Kennessee’ Adds Kentucky to the Mix
April 29, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.83 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Bardstown Bourbon Co Releases Discovery & Fusion #7
April 22, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 5.67 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Private Barrels Are Saved
April 01, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 5.04 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Castle & Key’s First Bourbon Finally Arrives
March 25, 2022 10:00 - 3 minutes - 6.49 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Castle & Key Small Batch Bourbon
Bourbon Shot: Barrell Bourbon Batch 32
March 18, 2022 10:00 - 2 minutes - 4.27 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Barrell Bourbon Batch 32
Bourbon Shot: Heaven Hill Heritage 17 Year & ECBP A122
March 11, 2022 13:33 - 2 minutes - 5.36 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Bottle & Barrel Shortages
March 04, 2022 11:00 - 2 minutes - 5.45 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook
Bourbon Shot: Are Single Barrel Picks Illegal?
February 25, 2022 11:00 - 3 minutes - 6.13 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Senate Bill 160
Bourbon Shot: Green River Distilling Company Returns
February 21, 2022 19:08 - 1 minute - 3.45 MBWelcome to the Eat Kentucky Bourbon Shot: Quick thoughts, news, and reviews on Kentucky bourbon, rye, and spirits by host Alan Cornett. Eat Kentucky: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Green River Distilling
EK 25 - Chef Ouita Michel & 'Just A Few Miles South'
May 05, 2021 10:00 - 49 minutes - 90 MBI was overjoyed that Chef Ouita Michel, one of the very first guests on the podcast, agreed to have me over to Holly Hill Inn to talk about her new cookbook, Just A Few Miles South, which has just been released from the University Press of Kentucky. It’s a beautiful book, and you’ll want to pick up a copy. You can get a signed copy directly from Chef Ouita at her website. Just check show notes for a link. Chef Ouita and I also discuss what she’s learned from the lockdowns, the challenges...
EK 24 - This Will Make It Taste Good - Vivian Howard Returns!
November 17, 2020 11:00 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBVivian and I discuss the response to her “pickle” episode of Somewhere South in which she visited Kentucky. Also, when I spoke with Vivian in the spring the pandemic lockdowns were just beginning. She and I discuss the impact on her own restaurants, and what changes she believes will be here to stay. Plus, we discuss her new cookbook ‘This Will Make It Taste Good,’ out just in time for holiday gift buying…as well as holiday cooking. This new cookbook is a radical departure from her first co...
EK 23 - The Derby That Should Have Been - Chef David Danielson of Churchill Downs
September 02, 2020 10:30 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBIt’s Kentucky Derby Week, so it must be September! As crazy as that sounds, that’s the reality we have in 2020—a Kentucky Derby on Labor Day weekend with no spectators. But that’s not what we expected at the beginning of the year. We all thought there would be a Kentucky Derby in May like there was supposed to be. With that in mind, I scheduled an interview with Churchill Downs Executive Chef David Danielson early in the year knowing as May approached he would be far too busy. This was an ...
EK 22 - Which Fork Do I Use With My Bourbon? - Peggy Noe Stevens
August 18, 2020 10:30 - 49 minutes - 68.4 MBIt’s August, so that means it must be time to think about the Kentucky Derby! Only in 2020 could that statement make any kind of sense. But it’s likely you won’t be going to the Derby, because very few can this year. It’s the perfect time to have a Derby party at home. Today’s guest has written the book on Derby parties. Peggy Noe Stevens’ has co-written a new book with Susan Reigler called ‘Which Fork Do I use With My Bourbon?’ and there is an entire chapter on Derby Parties. Peggy Noe St...
EK 21 - The Royal Treatment - Miss Kentucky Alex Francke
August 11, 2020 10:30 - 41 minutes - 57.1 MBAlex Francke is a former Miss Teen Kentucky and also a graduate of the University of Kentucky who is in the unique position of being the only two term Miss Kentucky. She talks about her unique role as a spokesperson for Kentucky agriculture and Kentucky proud, her travels overseas including the foods she loved, as well as the challenges of her own diet restrictions. Alex also shares her favorite Lexington restaurants. Plus, Alex discusses her plans for when she sets the Miss Kentucky crown ...
EK 20 - A Summer of Unrest - Adrian Miller Returns
August 06, 2020 10:30 - 30 minutes - 42.5 MBEat Kentucky welcomes back Adrian Miller, James Beard Award winning author of Soul Food. If you haven’t listened to EK Episode 17 where Adrian and I talk about Chef Dolly Johnson, an African-American White House chef from Lexington, I would encourage you to do so. There we also explore Adrian’s background and discuss his books. I asked Adrian to come back on the podcast to discuss his article about Louisville barbecue pit master and restaurateur David McAtee, who was killed during this summ...
EK 19 - Spotz Gelato - An Interview With Beth Richardson
July 08, 2020 10:30 - 43 minutes - 59.6 MBWe are celebrating National Ice Cream month in July. I was able to travel to Versailles to speak with Beth Richardson of Spotz Gelato. Spotz started as a food truck, but blossomed into brick and mortar locations now in three Central Kentucky towns plus a semi-permanent food truck location in Lexington. Beth and I discuss the early beginnings of Spotz, how a group of singers helped her get her flavors just right, why small historic Kentucky towns are the right fit for Spotz, the Central Amer...
EK 18 - The Indiana Jones of Southern Food - Prof. David Shields
May 20, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBProfessor David Shields is the Carolina Distinguished Professor at the University of South Carolina. He is also a lost food discoverer and preservationist—a Southern food archaeologist. Dr. Shields is the author of numerous books, including Southern Provisions: The Creation and Revival of a Cuisine, and The Culinarians: Lives and Careers From the First Age of Fine Dining. Next year his book Taste the State will be published by the University of South Carolina Press. David is Chairman of th...
EK 17 - Hello, Chef Dolly! - Adrian Miller, The Soul Food Scholar
May 06, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBAdrian Miller, the Soul Food Scholar, is a Denver, Colorado based James Beard Award winning author and food historian as well as a certified barbecue judge and former White House advisor to President Bill Clinton. In this episode Adrian and I talk about Lexington, Kentucky chef Dolly Johnson, an African-American White House chef for two presidents and who was discovered by a young Theodore Roosevelt. Much about Dolly remains cloaked in mystery, but she was in high demand in the highest hall...
EK 16 - Life's a Circus - Marianne Eaves, Kentucky's First Female Master Distiller
April 28, 2020 11:00 - 58 minutes - 80.2 MBMarianne Eaves made bourbon history when she left Brown Forman and was named master distiller of Castle & Key Distillery in 2015, making her the first female master distiller in Kentucky since Prohibition. A year ago Eaves shocked the bourbon industry when she resigned from the Woodford Country distillery to pursue other opportunities. In this episode I catch up with Marianne Eaves and find out what has happened over the past year. The answer includes a circus, Broadway, and a new baby. Plu...
EK 15 - Matt On Mitch - Matt Jones of Kentucky Sports Radio
April 21, 2020 11:00 - 57 minutes - 78.8 MBThis episode’s guest is not only a restaurateur, but also the founder and host of Kentucky Sports Radio, Matt Jones. He is the co-author, along with Chris Tomlin, of the New York Times Bestselling book Mitch, Please, which is not only a tour of all 120 Kentucky counties, but a critique of Kentucky’s longtime United States Senator Mitch McConnell, as well as an autobiographical recounting of Jones’s decision of whether or not to challenge the Senate Majority Leader. Matt and I take a deep di...
EK 14 - Southern Foodways - Melissa Booth Hall
April 15, 2020 11:00 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBThe Southern Foodways Alliance was founded two decades ago by John T. Edge in Oxford, Mississippi as part of the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Their mission is to document, study, and explore the diverse food cultures of the changing American South. The SFA hosts and sponsors events and seminars, produces documentaries, publishes a regular journal called Gravy, as well as producing a Gravy podcast. Co-hosting that podcast is Melissa Booth Hall who ser...
EK 13 - Somewhere South - Chef Vivian Howard
April 07, 2020 11:00 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBChef Vivian Howard’s new show Somewhere South recently debuted on PBS stations across the country. The show is her follow up to the wildly popular series A Chef’s Life. Chef Howard was the first woman to win a Peabody award for a cooking show since Julia Child, and she was a semi-finalist for the James Beard Award’s Best Chef Southeast five consecutive times. Somewhere South takes Chef Vivian to different Southern locations where she investigates dishes that are universal to all cultures. I...
EK 12 - Paducah Forever! - Chef Sara Bradley of The Freight House
March 17, 2020 11:00 - 47 minutes - 64.8 MBThis episode’s guest is someone many of you are familiar with from Bravo’s Top Chef Season 16, which featured Kentucky locations and ingredients. Chef Sara Bradley operates the Freight House in Paducah, Kentucky, a farm to table restaurant that also features one of the top rated bourbon bars in the country. Sara discusses her busy travel schedule, the fun of being a new mom, and her decision to pursue the culinary arts after finishing UK. Plus, Sara pulls back the curtain on being on Top ...
EK 11 - Bourbon & Ham - Chef Newman Miller of Maker's Mark
March 03, 2020 11:30 - 1 hour - 98.6 MBFor this episode I traveled to the town square in Bardstown, Kentucky and visited Chef Newman Miller at the Harrison-Smith house, a 240 year old structure that now serves as a private event space. You may have seen Chef Miller on season 16 of Top Chef when the popular show visited Maker’s Mark distillery, where Newman serves as chef at Maker’s Star Hill Provisions. Newman was also recently on the SEC Network’s TrueSouth when John T. Edge visited Hodgenville, Kentucky. Newman and I discuss ...
EK 10 - Advocating For Restaurants - Stacy Roof of the Kentucky Restaurant Association
February 25, 2020 12:47 - 43 minutes - 60.1 MBIf you eat in Kentucky it’s pretty certain at some point you’re going to eat out. This episode I’m joined by Louisville based Kentucky Restaurant Association President and CEO Stacy Roof. Stacy has been with the KRA for a quarter century as an advocate for Kentucky’s restaurants. Stacy discusses the role of the KRA as a champion and resource for Kentucky’s restaurants and their on going lobbying efforts in Frankfort including a discussion of a possible restaurant tax bill about which she rec...
EK 09 - Sri Lankan Bites - An Interview With Chef Samantha Fore
February 18, 2020 14:29 - 51 minutes - 71 MBThere may not be anyone in Kentucky’s food scene who has been hotter over the past six months than my guest in this episode of Eat Kentucky. From a feature article in Bon Appetit to a cover recipe in Food & Wine with a myriad of appearances far and wide, Samantha Fore of Tuk Tuk Sri Lankan Bites has been everywhere. She shows no signs of slowing down. In this episode we discuss her hectic schedule, a trip to Spain, her relationship with the Southern Foodways Alliance and the group Brown ...
EK 08 - The Show With Lee & Hayley
February 04, 2020 11:30 - 48 minutes - 67.1 MBWay back in episode 3, an unemployed Hayley Harmon visited the podcast for a chat. Today, she’s back with a job, a new show, and a co-host, Lee Cruse. You probably saw Lee & Hayley’s viral video announcement about their new show premiering on Monday, February 17 at 4 PM on Lexington’s ABC-36. In this episode Lee and Hayley welcome me to their new offices to discuss the road that took them from their old show to their new one. Along the way we find out what Lee had in his bottle as a baby, ...
EK 07 - Talking Kentucky Agriculture With Commissioner Ryan Quarles
January 07, 2020 11:30 - 48 minutes - 67.2 MBYou can’t have Kentucky food without Kentucky ingredients. So I start off the new year talking with Kentucky Agriculture Commissioner Ryan Quarles who was just re-elected to a second term in November. Commissioner Quarles is a native of Scott County and has been involved in Kentucky agriculture his entire life. In this episode I travel to Frankfort to discuss the state of Kentucky agriculture, the accomplishments of Commissioner Quarles’s first term and his plans for his second. We discuss ...