Friday, April 26, 2024

Ed Lee’s “Mind of a Chef” nominated for Emmy, and a summer TV special...

Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia and Milkwood is having a memorable year after stepping into the TV world. The PBS series "Mind of a Chef" season three, which featured Lee and Sweden’s Magnus...

Summer music in NuLu with Rye’s Back Porch Sessions

Rye on Market, 900 E. Market St., will add to the fun in NuLu this summer with its new season of Back Porch Sessions, on the third Thursday of the month. The free events,...

KT’s last day is today — in August look for Le Moo

After almost 30 years as a hub for commuters waiting out traffic on I-64, singles mingling and dating, and leisurely Sunday brunchers, KT’s will close May 4. Soon thereafter, work will begin to convert...

Need post derby food and fun? Proof might be the place.

Beginning at 8 p.m. Saturday (or Derby Night; everyone knows what night that means), Proof on Main, 702 W. Main St.,  will host a Derby Night Celebration of dinner and dancing . Executive chef Mike Wajda,...

Varanese’s “Billy’s Burger Bash” to pay tribute to Lamont Gillispie

For the 29th year Billy Rapaport, who has been NBC-TV’s freelance field producer of Derby coverage, will host his late night Derby Night  Burger Bash. For the 8th year, Varanese, will be the venue...

Drink beer and watch the Great Steamboat Race

Wednesday, April 29, 6-10 p.m. American Founders Bank will host the Kentucky Derby Festival’s BeerFest. At the same time, more or less, the Great Steamboat Race, one of the perennial Derby Festival events, one...

Another Taste of Derby to feature chefs from around the country

For six years now a second Derby event called Taste of Derby has been added to the panorama of festivities. The first Taste of Derby, for two decades now sponsored by and benefitting Dare...

Pimento cheese and Bourbon cocktails–now that’s a Kentucky party

Pimento cheese has a special place in the hearts and taste buds of Kentucky ladies who lunch, a place perhaps co-equal with Benedictine. Both sandwich spreads are often found offered together at genteel receptions,...

Get your Derby bet at Bourbons Bistro

Monday of Derby week isn’t too soon to get your Derby bets down. You can get insight into the best picks April 27 when handicapper Marty McGee returns to Bourbon’s Bistro, 2255 Frankfort Ave....

Brasserie Provence pops off with Derby specials

You’ve heard about it–how to open a champagne bottle with a saber! On Monday of Derby week, April 27, 5-7 p.m., at Brasserie Provence, G.H. Mumm Ambassador Jean De Castelnau will demonstrate exactly how...