Taylor Cochran 6/19/22 Taylor Cochran 6/19/22

This Land Was Made For You and Me: Digging Into Groce Family Farm

When you factor in the abuse and exploitation of migrant farmers, the ecological devastation of monocropping, protein substitute demands upending entire economies, and the rate of suicide for independent farmers being higher than any other occupation, it gets harder and harder to defend a one-size-fixes-all lifestyle choice.

Thomas Johns 5/27/22 Thomas Johns 5/27/22

Big Jungle Cat

The Big Jungle Cat is a play on the Jungle Bird by North of Bourbon Beverage Director Brad Jennings.

Taylor Cochran 2/22/22 Taylor Cochran 2/22/22

North of Bourbon Has Deep Roots Down South

“New Orleans just does that to people,” said Lawrence in between shifts on a rainy night when I visited him recently. “It gets in your blood and you feel like you’re part of it, but some of those spots were just missing the soul. I’ve been waiting for an opportunity like this to come home and do it right.”

Taylor Cochran 10/7/21 Taylor Cochran 10/7/21

Red Hog Breaks It Down

Red Hog Restaurant & Butcher Shop started on a simple premise: use everything. It was (and still is) Louisville’s first and only “nose to tail” butcher shop that supplies grocery customers as well as the kitchen in the adjoining restaurant space.

Michael Powell 9/22/21 Michael Powell 9/22/21

Get Shucked: The Summer that Started the Lou Oyster Cült

A natural pearl pendant necklace. That’s what I gifted my wife Charlotte for her 30th birthday last year. A short time later, I wrote an in-depth feature on Louisville’s ascendant pop-up restaurant movement.

Thomas Johns 4/27/21 Thomas Johns 4/27/21

The Modern Mint Julep

The Mint Julep was popularized by its synonymous relationship with The Kentucky Derby. A typically divisive classic, this new riff aims to win hearts with ease by offering a more balanced profile than the traditionally booze-forward build.

Thomas Johns 3/10/21 Thomas Johns 3/10/21

Springtime in Kentucky Sour

While we’re waiting for the green to return to the trees this spring, we can at least get a little green in our glasses from this bright little concoction.

Taylor Cochran 3/8/21 Taylor Cochran 3/8/21

Short Documentary: The LEE Initiative’s Spirit of CommUNITY

The way Private Select works is singular among single barrel programs in the bourbon industry because the selector has control over the final product that is bottled through their unique stave selection and cold aging process.

Taylor Cochran 3/3/21 Taylor Cochran 3/3/21

bar Vetti: Regional Italian Rooted in Its Region

When the restaurant says that it’s “regional Italian rooted in its region;” it means that Chef Andy McCabe has meticulously learned the fine art of scratch made pizza and pasta.

Taylor Cochran 3/3/21 Taylor Cochran 3/3/21

Short Documentary: Kentucky’s Lost Lamb Legacy

At the peak of American shepherding in 1942, Kentucky was home to 1.4 million head of sheep.

Taylor Cochran 3/3/21 Taylor Cochran 3/3/21

Black Soil Kentucky Revives our Better Nature

Black Soil co-founder Ashley C Smith is reintroducing and revitalizing the connection between farming and people of color.

Taylor Cochran 3/3/21 Taylor Cochran 3/3/21

Large Format Ice Finds its Place in Kentucky

Rich Finck has made it his mission to fill a gap in Kentucky’s beverage industry with luxury ice.

Thomas Johns 3/3/21 Thomas Johns 3/3/21

Pistachio Bourbon Punch

It’s no measure of health to be well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society; especially in the midst of a global pandemic. Here’s an elixir to share from a distance with the ones you love by Neon Bites cofounder Tommy Johns.