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Salads, Sides

Cole Slaw Dressing

This is  our favorite coleslaw recipe, and so much better than most pre-made dressings available in stores. It has a nice blend of spicy jalapeno peppers, sweet sugar, and acid from the vinegar and lemon. It is a perfect side dish with smoked meats in particular, and goes on top […]

Sandwich

Kentucky Hot Brown

It’s pretty hard to make a better Hot Brown at home than you can get at the Brown Hotel in Louisville. This unique Kentucky hot sandwich was invented there in 1926, and it has been a favorite throughout Kentucky ever since. Nevertheless, we spent years trying to make a great […]

Soup

Touchdown Chili

This recipe is the result of living in 14 different houses from coast to coast. We were exposed to 5 different professional football, and 8 different NCAA Division One, types of tailgates in our lives. It seemed every city, and even certain team fans, had a different spin on their […]

Sides

Cornbread

There is nothing more classic than Kentucky cornbread. This simple and delicious recipe took some experimentation (We made so many mistakes) to get the perfect mix of sugar, maple syrup, bourbon and cornmeal. We must have finally got it right since our son-in-law, a lifetime Kentuckian, said he liked it […]

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Why This Blog Exists

We wanted to be able to easily share some of our family recipes with others. These recipes are simple, generally easy to follow, and pure comfort food delights. Rather than digging through old cookbooks and notes every time someone wanted to use or share these recipes, this blog seemed so […]