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What’s cookin’ around town

It’s a busy holiday ­weekend, but take time to make reservations for The Bash next weekend.
Benefiting Cardinal Hill ­Rehabilitation Hospital, the party, at 6 p.m. Sept. 5, will be at the Round Barn at The Red Mile, hosted by University of Kentucky football coach Rich Brooks and his wife, Karen.
There will be bourbons from Bulleit, [...]

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Tailgaters: Take a salad to Louisville

Sunday’s the big day when the University of Kentucky Wildcats take on the University of Louisville Cardinals. The game will be played in Louisville, and many Lexington fans will move their tailgating operations to Papa John’s Stadium.
The weather will be hot and the menu should include something refreshing like a main dish salad. Pork is [...]

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Here’s what’s cooking on TV

Here’s the Quick Take recipe I prepared Friday on WKYT-TV’s 27 Newsfirst at Noon. My cooking segment airs between 12:35 and 12:40 p.m. Fridays on WKYT, then becomes available on Kentucky.com at 1 p.m.
Pesto chicken breasts
4 bone-in, skin-on chicken breast halves
1 jar prepared pesto
Extra-virgin olive oil
Freshly ground black pepper to taste
Preheat the grill with all [...]

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Fresh Market has wild-caught shrimp

The Fresh Market, at the Lansdowne Shoppes on Tates Creek Road, is supporting local fishermen in seven coastal states by selling American shrimp for a limited time.
About 85 percent of all shrimp consumed in the United States is farm-raised overseas. Wild shrimp from American waters are caught in their natural habitat and are available [...]

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Here’s what cooking on TV

Here’s the Quick Take recipe I prepared Friday on WKYT-TV’s 27 Newsfirst at Noon. My cooking segment airs between 12:35 and 12:40 p.m. Fridays on WKYT, then becomes available on Kentucky.com at 1 p.m.
Turkey burgers with fresh salsa
Salsa:
12 cherry tomatoes, finely chopped
½ teaspoon kosher salt
½ cup cooked fresh corn, or thawed frozen corn kernels
1 tablespoon [...]

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There’s such beauty in a jar of blackberry jam

The desire to eat locally grown produce and escalating food prices have inspired home cooks to return to food preservation.
I’ve been canning and making jam for decades, and every summer I’m still amazed at the joy I get when the lids pop and I arrange the jars on the table so I can admire them [...]

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Church celebration promises good eats

New Zion Day and Basket Meeting will celebrate 140 years of African-American history with a street fair ­featuring home-cooked foods at 2 p.m. August 23.
The menu includes country fried fish, ribs, barbecue pork, Chicago smoked links, country ham sandwiches, homemade pies and cakes, green tomato relish, chow-chow, smoked turkey wings and legs, tacos, fresh corn [...]

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Here’s what’s cooking on TV

Here’s the Quick Take recipe I prepared Friday on WKYT-TV’s 27 Newsfirst at Noon. My cooking ­segment airs between 12:35 and 12:40 p.m. Fridays on WKYT, then becomes available on Kentucky.com at 1 p.m.
Zucchini and tomato frittata
1 teaspoon olive oil
1 medium zucchini, cut in half lengthwise, then into 1/4-inch slices
1 tomato, chopped
2 teaspoons minced onions
1/2 [...]

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Recipes for stretching the basics

After reading a recent A la Carte story about ­cooking on a budget, a reader from Winchester called to ask for help in preparing some of the basic foods that she buys with food stamps and receives in free food boxes. Adele McKinney of ­Nicholasville, who writes a recipe page that Jessamine County distributes with [...]

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