Kentucky

Recipe
Bourbon Banana Stack Cake
A Louisville chef unites her favorite Filipino and Kentucky flavors

Louisville, KY
8th Annual
Stitzel-Weller Affair
A Derby-eve affair at the legendary Stitzel-Weller Distillery

Drinks
Tiki’s Southern Drawl
A classic Caribbean liqueur blends with bourbon to bewitch the senses

Recipe
The Return of a Legendary Rye
A fabled whiskey makes a fanfared return

Music
Song Premiere: Moon Taxi Debuts “Evergreen” Featuring Molly Tuttle
With the help of Grammy-nominated guitarist Molly Tuttle, the Nashville band’s new single pays tribute to Bowling Green, Kentucky

Arts & Culture
Celebrating An Eccentric Artist and His Bourbon-Loving Goat
See recent auction-winning Henry Faulkner paintings, including a portrait of his beloved goat companion, Alice

Music
Rayland Baxter Takes Flight
The Tennessee native pushes all
the boundaries on the spellbinding If I Were a Butterfly

Sporting
One Special Horse to Cheer for at the Breeders’ Cup
Cody’s Wish has a sweet backstory and a top-notch cheerleader

Food & Drink
Louisville’s Top Bourbon Bars
Where to find the best pours in Bourbon City

Music
Loretta Through the Lens
Photographer David McClister pays tribute to country icon and frequent subject Loretta Lynn

Recipe
Shelby Drink Your Juice
A Steel Magnolias–themed cocktail for all the Shelbys out there—and Clairees, Truvys, Ouisers, Annelles, and M’Lynns

Music
Loretta Lynn’s Lasting Legacy
Today’s women of country on why Lynn was a beacon for all

Arts & Culture
Ada Limón’s Kentucky Home
The new U.S. Poet Laureate on the power of poetry and finding inspiration in place

Arts & Culture
Baskets of Beauty
A young Kentucky designer puts a fresh twist on basketry

SEVERE WEATHER
Pulled from the Flood
After devastating waters wrecked novelist Silas House’s Eastern Kentucky homeland last week, he worked alongside the helpers—those who refuse to let the voices of Appalachia go under.

Severe Weather
How to Help Victims of the Kentucky Flooding
A list of on-the-ground organizations aiding Appalachian communities affected by the natural disaster

Traditions
A Kentucky Poet Savors a Biscuit Brake
With a wringer washer, a faded receipt, and some pandemic inspiration, Maurice Manning delves
into biscuit making of old

Travel
Five Ways to Elevate a Kentucky Bourbon Excursion
Go beyond the standard distillery tour with these immersive experiences

Food & Drink
A Restaurant Revival in Mayfield, Kentucky
Demolished in the deadly tornado outbreak that struck Mayfield last December, the nearly seventy-year-old Carr’s Barn Bar-B-Q returns with a helping of hope

Home & Garden
Joseph Hillenmeyer’s Green Kentucky Home
How the boundary-pushing garden designer, born into a generations-long legacy of accomplished plantsmen, discovered his own remarkable path