Entertainment… The Deerpark Restaurant @ Biltmore Estate 16 May 201116 May 2011 Within the premises of The Biltmore Estate is a restaurant named Deerpark. It sits within the foot prints of the old calving barn for the dairy that was once on…
Entertainment… A Surprise At the Biltmore House 15 May 201115 May 2011 As most of you know by now, I have a special kinship with French Impressionist Pierre Auguste Renoir. It developed during a writing school I participated in at Essoyes, France…
Entertainment… How Do You Find a Writing Community? 12 May 2011 When I left Essoyes, France last October, the last instruction given to me by the teacher - Janet Hulstrand - was to find a community of writers to surround myself…
Entertainment… Fresh Fruit Topped Cheese Tarts 8 May 20118 May 2011 I first experienced fresh fruit topped cheese tarts in New Zealand. Lined up in the pastry cases they screamed healthy and decadent simultaneously. I had one at least once a…
Entertainment… Kentucky Derby Followup 8 May 20118 May 2011 Did you watch the 137th Run For The Roses at Churchill Downs yesterday? Did you have your mint juleps, burgoo, and chocolate derby pie? How about the lead up to…
Entertainment… Old-Fashioned Kentucky Burgoo 7 May 20117 May 2011 Burgoo isn't complicated to make, but is has a lot of ingredients and requires a lot of simmering and cooling. My Kentucky cousins used to joke that it was made…
Entertainment… 2011 Kentucky Derby Lineup 6 May 20116 May 2011 As promised, here is the 2011 lineup of three year olds taking the field on Saturday, May 7, at Churchill Downs. The drawing was held Wednesday, May 4. 1. Archarcharch…
Entertainment… Mint Julep and Its Origins 5 May 20115 May 2011 Bourbon - a fine corn whiskey - has its roots in bluegrass country. Oddly enough, it is credited to Reverend Elijah Craig, a baptist minister who honed the whiskey made…
Entertainment… ‘My Old Kentucky Home’ 4 May 20114 May 2011 my lucky horseshoe from Churchill DownsOn the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs during The Kentucky Derby, there's a tradition that goes along with the hat parade and the…
Entertainment… How to Make Chocolate Bourbon Pie – Renee Style 3 May 20115 Apr 2013 Chocolate Bourbon Pie is a decadent, sweet, chocolate, bourbon flavored, nut filled slice of make-an-appointment-with-your-dentist tooth aching deliciousness! One bite will do ya! Order a slice and share it. Or make…