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What were Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Favorite Foods: A Guide to Celebrating his Birthday
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Favorite Foods A Guide to Celebrating His Birthday by RL Reeves Jr. How to honor the great man? This is what we pondered when it dawned on us that Martin Luther King Jr. day is …
FOOD: How to Prep a Country Ham for Christmas
Bon Appetit Magazine proclaimed country hams the "new artisanal food addiction in 2011," and they sourced three out of five of their "Best country hams in America" from
When is National Cake Day? Celebrate it with the best bourbon bundt cake
What will they think of next? We already celebrate National Donut Day, World Pie Day, National IPA Day, and National Bourbon Day. Today, November 26, is National Cake Day. To
Food: Bourbon Desserts for the Holidays
Below, we’ve collected a few Kentucky-inspired dessert recipes from Ace contributing food writer RL Reeves Jr, perfect for your Holiday dessert table. BY RL REEVES JR BULLEIT BOURBON BUNDT
Get Your Degree from Kentucky Fried Chicken by Way of Leicester
BY RL REEVES JR Colonel Harlan Sanders was a larger than life figure in the southeastern Kentucky community where I grew up. He made his way around town
Happy Birthday Krispy Kreme: Kentucky’s Role in Donut Giant’s 75th Anniversary
BY RL REEVES JR When Vernon Carter Rudolph bought a donut shop in Paducah Kentucky in 1933 he had no way of knowing that he was taking tentative steps
Happy National Fried Chicken Day, Kentucky 7.06.2012
BY RL REEVES JR Like any good Kentucky native, I have a long and storied history with fried chicken. When I was just a sprout, Colonel Sanders would come
Trader Joe’s and the Campaign for Fair Food
BY RL REEVES JR In 1979 Trader Joe's, the small, California-based chain hit the big time. German billionaires Theo and Karl Albrecht bought the small concern from founder Joe

















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