Dana McMahan

Women Breaking Down Hogs, Beef and the 'Old Boy Network' in Kentucky Butchering Camps

Dana McMahan — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:13:19 +0000

Single-sex education is a time-honored approach in the traditional classroom, but a workshop in Napoleon, Kentucky, is extending the trend into the kitchen. Grrls Meat Camp will offer a hands-on modern butchery class just for women April 12-14 at Napoleon Ridge Farm, between Louisville and Cincinnati.

Review: Don't Resist Decca

Dana McMahan — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 15:37:13 +0000

Secrets of a Lonely Planet Writer: How Food Helps a City Land on Top

Dana McMahan — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 14:55:55 +0000

We’re number one! So says Lonely Planet in their list of top U.S. travel destinations for 2013. The publishing monolith has evidently caught on to what we all already know – that this is a fine place to be. Because I closely follow (and revel in) Louisville’s culinary scene, I give our food and dining a lot of credit for this recognition. But how exactly does a city rise to the top of these lists?

REVIEW: Feast BBQ a Candidate for Last, Great Meal

Dana McMahan — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:41:06 +0000

The last thing you’d eat on Earth—should you have the choice—is a weighty matter. It’s no small decision to pick the food you’d go out on, and I keep a tight rein on my own shortlist. But the list grew by one when I crossed the river to New Albany on a dark December evening to visit Feast BBQ.

How Prohibition Changed the Cocktail

Dana McMahan — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:30:00 +0000

It's hard to believe there was a time when it was illegal to produce, sell and ship alcohol. Then again, in some places Prohibition might well have never been repealed. I lived in a dry county (Pulaski) myself, where I had to drive 50 miles to buy wine. The inhumanity! My delight at moving to Louisville, a block from Old Town Liquor, must have been something like the elation tipplers felt on Dec. 5, 1933, when the experiment known as Prohibition was repealed.

REVIEW: Silver Dollar Brunch Satisfies

Dana McMahan — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:30:00 +0000

Food serves many roles. At a minimum, it’s sustenance, but it can also nourish, nurture, heal—and sometimes it can revive. I went in search of all of these things when my husband Brian and I stepped into the Silver Dollar (1761 Frankfort Ave.) on a nippy Sunday morning for brunch.