Serious Eats: AaronNova's Profile

Take a nice smoky sausage and lightly coat it in a thick Balsamic, grill/saute it and combine with a chunky homemade tomato sauce. Nothing more, nothing less.

AaronNova at 4:50PM on 10/06/08

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Sourdough Tips?

Read "Bread Alone", it will change your bread making life forever.

AaronNova at 10:47PM on 09/30/08

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Pomegranate molasses!

AaronNova at 1:49PM on 09/10/08

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Balsamic grilled Italian sausages, sliced and put on Crostinis and buns. Mmm =]

AaronNova at 10:28PM on 08/29/08

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I would like to add in a shout out for Gumbo Ya-Ya (now I want that for lunch today...) because of the awesome flavor found in their dishes that I prefer to other cajun places in town. Another great place downtown is Sawyer's, which is like a burger joint with a topping bar. The chips are awesome and you don't even have to get the fries for it to be a good meal, you can choose to sit in the area where you serve yourself, or another smaller area where you can be waited on by a server.

gracehahn2 at 10:59AM on 05/05/09

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Good eats in Lexington, KY

I want to chime in for Alfalfa (a MUST), Ramsey's (but only on high street/Maxwell), Bourbon n' Toulouse, and Joe B's. But Alfalfa needs more shouts, people. Get the red beans and rice, the avocado grill, or any curry special. The menu is wide ranging, to say the least.

subr0sa at 3:18PM on 05/01/09

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Good eats in Lexington, KY

I went to college in Lexington and would second most of the recommendations. Some comments:

Joe B's: The breadsticks are incredible, and I dream about them to this day. I went back to school last Spring to recruit and took some graduate students out to Joe B's for beer, pizza, and breadsticks. Half of the kids had never been there...let alone had a breadstick! I had to talk with my old professors to see what they were teaching these kids...

Ramsey's: Do they still have meat-and-three? Basically, you pick an entree (eg, pork chop, catfish, pot roast, etc.) and three southern-style sides (fried orka, macaroni and cheese, etc.)...good stuff. Ramsey's has multiple locations now, but when I was in school there was only one location...the one near campus (Woodland and Maxwell?).

Lynaughs: An Irish Pub on Woodland Ave. Didn't see this mentioned on anyone's post. Go for the beer and the O-Round. A great flame-broiled hamburger. Bring your ear-plugs..it could be loud.

Tolly-Ho: A Greasy Spoon Dive. A favorite haunt when I was in graduate school. A Tolly-Ho with Hashbrowns was the de-riguer order at 1am...or 6PM for that matter...basically a frozen hamburger with frozen hashbrowns. I dream about this place too. Don't expect much and your expectations may be met.

Johnny Cash Forever at 11:43AM on 05/01/09

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Good eats in Lexington, KY

You MUST go to Billy's Bar-B-Q on Tates Creek Rd. in the Chevy Chase neighborhood. It's the best bbq in town--especially pulled pork. The mutton will give you an authentic tast of Western KY bbq. The burgoo, slow-cooked green beans, and jalapeno cornbread are all excellent. GREAT french fries, too.

Now I'm hungry!

frannyeats at 11:12AM on 05/01/09

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Good eats in Lexington, KY

Spalding's Bakery for hot glazed yeast donuts.

Ed Levine at 6:52AM on 05/01/09

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Cook the Book: 'Real Cajun'

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Caroline Russock at 12:39PM on 04/27/09

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I don't know if one would consider this food, but I remember having snow blocks drizzled with warm maple syrup. Yum!

cowleyh at 11:23AM on 04/27/09

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My fondest childhood memory is the burgers my grandpa used to cook. He was a cook on the iron ore boats back in the day and he made one mean burger. Delicious.

mnsteph at 11:09AM on 04/27/09

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I used to love when my mom made me macaroni and hot dogs for lunch! :)

sbshortie at 10:59AM on 04/27/09

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Mom's making pancakes on Saturday morning.

storm5 at 10:23AM on 04/27/09

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My fondest childhood food memory is eating hot pot with my family.

lilyk at 9:59AM on 04/27/09

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My Nana's grilled cheese sandwiches and coconut candy. Love the memories.

redfantum at 9:56AM on 04/27/09

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My fondest memory is all the delicious pies and cakes my mom used to cook at Christmas. She baked coconut cakes, banana cakes, apple cakes, black walnut cakes, etc. garrettsambo@aol.com

garrettsambo at 9:44AM on 04/27/09

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baking with my mom

07violet at 9:06AM on 04/27/09

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My Dad dancing around the kitchen with the annual (raw) Thanksgiving Turkey, doing his "Super Turkey!" impersonation.

pancak at 8:37AM on 04/27/09

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My fondest memory is of my step dad trying to cook crab like my uncle. The crab would be crawling all over our kitchen sink before being put into the big pot on the stove.

poorkarla at 8:08AM on 04/27/09

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