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Old Spaghetti Factory at Home [Health & Fitness]

My homemade spaghetti has half the calories that the Spaghetti Factory's spaghetti does.

Everyone loves pasta, and The Old Spaghetti Factory (235 W. Market St) does it right. The only thing bad about it is that the portions and amount of calories is not so healthy. Have thought about how much you were eating while out and what it is doing with your diet? And what if you could bring a little bit home with you, I have the perfect solution.

Yew Dell Garden's presents Autumn's Gold Slow Food Cooking Class [Food & Dining]

Travel to Crestwood this Sunday for a two-hour interactive cooking class.

Life is busy. Many of us have to work at least two jobs just to keep up with our finances, and when it comes to mealtimes, it can be very tempting to give into the many convenient alternatives to a home-cooked meal: fast food, frozen dinners, canned noodles.

Menu Makeover [Louisville Magazine]

Longtime Lilly's chef Finbar Kinsella has traded in his fine-dining apron to revamp the kitchen at St. Joseph Children's Home.

This article appears in the August 2011 issue of LouisvilleMagazine. To subscribe, please visit loumag.com.

 

Crunch goes the kohlrabi [Louisville Magazine]

People tend to have a misconceived reaction at the mention of the word kohlrabi. You may know what it looks like or one way to prepare it, but you also may not know what you're missing.

 

This article appears in the August 2011 issue of LouisvilleMagazine. To subscribe, please visit loumag.com.

 

People tend to have one of two reactions at the mention of the word kohlrabi: 

• “You mean those Sputnik-

creaturey-looking things in the Asian produce section of the grocery?”

• “Ew — that turnipy stuff my grandma used to mash up?”

 

In a pickle? Make some [Urban gardening]

Canning and preserving class at Foxhollow Farm Saturday.

Last month the garden out back was calmly starting up. With the July heat, the patch has gone feral. It's down-right out of control. The cucumbers--they have cried mutiny. A suggestion for those of you with an abundance of veggies? Can it all!

Pistachio Poisson [Louisville Magazine]

Among the ways you might "go green" is following this recipe for sauteed red snapper over wilted arugula.

 

This article appears in the May 2011 issue of Louisville Magazine. To subscribe, please visit loumag.com.

 

Pistachio Poisson

 

Chowder throwdown at Captain's Quarters to benefit camp for autistic youth [Food and dining]

The Rumble at the River, a Seafood Chowder Throwdown will pit some of Louisville's best chefs against one another to find the best chowder in the city. Proceeds from the event, which takes place March 21, will go toward an organization that runs a summer camp for autistic youth.

The community behind the Louisville food blog Louisville Hot Bytes will host a chowder-filled fundraiser next month.

Hell's Kitchen open casting call coming to Louisville [Food and dining]

FOX will visit Louisville to find contestants for the ninth season of the reality show "Hell's Kitchen." Can you stand the heat?

The folks over at "Hell's Kitchen" are looking for some fresh meat.

The reality show, which stars Chef Gordon Ramsay at the helm of aforementioned kitchen, will conduct an open casting call in Louisville to find contestants for the ninth season of the program.

The date hasn't been set, according to Fox's website, but here's a little blurb about who the show is looking for:

Louisville chef to be featured on Food Network's "Iron Chef America" [Food and dining]

Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia restaurant will compete on an upcoming episode of the Food Network show "Iron Chef America." The show is scheduled to air 10 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 7.

Chef Edward Lee of 610 Magnolia restaurant will bring his Southern cuisine with a Korean kick to Kitchen Stadium in an upcoming episode of the Food Network show "Iron Chef America."

Three reasons why Emeril will draw a crowd at Fork, Cork & Style event [Food and dining]

Emeril Lagasse will headline the inaugural Fork, Cork & Style food celebration at Churchill Downs Sunday, Sept. 12. Almost 20 years after the premiere of his first show, he's still got it.

Food, wine and celebrity chefs will take to the track this weekend as part of the inaugural Fork, Cork & Style event from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Churchill Downs. Restaurants from across the country will offer up regional favorites that have been featured on TV shows from "Man v. Food" to "Saturday Night Live." High-end vintners will pour the good stuff at a grand wine tasting.

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