The 152nd Kentucky Derby runs May 2, 2026. The race takes two minutes. The party takes all day. Here is what was on the table during the Gilded Age and what is worth bringing back. The race was always the excuse. The real event was the eating. When the Kentucky Derby launched … [Read more...] about What the Kentucky Derby Table Looked Like Before Concession Stands
Jennie Benedict
Benedictine Spread: Louisville’s Best-Kept Secret
A Louisville caterer invented this cucumber cream cheese spread in the 1890s. It has been a Derby staple ever since. Outside Kentucky, almost nobody knows it exists. Benedictine spread is one of those recipes that belongs so completely to one place that it never quite travelled. … [Read more...] about Benedictine Spread: Louisville’s Best-Kept Secret
