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Southern Coconut Cake —
an heirloom recipe from Katherine McCutchen
Spirited Gift Giving
Find some unique thrifted glassware, an inexpensive bottle of wine or spirits, make a syrup or assemble a spice bag, print out your recipe cards and cheers! It’s the perfect gift for any holiday host this season.
Weisenberger Mill Cheese Grits
Grits are traditional fare in Kentucky, and they are served at all of our restaurants, where we use only Weisenberger Mill stone-ground grits, produced just down the road from Holly Hill Inn in Midway.
Holiday Cookie Traditions
Slip Grandma’s apron over your head; get the oven going; queue up your Christmas favorites; and whisk yourself away in a sugary cloud of sweet memories. Grandmothers everywhere will approve.
Damn Good Sugar Cookies
A generation spanning recipe that has earned the title of being “Damn Good!”
Roasted Kabocha Squash
Some of Ouita’s favorite salads involve roasted vegetables and her all-time favorite roasted vegetable is kabocha squash. It is a very dense, delicious member of the Hubbard family with dark orange or green skin (which is edible when cooked).
Sweet as Sorghum
From seed to cane to mill to fire ~ read about sorghum in Kentucky and the makers who still cook molasses.
Cider Seelbach
This fall themed drink is twice-removed from the classic champagne cocktail by way of the Seelbach. With local ciders (both alcoholic and non) it’s perfect for any autumnal get together!
Thanksgiving Favorites
From our table to yours: Thanksgiving favorites from our Holly Hill Family.
Sweet Potato Beignets
It's a party! Recreate our popular Honeywood appetizer at home and start your holiday off right with this perfect blend of sweet and savory flavors.
Leslee’s Bourbon Sour
Leslee Macpherson shakes it up with a classic cocktail. Variations on a theme and hacks for your home bar are all part of the mix!
A Bourbon Story
Ever since Kentucky’s first white settlers figured out how to convert their excess corn crop into whiskey, folks have been looking for ways to leave their mark.
Bourbon Tasting Tips From Ouita
With so many ways to approach bourbon, Ouita talks about her preferred tasting techniques, including the flavor wheel.
A Kinship in Corn
Back in 1825, United States Chief Justice John Marshall wrote this little ditty “in the Bluegrass region/a paradox was born/the corn was full of kernels/and the colonels full of corn.” And therein immortalized the bond between two of Kentucky’s most iconic agricultural products- corn and bourbon.
Happy Jack’s Corn Salad
A summer favorite in our kitchen; we hope you'll enjoy it, too. Best made with freshly-picked corn from a local farmer!
Celebrating Community with Chef Ouita
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose- Ouita reflects on where we are today.