Genie Graf
Chef Ouita Michel receives another James Beard ...

Ouita Michel earns seventh James Beard Foundation nomination.

Chef Ouita Michel receives another James Beard Foundation nomination!
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Rare and Remarkable Wreckfish

This big boy here is a Wreckfish caught off the coast of the Carolinas. They are a deep sea fish that are named after being found around ship wrecks and caves. 

Rare and Remarkable Wreckfish
Genie Graf
Eat an urchin, save a kelp forest

The delicious purple urchins have all but destroyed the kelp forests on the West Coast.

Eat an urchin, save a kelp forest
Genie Graf
A delicious, sustainable, creature of the deep

Stepping away from the usual cod and salmon is a way to use your buying power to fuel a more sustainable and interesting aquaculture.

A delicious, sustainable, creature of the deep
Food, Cider
Genie Graf
A Joyous Time to Eat Your Vegetables

’Tis the season of prime produce in Kentucky, with voluptuous harvests of tomatoes, corn, beans, potatoes, fruits like melons and tons more of delicious, fresh food.

No one is more a fan of this season than Chef Josh Smouse.

A Joyous Time to Eat Your Vegetables

I'll tell you why Honeywood, by Chef Josh

I'll tell you why Honeywood, by Chef Josh

Honeywood owner Ouita Michel, who owns several Bluegrass area restaurants, has been besieged with, “Why another restaurant?” As for me, a chef with a fine dining background, I am asked often lately, “Why did you agree to the executive chef position at Honeywood?” The underlying question is really, “Why are you, a champion of and chef in small, fierce, free-standing restaurants, opening a 150-seat restaurant in a shopping center?” In truth, the answer to that question revealed itself well after I agreed to participate in the project...