Behind every great Italian kitchen there is usually a sauce recipe guarded like a family heirloom. Nonna’s exact ratio, the secret pinch of something, the pot that has simmered the same way for fifty years.
Kentucky turns out to be quietly full of kitchens keeping those kinds of secrets. Everyone knows the state for its horse races and its rolling bluegrass hills.
Far fewer talk about the seriously impressive Italian dining scene humming just under the radar…